Electrical Engineering​/Design Department Manager

Description

Mounds View, MN

$130,000 - $160,000

Since 1990, Excel Engineering, Inc. has set itself apart by delivering engineering solutions and exceptional quality deliverables, driving client partnership. Throughout that time, we have maintained a strong electrical engineering and design department focused on developing and providing comprehensive solutions for a variety of industrial manufacturing and utility clients. Excel provides design and electrical engineering services for facilities and processes undergoing retrofit, expansion, or new construction.

This position leads a department of electrical engineers and designers and collaborates with other discipline engineers, project managers and client stakeholders in support of both capital and operational improvement projects. Electrical engineering/design department projects focus on power distribution design, machine and process electrical design, relaying and protection, lighting design, emergency/standby power and NRTL evaluations.

A manager role at Excel Engineering will have a combination of leadership and individual contributor responsibilities; however, the expectation is that the manager focuses 80% - 90% of their time on the following leadership responsibilities:

• Strategic Alignment:
  Hold department meetings to identify, discuss and solve department issues, convey issues to leadership, align department initiatives with company annual and/or quarterly goals. Responsible for department profit and loss.
• People Management: lead & inspire, mentor & coach, perform talent acquisition & retention, manage personnel performance, perform regular performance reviews, develop skills within the department.
• Project Execution: approve and monitor project budgets, assign and plan resources, monitor overall project risks throughout the department, foster lessons learned meetings and disseminate learning, engage and monitor project stakeholders
• Client Satisfaction & Project Sales:
  Regularly engage Clients to maintain relationships and communicate about systemic issues, solicit feedback from client stakeholders, proposals (scoping and estimating projects, bid/no-bid, strategy, approvals, client communication), identify and follow up on prospective project opportunities
• Technical Expertise: ensure department processes, procedures and instructions are up to date and utilized, provide technical direction and support, resolve technical challenges, ensure compliance with applicable codes, standards and regulations

• Minimum of six (6) years or more of experience in electrical engineering design
• Electrical design experience in the following industries preferred: manufacturing, consumer goods, renewable energy, gas processing, chemical and/or life sciences
• Five (5) years or more in a role managing engineers and technical staff
• Expertise in National Electrical Code (NEC), NFPA
  70E and other applicable codes and standards
• Professional Engineer (PE) licensure is strongly preferred

• B.S in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited institute. Concentration in power is preferred.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale

• Effective interpersonal skills
• Leadership and people management
• Ability to work collaboratively with individuals at all levels in the organization in a team environment
• Excellent communication skills in English, both in words and in writing; ability to generate client communication correspondence and presentations
• Project and/or resource planning
• Project and/or client management
• Proposal and manhour estimate development
• Proficiency in SKM Power Tools, ETAP, Power World or similar power system modeling software
• Proficiency in Schweitzer Electrical Laboratories (SEL), Basler and/or GE protection products and software
• Proficiency in AutoCAD
• Strong knowledge of MS Office
• Experience with EOS a plus

• Continuing education and on the job training
• Retirement plan – 401(k) matching
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Wellness program
• Paid time off
• Flexible schedule and work environment -…