Position Overview

The Substation Physical Engineering Manager provides engineering supervision and leadership in support of meeting project demands while maintaining a limited project load in accordance with overall backlog needs. The Engineering Manager is to work closely with the Engineering Director while being responsible for the technical oversight of engineers based out of the office. They are to assist the Director of Engineering in meeting department goals. 

 

This position may be based in Lake Mary, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Las Vegas, NV or Boise, ID.

Responsibilities

• Accomplishes human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.  

• Achieves operational objectives by contributing engineering information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining administrative system improvements; implementing change.  
• Provide oversight, technical and procedural direction to ensure proper engineering processes are followed throughout projects. 
• Developing, nurturing and maintaining trusted relationships with senior level engineering, managers, and executives with current or prospective clients.    
• Ability to coordinate work with engineering offices where shared resources might reside.  
• Work with department to cross-train employees on multi-client standards for efficiency and scale, working towards more of a team concept.  
• Actively coordinate with Business Development to ensure a more consistent pipeline and backlog of workflow.  
• Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable articulate manner.  
• Delegating, planning, prioritizing, and forecast upcoming engineering requirements/needs including non-job-related training schedules. 
• Direct and/or participate in client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data. 
• Provide technical support for quotes/estimating as it relates to engineering, project management and client management input 
• Review and approve employee time sheets and expense statements for accuracy.
• Ensure project cost, quality, and schedule requirements are met.
• Conduct audits to ensure all design packages follow Qualus’ QA/QC process.
• Oversee internal training program by identifying staff’s needs and coordinating resources that will perform training. 
• Attend Project Kickoff meetings to discuss in detail work scope, project specifications, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements with project team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) from an ABET-accredited school. Master's Degree in Engineering Management or MBA, is a plus. 

• Minimum 5 years in management, within the energy sector. 

• Experience in Utility Substation engineering. 
• Professional Engineering (PE) license, preferred.     

 

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Benefits & Compensation

Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

 

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.