Director Of Electrical Engineering

Role: Director of Electrical Engineering

Industry: Engineering

Location: Memphis TN

Salary Range: $135000 $150000

Hybrid Role

Type: Fulltime/Exempt/benefits

Overview:

Our client is seeking a Director of Engineering who has a PE with 15 years of Electrical Engineering experience in Design AutoCAD Revit electrical spatial and building code concepts.

• Will be an integral part of the senior leadership team and must have the vision and attitude to help lead our Electrical Engineering Discipline.
• Will support the companys firmwide strategic business initiatives provide designfocused thought leadership and help grow the firms presence within the community.
• Will work collaboratively to develop overall design concepts formulate design presentation strategies and provide creative and process leadership to multiple design teams through all phases of projects.
• Will set the design vision and creative standard for staff and current and prospective clients working to manifest this standard in all project work across multiple market sectors.
• Requires an individual with strong character strategic vision selfmotivation nimble technical capability adept team leadership and collaboration skills and solid relationships and community standing in the electrical engineering discipline.
• Must be active in local and national professionalrelated organizations.
• Will need to collaborate directly with team members across different offices while effectively partnering with office management project management and practice leaders/discipline directors to align design direction with strategic business initiatives profitability goals and company core values.

Requirements:

• 15 years of experience in Electrical Engineering Design.
• Completion of PE Exam is required. Licensed in the state of Tennessee is preferred.
• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering from an accredited fouryear college or university.
• Must possess a thorough knowledge of the Electrical Engineering Discipline with emphasis on understanding client expectations.
• Experience as a lead designer on a variety of project scales and complexities including experience with programming site analysis all phases of design and contract administration.
  
• Experience with sustainable design and benchmarking.
  
• Experience in several engineering practice markets.
  
• Effective graphic verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Collaborative and professional work ethic.
  
• Understands basic electrical spatial and building code concepts.
  
• Is proficient in current design software including but not limited to AutoCAD and Revit (preferred) as well as the Microsoft Office suite.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establishes a design approach with the electrical engineering practice leadership that focuses on forming appropriate teams and creating strategies that respond to client expectations.
• Implement the design approach through the design process for projects of all scales and types within the practice including guidance of other designers to develop cohesive innovative and clientcentric solutions.
  
• Responsible for developing firmwide design approaches and processes.
  
• Guides strategy for design presentations with leadership.
  
• Supervises the implementation of the design process at the beginning of the project and ensures the design process is followed during the evolution of the project.
  
• Strengthen our market reputation and image through thought leadership that is based on value proposition and a differentiated point of view.
  
• Participates in creating goals and strategies for the practice to be presented to the Executive Committee.
  
• Collaborate with practice leadership to establish budgetary framework and investment strategies for growing the practice.
  
• Participates in practice scheduling and resource allocation in collaboration with practice leaders and project leaders.
  
• Collaborates with the practice leadership to establish goals and strategies for quality project delivery.
  
• Guides the design process through reviews critiques charrettes and similar design activities.
  
• May strategically function as a project team member for a single project.
  
• Promotes a culture of design and encourages dialogue by creating and supporting initiatives in the practice and community.
  
• Fosters an inclusive culture of respect and collaboration.
  
• Leads in employee recruitment and retention activities (primarily for design hires).
  
• Actively mentor staff in their growth in the profession and the practice area and lead annual employee performance evaluations with practice leadership.
• Establishes with the practice leadership the language used to describe our design process and electrical engineering solutions.
  
• An active leader and member of varied professional and community organizations
• Participates in the process of transforming the program into design solutions that respond to client expectations and the physical and cultural context based on knowledge of electrical engineering construction methods integration of engineering disciplines building costs and codes.
• Monitor the design process of projects firmwide.
  
• Participates in marketing strategies by guiding design narratives.

If you meet the above requirements and feel confident in your ability to perform these tasks please apply online or submit your resume to