Our Customer is a growing Engineering Consulting company with over twenty-two years of experience, and is a fully licensed, professional engineering design firm that strives for excellence and innovation. Their team uses proven methodologies & outside-of- the-box thinking to solve customers’ challenges. Their areas of expertise are in Development Services Planning & Engineering, Power Generation & Substation Design, Utility & Municipal Design and Battery Energy Storage Systems.
Our Customer is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer / Team Lead who will work to ensure a positive experience for the customer by spearheading the relationships and by coaching and managing other employees with the “customer first” mentality. The team leader will also assist with the execution of daily operations by overseeing staff training, team building exercises and performance reviews. The Team Lead will manage workforces in a way that encourages teamwork, cooperation, and productivity. Their focus is to be on fostering team unity and boosting the company’s day-to-day efficiency. The successful candidate must be a high-energy multitasker who can communicate effectively with staff and help the organization meet its goals successfully. Additionally, the candidate must be well organized, with the ability to effectively prioritize and delegate, and have strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Client Management, Program Management and Senior Engineering responsibilities
- Assist with the procurement of new business for the Company, including preparation of proposals and quotations
- Communicate with all project stakeholders and build key relationships
- Assist with the transfer of knowledge regarding company operations, and updates to the Company process manual
- QA/QC Project Management Software and ensure employee compliance
- Budgeting, cost estimating, and report preparation
- System planning, load forecasting, and master plan preparation
- Specification writing
- Agreement and security co-ordination
- Local Distribution Company Offer to Connect interpretation
- Coordinate job site inspections during and after construction for compliance with specs
- Attend design and project meetings as required
- Create plans to address clients’ business needs including scheduling regular meetings with customers to ensure satisfaction
- Act as point of contact for complaints and escalate issues as appropriate
- Help sales team up-sell or cross-sell services and products
- Ensure both the company and clients adhere to contract terms
- Set sales and revenue targets and work diligently to meet them
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., sales, engineers, senior management) to address customers’ needs
- Design power distribution and street lighting systems for residential/commercial developments
- Oversee critical project information, drawings, files, spreadsheets, and records
- Design/approve power distribution and street lighting or other outdoor lighting systems for residential / commercial developments
- Design/approve traffic signalization and street lighting systems for municipal / provincial road projects
- Design/approve distribution system expansion or rehabilitation designs
- Utility coordination and relocation services and joint-use project administration
- Supervise and mentor Project Engineers, and Engineering Technologists/Technicians
- Attend design and project meetings as required
- Final approver and signing engineer on all drawings, reports and customer facing material as per PEO
- Oversee project management through design, approval, coordination, construction, and assumption phases
- Oversee Contract administration through tendering, award, quantity review, completion, and assumption stage
- Ensure that critical project work has been verified at key milestones by facilitating design review mechanisms
- Manage, monitor & track spending to project budgets (internal and external), schedules and deliveries
- Job site inspections as required for interpretation of construction drawings, and for general compliance with specs
- Facilitate project related problem solving, resource allocation, and issue resolution by engaging pertinent parties and expertise as required
- Maintain the integrity of the project management tool and other group software, ensuring licenses and updates are kept current and utilized effectively