Instrumentation & Controls Design Engineering Manager - New Design

Enercon Services, Inc.•Fort Worth, TX

About The Position

The Instrumentation & Controls Design Engineering Manager leads an engineering unit and is accountable for its technical work, quality, staffing, budgets, schedules, and deliverables. The manager serves as the unit’s focal point for management, project managers, and internal constituents; works with project managers and lead engineers to define proposal scopes; allocates work across groups; assigns responsible engineers; recommends lead responsible engineers; approves engineering documents; and certifies design documents when required by client or code requirements. The role leads proposal preparation, contributes scope and budget information, develops relationships with client counterparts, and helps market the unit’s expertise. It also develops staff through coaching, performance feedback, technical reviews, training, and support for professional licensure and qualifications. The manager provides technical leadership, resolves issues directly or with subject matter experts, supports continuous improvement plans, and supervises work-group lead engineers and engineering staff. The position also assigns engineering resources to projects, maintains staffing projections, approves direct reports’ timesheets and expense reports, conducts annual performance appraisals, supports recruitment, and meets applied time goals. Travel may be required up to 10% of the time, usually for a few days depending on project and technical team needs. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship. Employment is contingent on required screenings and checks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
At least 6 years of design engineering experience in power generation, nuclear power, or heavy industrial environments.
Professional Engineering (PE) license or actively pursuing a PE license.
Advanced knowledge of applicable codes and standards.
Excellent writing, presentation, and communication skills.
Ability to travel up to 10% of the time; travel duration varies according to project and technical team needs and is typically a few days.
Ability to motivate a team and achieve goals through a positive attitude and effective leadership style.
Proven ability to make decisions and direct and oversee routine and advanced technical work performed by others.
Ability to obtain unescorted access to a nuclear power plant.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship.
Must pass pre-employment and random drug/alcohol screenings, background checks, and annual motor vehicle record reviews in accordance with company and client policies.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience as a group lead is preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the focal point for initial unit contact with management, project managers, and other internal constituents.
Work with project managers and lead engineers to define scopes of work for proposals.
Direct and assign work within the unit to balance activities between work groups.
Maintain responsibility for unit quality and establish and enforce quality standards.
Accept responsibility for unit budgets and schedules on assigned projects.
Assign the unit’s Responsible Engineers and recommend Lead Responsible Engineers to the Client Engineering Manager for unit-led projects.
Approve engineering documents produced by the unit and certify design documents when required by client, state, local, or code requirements.
Lead proposal preparation, providing scope and budget input to project managers.
Develop professional relationships with client counterparts and assist in marketing the unit’s expertise and abilities.
Identify and promote opportunities for site work and staff training.
Use review and approval of deliverables as technical training opportunities for staff.
Provide timely performance feedback and coaching, and promote professional development, including licensure, certifications, and client qualifications.
Support company policies and procedures and provide technical leadership, resolving technical issues directly or by coordinating with subject matter experts.
Support the Client Engineering Manager in maintaining, updating, and executing Continuous Improvement Plans.
Supervise a discipline-specific engineering unit comprising work-group lead engineers and engineering staff.
Assign engineering resources to projects and maintain short- and long-range staffing projections based on projected work.
Approve direct reports’ timesheets and expense reports and conduct the unit’s annual performance appraisals.
Support management in recruiting new employees.
Meet applied time goals set for the position, division, and discipline.