Manager, Engineering

Qualus Corporation; Pittsburgh, Northern (Allegheny County, KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life Insurance

Short & Long-Term Disability

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus seeks a Manager, Engineering to provide technical leadership and supervision for projects, aligning workload with business needs. You will guide engineers, coordinate with the Director of Engineering, and ensure high quality, efficient delivery.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in engineering management in the energy sector, with a PE license preferred and strong communication and analytical skills to lead teams and engage with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET-accredited preferred).
• Minimum 5 years in management within the energy sector.
• Professional Engineering license, preferred.
• Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and supervision to engineers to meet project demands with high quality and efficiency.
• Coordinate with senior leadership and clients to maintain a strong pipeline and project backlog.
• Oversee engineering processes and QA/QC as per Qualus standards.
• Support quotes and estimates related to engineering and project management.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Computer skills

Management experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Masters degree in Engineering Management or MBA

Job description

Position Overview

Power your future with Qualus as a Manager, Engineering. The Manager, Engineering provides technical leadership and supervision to support project demands while maintaining a limited project workload aligned with overall business needs. This role provides technical oversight and guidance to engineers within the office, works closely with the Director of Engineering to achieve department goals, and helps ensure projects are delivered with a high level of quality, efficiency, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Accomplishes human resourceobjectivesby recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

• Achieves operationalobjectivesby contributing engineering information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits;identifyingtrends;determiningadministrative system improvements; implementing change.

• Provide oversight,technicaland procedural direction to ensure proper engineering processes are followed throughout projects.

• Developing,nurturingandmaintainingtrusted relationships with senior level engineering, managers, and executives with current or prospective clients.

• Ability to coordinate work with engineering offices where shared resources mightreside.

• Work withdepartmentto cross-train employees on multi-client standards for efficiency and scale, working towards more of a team concept.

• Actively coordinate with Business Development to ensure a more consistent pipeline and backlog of workflow.

• Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customersrespondin real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable articulate manner.

• Delegating, planning, prioritizing, andforecastupcoming engineering requirements/needs including non-job-related training schedules.

• Direct and/orparticipatein client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data.

• Provide technical support for quotes/estimating as it relates to engineering, projectmanagementand client management input

• Review and approve employee time sheets and expense statements for accuracy.

• Ensure project cost, quality, and schedule requirements are met.

• Conduct audits to ensure all design packages followQualus’QA/QC process.

• Oversee internal training program byidentifyingstaff’s needs and coordinating resources that will perform training.

• Attend Project Kickoff meetings to discuss in detail work scope, project specifications, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements with project team

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree inElectrical Engineering, ABET accredited preferred.Mastersdegree in Engineering Managementor MBA, a plus
• Minimum 5 years in management, within the energy sector.Experience performing substation physical design, protection and control design, and/or power systems studies.
• Professional Engineering license, preferred.
• Strong communicationskills able to relate to all levels of the organization
• Knowledge of both business and technical terminology
• Strong analytical and computer skills
• Strong decision-making skills
• Excellentdemonstratedcommunication (written and verbal),peopleand organizational skills
• Proven ability to develop andmaintainfinancial plans
• Strong senseof urgency, organizationalskills, and attention to detail while at the same time, prioritizing tasks for the most efficiency and to meet any required deadlines
• Ability to independently work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference and fundamentals of plain and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to independently apply concepts such as fractions, percentages,ratiosand proportions of practical situations.

Physical Requirements

• While performing duties of this job,employeewill be required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop or kneel, talk and hear, and use fingers and hands to feel objects and toolsup to 75% of the time.
• The employeefrequentlywill beusing a computer and smartphone for communication.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilitiesrequiredinclude close vision, distance vision, depth perceptions, and the ability to adjust focus.

Benefits & Compensation

Qualus benefits offered include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP, Parental Leave, Paid time off, and Holidays, for those who qualify.

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, energy efficiency and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 2,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.

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