Engineering Supervisor - Substation

Overview

SUMMARY: Provide supervisory and engineering/technical support to a substation electrical engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Incumbents will supervise direct reports including engineers and designers, CAD technicians and administrative personnel. This role includes both direct billable client work (project work) and administrative leadership support to the manager or director. The incumbent is expected to lead projects, perform responsible charge engineering duties, manage project schedules along with managing specific engineering and design business revenue and profitability goals.

Personnel responsibilities include carrying out such programs as training, performance appraisal, employee recruiting, succession planning and adherence to standards of conduct. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems in the specific area of expertise for the management of engineering projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide supervisory and engineering/technical leadership to a skilled, qualified, and motivated engineering and design team by:

• Displaying effective leadership skills in motivating, rewarding, and assisting individuals through the use of innovative techniques and effective management systems.

• Ensuring that individuals have the training, tools, personal equipment, work environment, and technical support to optimize their performance and achieve desired results.

• Coaching, training and mentoring an engineering and design team.

• Providing honest and constructive feedback, assistance in setting priorities, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

Perform project management activities on assigned client projects along with Responsible Charge Engineering duties (i.e. Sealing Designs).

Ensure that cost and utilization goals are met by effective planning, organizing, scheduling and monitoring of work activities.

Provide technical leadership to ensure that all specific engineering designs are provided per applicable professional codes and standards by:

• Providing technical direction to project teams on complex multi-disciplined projects.

• Developing and maintaining engineering standards, work practices, and systems.

• Maintaining knowledge of the engineering and technical industry codes, standards, and best practices.

• Developing and maintaining knowledge of the current and future enablers, systems, and applications available in the industry to ensure continuous improvement.

Manage customer relations and enhance Pike Engineering reputation.

Administer and ensure adherence to Pike Engineering corporate safety policies.

Carry out administrative duties in accordance with company policy.

Assist in recruiting efforts, business development and strategic planning.

Perform other duties as assigned by management.

COMPLEXITY OF WORK: Complex; established procedures not available. Major decision making.

RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE THE WORK GROUP: Influences decisions of major nature. High degree of tact and diplomacy to obtain favorable decisions or maintain goodwill.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Manage a team of substation engineering and design professionals with direct supervisory responsibility.

Education and/or

Experience:

• Required:
  
  A Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Electrical or Civil Engineering (preference for Electrical Engineering) and experience equivalent to 7+ years in engineering practice.

• Required:
  
  Engineering degree awarded from a college or university accredited by ABET.

Experience:

5-7 years of experience in Substation Engineering.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

Professional Engineer (P.E.) and an NCEES record.

On-the-Job Training:

Significant experience at a professional level in electrical power system engineering related to designing utility transmission and distribution substations.

• Language/Reading: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.

• Writing: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

• Math/Statistical: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plane geometry and trigonometry.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.

Other

Skills and Abilities:

• Self-motivated, able to work independently, team-oriented, and customer-oriented.

• Able to manage multiple tasks and provide leadership to other team members.

• Skilled in principles of project management.

• NCEES and registration as a…