Vice President of Engineering

Salary: $ 140,000.00

We have partnered with a consulting engineers for the Utility Industries company in the Charlotte, NC area to provide them with a Vice President of Engineering. Please review the description below and let us know if you are interested.

Prioritized Must Have Skills for the Vice President of Engineering:

#1. Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering

#2. MBA, PMP, or Master's degree in Engineering Management preferred

#3. Registered Professional Engineer (PE) required, and ability to become licensed in additional states as required

#4. 10+ years of substation and relaying experience preferred

#5. 5+ years in the engineering consulting business and managing people

#6. No more than 3 jobs in the last 10 years.

Responsibilities of the Vice President of Engineering:

• Provide professional oversight of Electrical Project Engineers, Project Managers, Designers and Technicians
• Manage accounts and maintaining long-term client relationships
• Conduct career development reviews and identifying growth and learning opportunities for direct reports.
• Oversee office resource billable levels, forecast resource needs and monitor backlog to plan for additional resources/hiring
• Ensure and facilitate project team collaboration with internal and external team members from other offices and communicate across all disciplines to resolve design conflicts as required
• Provide Quality Control (QC) reviews on substation protection and control relaying design, relaying settings, and PE seal for construction design package and setting reports
• Resolve conflicts with both team members and clients

Requirements for the Professional Vice President of Engineering:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering
• MBA, PMP, or Master's degree in Engineering Management preferred
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) required, and ability to become licensed in additional states as required
• 10+ years of substation and relaying experience preferred
• 5+ years in the engineering consulting business
• 5+ years managing people
• Competent in developing and maintaining a strong business network
• Competent in researching engineering and design issues and evaluating solutions
• Ability to learn new engineering topics to facility business and team growth
• Process and improvement oriented
• Strong communication skills in recommending engineering solutions and leading teams
• Experience with engineering and design programs and software (AutoCAD, CymTCC, SEL Software, Omicron Testing Universe, in addition to others.)
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• Construction support experience
• Must be proficient in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and other MS Office applications.
• Knowledge of project management software
• Responsible for employee engagement, performance reviews, interviewing/hiring, work quality, budgets and schedules, mentorship and growth, project execution, client interaction, and business development.
• Ability to provide technical review of project scopes, develop budget estimates and prepare proposals
• Ability to prepare various specification for bid such as equipment specification, labor specification and relay specifications.
• Must have a good understanding of the technological, market, and commercial trends driving the current utility industry transformation.
• Will be responsible for all aspects of the line of business, including maintaining existing clients and generating new clients.
• Must actively support enhancing the Company's overall strategic business vision by supporting the selling and delivery of multi-functional business solutions.
• Must have a general knowledge of all the engineering services that the Company offers and be able to effectively communicate the services to existing and potential clients.

Other Key Requirements:

• This position reports to the Business Unit General Manager.
• No sponsorships or visa holders. No Corp to Corp.

Benefits of the Vice President of Engineering:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k)

About Relevante, Inc. the Recruiting Firm Representing the Client for this Job

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