Engineering Operations Specialist
Location
United States
Posted
13 days ago
Salary
$31 - $41 / hour
Job Description
Role Description
The Engineering Operations Coordinator is a high-trust role within MC&I that reports directly to group leaders and serves as both a strategic executive partner and operational backbone for engineering teams. This position protects leadership bandwidth, strengthens intake and prioritization discipline, and reduces administrative friction so engineers can remain focused on high-value technical work and client delivery.
- Manage priorities, coordinate communication, and ensure structured follow-through on key initiatives.
- Serve as the central intake and coordination point for matters impacting leadership and engineering teams.
- Apply sound judgment to assess urgency, clarify ownership, and direct work appropriately.
Key Responsibilities
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Executive Leadership Support
- Provide direct executive-level support to MC&I group leaders.
- Manage complex calendars and coordinate internal and external meetings.
- Prepare agendas, capture action items, and track follow-through.
- Draft, edit, and coordinate professional communications on behalf of leadership.
- Maintain discretion and confidentiality in all leadership and operational matters.
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Engineering Team Support & Intake Coordination
- Act as an operational support partner to engineering teams.
- Serve as the primary intake and coordination point for requests impacting engineers and leadership.
- Maintain visibility into open items and ensure structured follow-up.
- Coordinate scheduling, documentation organization, and internal communication.
- Reinforce structured communication and prioritization practices.
- Identify workflow gaps or inefficiencies and partner with leadership to implement improvements.
- Support organization and maintenance of shared technical documentation and resources.
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Cross-Functional Communication & Operational Discipline
- Facilitate clear communication between leadership and engineering teams.
- Improve transparency around priorities, deadlines, and commitments.
- Support development and refinement of intake processes and coordination workflows.
- Contribute to a culture of accountability, responsiveness, and operational consistency.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in executive support, operations coordination, project coordination, or a similar role within an engineering or consulting environment.
- Demonstrated experience organizing people, priorities, and workflows within client-facing, deadline-driven environments.
- Proven ability to manage complex priorities while aligning closely with leadership direction.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Professional presence and ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word.
- Demonstrated preference for structured, detail-oriented coordination work.
- Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience directly supporting senior leaders or executives.
- Familiarity with engineering project lifecycles, technical documentation, and cross-functional coordination.
- Proficiency with Smartsheet and Power BI.
- Experience developing or improving intake, coordination, or workflow systems.
- Experience creating or maintaining reporting dashboards or operational tracking tools.
Work Environment
- This position is fully remote and may be structured as full-time or part-time for the right candidate.
Benefits
- Employer paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability.
- Voluntary Life Insurance.
- 401(k) with employer matching; 100% immediate vesting.
- Annual & discretionary bonus programs.
- Paid vacation and sick time.
- Employer paid licensure (FE/PE), certifications, seminars, & conferences.
- Paid parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Eight (8) paid holidays including a floating holiday.
- Annual Team Building.
- Hybrid work environment with remote flexibility.
- Career development, training, and coaching opportunities.
- Pet insurance.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in executive support, operations coordination, project coordination, or a similar role within an engineering or consulting environment.
- Demonstrated experience organizing people, priorities, and workflows within client-facing, deadline-driven environments.
- Proven ability to manage complex priorities while aligning closely with leadership direction.
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Professional presence and ability to exercise discretion in handling confidential information.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word.
- Demonstrated preference for structured, detail-oriented coordination work.
- Authorization to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience directly supporting senior leaders or executives.
- Familiarity with engineering project lifecycles, technical documentation, and cross-functional coordination.
- Proficiency with Smartsheet and Power BI.
- Experience developing or improving intake, coordination, or workflow systems.
- Experience creating or maintaining reporting dashboards or operational tracking tools.
- Work Environment
- This position is fully remote and may be structured as full-time or part-time for the right candidate.
Benefits
- Employer paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability.
- Voluntary Life Insurance.
- 401(k) with employer matching; 100% immediate vesting.
- Annual & discretionary bonus programs.
- Paid vacation and sick time.
- Employer paid licensure (FE/PE), certifications, seminars, & conferences.
- Paid parental leave.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Eight (8) paid holidays including a floating holiday.
- Annual Team Building.
- Hybrid work environment with remote flexibility.
- Career development, training, and coaching opportunities.
- Pet insurance.
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