Assistant Substation Technical Manager

Description

• Provides continued mentored experience to senior staff.
• Serves as the technical advisor for the organization in the application of advanced concepts and methods in an assigned area.
• Reviews operational procedures to ensure compliance with applicable policies and performance measures.
• Development of design specifications including the overall bill of materials.
• Manage, design, and perform QA/QC checks related to technical activities including, but not limited to, the following:
• Routinely interacts with organizational leaders, clients, officials, contractors, and others.
• Document QAQC reviews, maintain record documents, and communicate information to the team.
• Develops new techniques and/or improved processes, materials, or products.
• Represents their area of specialty within the organization and liaises with related individuals and organizations.
• Design and sizing of auxiliary systems including AC/DC load centers as well as batteries and chargers.
• Keeps informed of new methods and developments affecting their organization and recommends new practices or changes in emphasis of programs.
• Leads programs of moderate complexity and scope or leads a major project.
• Design of interfacing with SCADA systems and communications including RTUs, HMIs, and IEDs.
• Development of and/or revisions to existing drawings for one-lines, schematics and wiring, control and relaying panels and equipment wiring including coordinating with CAD operators to develop organized quality CAD drawings.
• Analyzes project management plans for complex engineering projects.
• Applies progressively acquired expertise to resolve crucial issues and/or unique conditions.
• Keeps informed of new developments and requirements affecting the organization for the purpose of recommending changes in programs or applications.
• Supervises a staff of engineers and technicians.
• Review junior engineer’s designs, verify they meet client standards and specifications, and identify gaps in client’s protection.
• Development of control and relay panel layouts including assembling the specifications.
• Ordering long-lead item materials.
• Integrate protection and control drawings to interface with the physical layout and design of substations.
• Plans, schedules, and coordinates the preparation of documents or activities for multiple major projects or is responsible for an entire program of an organization.
• Managing tasks on multiple projects in accordance with GAI’s high standards of project management.
• Analyzes complex problems across specialty areas appropriate to the practice of engineering.
• Analyzes ethical dilemmas to determine appropriate courses of action.
• Traveling to other offices and meeting with clients and attending project-specific meetings on a regular basis.
• Creation of project criteria.
• Managing and assisting with the development of the scope of services and cost estimates for Substation and P&C projects.
• Design and sizing of conduit, cable, and backup generators.
• Receives administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.

Requirements

• Occasional standing, walking, bending, or reaching within the office environment. Ability to move between workstations and attend in-person meetings.
• Visual acuity to read printed materials, digital screens, detailed documents, and perform detailed work.
• Must be flexible to handle shifting deadlines and scope changes.
• Ability to lift and carry office materials or equipment weighing up to 10-20 pounds, with or without assistance.
• Integrates professional attitudes relevant to the practice of engineering and fosters creativity, curiosity, flexibility, and dependability in staff.
• Understands project delivery uncertainties and uses risk management principles to address them.
• Ability to work indoors in professional office settings.
• Ability to work extended hours or after hours when required.
• Integrates concepts of effective teamwork and leadership, including justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and advocates for application of these concepts.
• Adequate hearing to participate in conversations, phone calls, and virtual meetings.
• Ability to sit for extended periods while performing computer-based tasks.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) License, reciprocity in multiple states or the ability to obtain on a mutually agreed upon timeline.
• Values and analyzes sustainable performance of complex engineering projects from a systems perspective.
• Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgment to determine optimal solutions.
• Must have resource management skills and the ability to identify project barriers and mitigate them without schedule impacts.
• 10+ years’ of applicable experience
• Applies thorough knowledge of current principles and practices of engineering related to the variety of aspects affecting their organization.
• Ability to travel for meetings, training, or business purposes.
• Applies principles of formal strategic and persuasive communications.
• Considers social equity and environmental impact of engineering decisions.
• B.S. Engineering
• Must be able to manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously and be able to work effectively under the pressure of deadlines and unexpected developments.
• Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing, writing, and handling office equipment.

Benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement
• Generous Paid Time Off and 7 paid holidays
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, vision, dental, company paid Long Term Disability, and Short-Term Disability (benefits start within 30 days of hire)
• New paid Maternity/Paternity/Adoption program
• Competitive salary - GAI is committed to paying market-based salaries.
• 401k company match

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance