Regional Electrical Engineering Leader

CDM Smith; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith seeks a Senior Electrical Engineering leader to guide a Technical Services team in New York. You will mentor staff, manage workloads, and ensure high-quality project delivery across electrical systems.

Responsibilities include staff engagement, utilization, project profitability, and QA/QC, with coordination with digital partners to accelerate new solutions. Some travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Proven record of leading engineering teams and delivering complex projects.
• Experience mentoring staff and driving professional development.
• Strong understanding of engineering metrics like utilization and project profitability.

Responsibilities

• Lead a Technical Services group and coordinate staff assignments with TDMs.
• Drive staff engagement, retention, and development within the team.
• Oversee financial performance, including utilization, direct labor, and profitability.
• Ensure QA/QC and Health & Safety compliance across project delivery.
• Coordinate with digital service providers to accelerate adoption of new tools.
• Recruit, interview, and hire engineers to support project workload.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Staff engagement

Quality culture

Client service

Digital collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronics

PE license

Tools

Trinnex

Digital Engineering Services (DES)

Job description

• Supporting your employees’ career journey.


• Communicating, integrating, connecting, and engaging with your team members.


• Actively participating in your team members’ career paths, including identifying and completing appropriate training, achieving professional registration/certification, and assigning challenging projects.


• Selecting a suitable mentor for your employees as part of the Career Compass Program.


• Celebrating team members at important milestones (i.e., work anniversaries, promotions, professional registration, etc.).


• Conducting timely and authentic annual performance appraisals, coordinating with technical mentors, project managers, TDMs, and others.


• Leveraging and applying intellectual property, especially as it relates to Community of Practice participation.


• Recruiting, interviewing, and hiring new employees (as approved with the TDM) to support project workload and overall firm growth.


• Delivering a legendary client experience with attention to quality.


• Instilling a sense of personal ownership for work product quality in each member of your team.


• Coordinating workload within your Technical Services group and utilization goals for the individuals on your team. - Coordinating with your TDM for appropriate technical staff assignments.


• Manage the team’s financial performance including utilization, direct labor, and profitability.


• Delivering appropriate sales support, as coordinated with the TDM.


• Approving time sheets and expense reports in a timely manner.


• Ensuring your team members complete all required training (Compliance, Health & Safety, Ethics, etc.) on time.


• Ensuring your team members are compliant with QA/QC and Health & Safety procedures for project delivery.

Skills & Abilities

• Foster a culture of collaboration, quality, and lead by example, embodying CDM Smith’s Vision and Core Values.


• Consistently demonstrate CDM Smith’s Leadership Competencies, including promoting a high-performance culture, trust and accountability, building alliances, and driving continuous improvement.


• Effectively drive staff engagement, retention, hiring, and development within the team.


• Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills.


• Provide exemplary service to both internal and external clients.


• Possess a deep understanding of the business, including key metrics such as utilization, project profitability, overhead, and staffing.


• Ability to collaborate effectively with digital service providers, including Trinnex and Digital Engineering Services (DES), to accelerate adoption of digital tools, improve efficiency in delivery of instruments of service, and support the ideation, incubation, and governed implementation of new digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or Electrical Technology or related discipline. Professional engineering (PE) license.


• 12 years of related experience.


• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.


• Domestic and/or international travel may be required. The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and the essential functions of the position, which may vary depending on workload and project demands.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrate a strong technical understanding of electrical engineering.


• Experience leading teams developing engineering designs of moderate to high complexity to meet client project requirements.


• Experience with electric master system plans, power systems, protection and generation models, facility power systems, sustainability/renewable energy systems, and other similar electrical systems.