E&I Department Manager

Hunt, Guillot & Associates LLC; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunt, Guillot & Associates LLC in Baton Rouge, LA seeks an E&I Department Manager to lead the electrical and instrumentation engineering team across multiple locations, ensuring consistency, quality, and accountability in project execution.

The role requires a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, a Louisiana PE license, and at least 15 years of experience in consulting engineering, with strong management, communications, and client-relations skills.

Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited program.
• PE license in Louisiana.
• Minimum of 15 years of experience.
• Knowledge of engineering design principles and practices as per applicable codes and standards.
• Experience with a consulting engineering firm.
• Knowledge and experience in engineering design and construction projects with multi-discipline management.
• Strong capabilities in engineering management, communications, client relationships, and team management.

Responsibilities

• Manage the overall performance, workload, and staffing of the E&I engineering and design department, including engineers, designers, and drafters.
• Enforce consistency in procedures and project execution across the department; ensure compliance with Department Procedures with no exceptions.
• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for electrical and instrumentation deliverables (one-line diagrams, power distribution, control systems, instrument loop diagrams, specs).
• Guide staff in optimizing budget, schedule, and quality priorities on assigned projects.
• Coordinate with Baton Rouge Engineering Manager and Operations Manager to ensure proper resource utilization and client satisfaction.
• Develop long-term manpower forecasts and recruit/manage staff to satisfy forecasts and business unit goals.
• Mentor and develop E&I engineers, designers, and drafters; conduct performance reviews and support career development.
• Drive continuous improvement of HGA's engineering systems, standards, and workflows to ensure accuracy and quality across projects.
• Coordinate with Project Management and other discipline department managers to support multi-discipline project execution.
• Support proposal development, budget estimating, and staffing plans for E&I scope on new and existing projects.
• Ensure all E&I work complies with applicable codes and standards (NEC, IEEE, NFPA, ISA, NESC).
• Report department status, risks, and staffing needs to the Baton Rouge Engineering Manager.

Skills

Engineering management

Client relationship

Team management

Communications

Project leadership

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering (ABET-accredited)

Job description

HGA is seeking an E&I Department Manager to support operations in Baton Rouge, LA. The E&I Dept. Manager will provide the leadership to sustain and reinforce the vision and culture of the engineering business unit across multiple geographic locations by enforcing consistency among staff regarding procedures and execution of projects, and by promoting accountability, flexibility, efficiency, productivity, and teamwork. This role ensures compliance with Department Procedures with no exceptions, drives improvements to HGA's current systems to ensure accuracy and quality on projects, and provides guidance to staff in optimizing budget, schedule, and quality priorities. The E&I Department Manager maintains the proper relationship between staff, contract, and outsourced personnel to optimize profitability, availability, and utilization, and provides long-term manpower forecasting, recruiting, and management to satisfy those forecasts and business unit goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the overall performance, workload, and staffing of the E&I engineering and design department, including engineers, designers, and drafters.
• Enforce consistency in procedures and project execution across the department; ensure compliance with Department Procedures with no exceptions.
• Provide technical leadership and quality oversight for electrical and instrumentation deliverables, including one-line diagrams, power distribution, control system architecture, instrument loop diagrams, and specifications.
• Guide staff in optimizing budget, schedule, and quality priorities on assigned projects.
• Partner with the Baton Rouge Engineering Manager and Operations Manager to ensure proper utilization of resources, successful project execution, client satisfaction, and high employee morale.
• Maintain the proper balance of staff, contract, and outsourced personnel to optimize profitability, availability, and utilization.
• Develop long-term manpower forecasts and recruit/manage staff to satisfy forecasts and business unit goals.
• Mentor and develop E&I engineers, designers, and drafters; conduct performance reviews and support career development.
• Drive continuous improvement of HGA's engineering systems, standards, and workflows to ensure accuracy and quality across projects.
• Coordinate with Project Management group and other discipline department managers to support multi-discipline project execution and squad checks.
• Support proposal development, budget estimating, and staffing plans for E&I scope on new and existing projects.
• Ensure all E&I engineering work complies with applicable codes and standards (NEC, IEEE, NFPA, ISA, NESC).
• Report department status, risks, and staffing needs to the Baton Rouge Engineering Manager.

Required Qualifications

• B.S. degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field from an ABET-accredited program
• PE license in Louisiana
• Minimum of 15 years of experience.
• Knowledge of engineering design principles and practices as spelled out in applicable codes and standards.
• Experience with a consulting engineering firm.
• Knowledge and experience in engineering design and construction projects, with a demonstrated ability to manage multi-discipline engineering projects.
• A high degree of capability in engineering management, communications, client relationship, and team management skills.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled