Electrical Engineering Team Leader – Municipal Water/Wastewater

Job Details:

McKim & Creed is a unique, employee-owned firm. First and foremost, we value people. This means we not only hire great talent, we’ve also created an environment where each individual can grow, flourish and apply innovative thinking. As a result, we’ve created a world-class team of professionals within a nimble organization. That’s what our clients want. That’s why we succeed. Our clients hire us because of our people.

McKim & Creed has a reputation for state-of-the-art design of facilities that treat, preserve and conserve the earth’s finite water resources and optimize existing infrastructure and resources. Our highly respected teams of engineers and surveyors are committed to the innovation, sustainability and resource efficiencies that lead to a cleaner, safer and more sustainable future while helping communities leverage their infrastructure.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Water Business Unit as an Electrical Engineering Team Leader in our North Carolina market. If you want to work at a company that will help improve the future of the communities where we live work and play, we're glad you found McKim & Creed.

Location:  McKim & Creed offers a flexible working environment to promote a healthy work-life balance.   This position is available in our NC offices to include Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, Asheville, Greenville SC office, or our Atlanta, GA office.

 Job Summary:

The Electrical Engineering Team Leader manages electrical design efforts and works with the project team in the development and project completion of engineering projects focused in the municipal water and wastewater field.  Typical projects will include water and wastewater treatment plants, wastewater pump stations, booster pump stations, or similar related municipal utility infrastructure.  The Electrical Engineering Team Leader is responsible for coordination with the project manager and staff, oversight of electrical design elements, and completing project tasks within a specified budget and schedule.  This includes frequently interacting with and working with the client. The Electrical Engineering Team Leader will analyze processes and systems to identify ways to improve efficiency, increase quality, and reduce costs in collaboration with the project team. 

WHAT TO EXPECT DAY-TO-DAY:

• Managing and recruiting staff and providing mentoring for electrical engineers in the municipal water/wastewater sector.
• Responsibilities include staff management, monitoring of quality control systems, effective utilization of resources, recruiting, selecting and development of team members.
• This individual will manage the electrical project team members and other production staff members as needed within the region.

• Must be able to work as part of a project team and coordinate/schedule work with other team members including other discipline leads.
• Responsible for various tasks on several concurrent projects and independently manage these tasks through to completion within the allocated period of time and the monetary budget assigned.

• Responsible for bringing project from the design stage through to completion with multiple project team members and engineering disciplines.
• Interacts and works directly with clients, conducts preliminary evaluations, prepares various reports, produces detailed technical specifications and drawing packages, and prepares permit submittals for engineering projects.
• Balances multiple tasks on multiple projects.
• Coordinates with the project team regarding RFIs, submittals, contract modifications, and other changes to the project.
• Analyzes processes and systems to identify ways to improve efficiency, increase quality, and reduce costs within the electrical project team.
• Collaborates with the Project Managers to identify and troubleshoot problems.
• Coordinates with other engineering departments when necessary.
• Participates in site visits, agency meetings, and municipal meetings as needed.
• In addition, this person will have the opportunity and responsibility to develop new work and clients related to electrical engineering services.

WHAT YOU NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field.
• Professional Engineer registration or the ability to acquire registration quickly through reciprocity.

• 8+ years’ professional experience required.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook required.
• Design and plan production experience utilizing AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical and Revit is required.
• Experience in standard and alternative delivery methods, such as d