Engineering Director

Description

• Establishing goals, objectives and priorities of engineering staff. Monitoring performance to those goals and providing feedback to the employee and management.
• Implement approved engineering budgets and monitor actual expenses to ensure they fall within budgets, analyzing out of budget expenses and ensuring they are offset in other areas of the project unless fully justified.
• Direct various project related design tests and analyzes and documents results.
• Ensure that proper records and other documentation are maintained.
• Technical interface to customers during the execution phase of projects.
• Consult or negotiate with customers to finalize engineering project specifications.
• Present engineering plans and progress status updates to project stakeholders and financiers.
• Maintaining body equilibrium and agility to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, ascending or descending stairs.
• Perform administrative and oversight functions in approving proposals, expenditure and enforcing policies.
• Administer and review engineering or related work provided by outside consultants. Determine if methods, procedures, and results developed by outside consultants are analytically sound.
• Provides technical and engineering resource input to new business proposals/opportunities.
• Lead interface from Engineering Department with all other areas of the business.
• Manages overall electrical and mechanical engineering commitments to meet critical customer deadlines.
• Review and approve proposed engineering designs and subsequent product and process enhancements or changes.
• Lead engineering effort in the resolution of technical issues.
• Recommends major changes in procedures or objectives.
• Drive quality and accountability within the Engineering Department.
• This position may travel out-of-town to attend training and meetings.
• Typing, punching or applying pressure to an object with fingers and palm.
• Leads engineering review of customer technical specifications and the translation of specifications into safe, high quality, compliant equipment/systems.
• Negotiate favorable terms with 3rd party engineering suppliers and monitor and manager supplier performance.

Requirements

• Sitting, standing and walking for long periods of time.
• Must have excellent analytical and computational skills.
• Knowledge of ANSI, IEEE, NEC and other industry applicable standards and codes.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills as well as interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of medium and low voltage power distribution equipment and associated controls/data acquisition systems.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
• Master’s Degree
• Professional Engineering license
• Familiarity with computer aided design tools including CAD.
• Knowledge of power system analysis and associated calculations.
• Familiarity with ISO policies and safety regulations.
• Maintains current knowledge of relevant technologies as assigned.
• Typical office environment: may experience minor discomfort from extensive use of a computer display and keyboard; travel between buildings on campus and between campuses.
• Familiarity with power system components and their application/specification.
• Ability to gather, analyze and summarize data in order to draw rational, fact-based conclusions.
• Electrical engineering subject matter expertise to assigned clients and advise other internal groups.
• Knowledge of DC traction power equipment preferred.
• 15+ years of related engineering experience, including 5 years of relevant leadership experience directing a team of engineers.
• Must have proven multitasking skills and can work in fast-paced, high demand environment.
• Must have excellent organization, supervisory, managerial and leadership skills to manage a team of engineers and technical staff.

Benefits

• Temperature controlled working environment. Some outside activities may be required.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance