Lead Electrical Engineer (Charlotte, NC)

Lead Electrical Engineer (Charlotte, NC)

Charlotte, United States | Posted on 07/10/2024

The main responsibilities of the Lead Engineer are to support our Sales & Service teams through review & validation of proposals, test-plans, and test-reports, providing technical training & mentoring to our team, and developing new capabilities & offerings that support profitable growth.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Review and approve/certify proposals, test-plans, & test-reports by our Sales & Service teams for various customer jobs for correctness, quality, and adherence to standards.
   
2. Perform coordination studies & arc-flash studies based on data gathered from customer sites and provide appropriate recommendations.
   
3. Collaborate with Sales team, Service team, and Customers to develop execution plans on larger and more complex projects for safe, successful (high quality), & efficient completion.
   
4. Build relationships with Customers by providing insightful technical solutions and solving complex testing & reliability challenges related to electrical installations and protection equipment.
   
5. Stay abreast of related technology, industry standards, customer needs, and best-practices to develop new solutions & service-offerings. Coordinate with Service Operations Manager to enhance Quality processes and metrics to ensure our Services exceed customer expectations.
   
6. Develop and manage the training and up-skilling of our technicians in collaboration with the Power Systems training coordinator and Service Operations Manager with targeted & measurable results.
   
7. Support business-development & customer-facing efforts in support of sales-team with required technical materials & presentations.
   
8. Develop solutions to make step changes in process efficiencies in the engineering/technical aspects of quoting, job progress calculation in collaboration with the Sales Manager and Service Operations Manager.
   
9. Systematize and grow engagement with key industry organizations (NETA, PEARL, and others) to stay in accreditation compliance, build relationships, and position company for thought leadership in the industry.
   

Requirements

1. Familiar with NFPA and IEEE standards.
2. Experience gathering electrical equipment data.
3. Knowledge of SKM, ETAP, EasyPower, ASPEN, PSSE or EMTP software.
4. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
5. Bachelor´s Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
6. Professional Engineering License.

Insurance, 401k with company matching, vacation and holiday pay.