Substation Lead Electrical Engineer, Department Manager
On-siteFreeport, Maine, United States
Job Summary
Manage the day-to-day activities of the Substation Freeport Department, including financial, technical, and staffing aspects such as timecard approvals, expense approvals, financial reporting, and resource planning. Lead a team of drafters, designers, and engineers to execute mid-level projects across concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation. Apply high-level substation engineering techniques to identify improvements, develop construction plans, specifications, and cost estimates, and oversee cross-functional teams on budgets, tracking, and compliance documentation. Act as a trusted advisor to the Vice President, communicating regularly via touchpoints, teleconferences, and monthly reporting while balancing direct-award and competitive-bid work. Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations to address structural, environmental, and design issues.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or closely related discipline (or equivalent experience)
- 10+ years of relevant post education experience in engineering discipline and prior design experience
- Demonstratable experience as a leader of project and/or client teams
- Demonstrated competence in client team development and growing/maintaining client relationships
- Proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to project work-related issues
- Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant electrical codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements
- Well-developed ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience
- Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment
- Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC
- Proficient with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., MicroStation, AutoCAD, MS Office, etc), technology, math principles, spreadsheets, and tools
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek
- Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements
Desired Qualifications
- 1+ years of experience as a people leader in an Area Lead or Department Manager capacity
- Professional Engineer License
- Demonstrated Competence in working with other WSP Departments
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