Teresa Antropow de la Hoz, Chief Operations Officer, antropowdelahoz.t@northeastern.edu
Charter | Team Drive
Responsibilities
The primary objective of our operations team is to streamline processes and enhance overall efficiency, ensuring an optimal working environment for all members on NER.
Competition preparation
Maintenance of physical and digital spaces
Project Management
Team leadership
Chief Operations Officer
Competition Coordinator
Physical and Digital Spaces Coordinator
Team member expectations
Attend all weekly Business meetings
If unable to attend a meeting, message Operations leadership and send updates in the #operations Slack channel prior to the meeting being missed.
Communicate with Operations leadership regularly on topics including: bandwidth / capacity, workload, questions / roadblocks, progress, or new ideas
The expected time commitment for a dedicated member is 5 hours per week.
Details
Competition preparation
Travel logistics for team, car and equipment
Arrange lodging for annual competitions
Documentation
Deadlines
Big Binder of Stuff
Physical spaces
Richards 054 Makerspace + Bay and Gainsborough Garage (Cage)
Carry out regular clean-ups
General maintenance
Ensure proper safety and behavior; completion of Safety Training
Inventory of items
Room bookings and test days
Book rooms for weekly meetings, general meetings and learning sessions
Communicate with CSI for space bookings for events.
Oranize vehicle testing, including collaborating with facilities, ensure safety and team member involvement.
Organize driver testing to determine drivers for competition.
Digital spaces
Maintain order on digital platforms
Organized online storage, such as Google Drive and Confluence
Clean out inactive users regularly on all platforms, especially Drive and Slack
Subscription management: keep track of access credentials for all online platforms and subscriptions
Project Management
Support engineering and software subteams in the creation of the Project Management plan.
Ensure proper documentation of processes.
Handle Project Management presentations and Change management documents for competitions.
Have a deep understanding of FinishLine (Project Management platform).