Lead Engineer, Strategic Projects (Hybrid Schedule)

Eversource Energy•Boston, MA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Lead Engineer for Strategic Projects holds a leadership role in the development, expansion, planning, design, maintenance, and operation of the system and its equipment, ensuring alignment with the organization’s mission and objectives. This role uniquely blends engineering leadership and project management, focusing on all major projects within Distribution Engineering for Eastern MA North, which covers four Area Work Centers (AWC’s). The ideal Lead Engineer will take charge of major projects, leading their execution and delivery, with success measured by achieving key milestones on or ahead of schedule. The role requires ongoing collaboration and communication with peers, leadership, and employees throughout the project lifecycle. In addition to leading union employees, the Lead Engineer will guide peers, internal and external to Distribution Engineering, to ensure all necessary engineering work for major projects is completed promptly and within budget, meeting financial compliance requirements. The Lead Engineer will actively engage with all department teams to collect periodic status updates and relay them to leadership. A crucial aspect of the position involves early identification of project roadblocks and engaging relevant stakeholders to facilitate their removal. The role is highly visible and directly impacts the company’s strategic goals. The Lead Engineer will oversee project delivery by coordinating with their team and remaining accountable for team performance, ensuring projects are completed punctually and maintaining excellent standards of quality throughout the process. The role is based in Dorchester, MA.

Requirements

Demonstrated front-line leadership
Demonstrated ability to communicate up, down, and sideways
Demonstrated problem-solving skills and attention-to-detail
Proficient in communicating to leadership
Requires a Bachelor of Science in any Engineering discipline or B.S. in Engineering Technology
8+ years in the technical, operational, or engineering aspects of the electrical utility industry
Supervisory experience required

Nice To Haves

Electrical Engineering preferred
Experience leading covered employees preferred

Responsibilities

Lead execution and delivery of major projects, achieving key milestones on or ahead of schedule
Maintain ongoing collaboration and communication with peers, leadership, and employees throughout the project lifecycle
Guide peers, internal and external to Distribution Engineering, to ensure all necessary engineering work for major projects is completed promptly and within budget, meeting financial compliance requirements
Actively engage with all department teams to collect periodic status updates and relay them to leadership
Identify project roadblocks early and engage relevant stakeholders to facilitate their removal
Oversee project delivery by coordinating with their team and remaining accountable for team performance
Hold teams accountable for completing projects punctually and maintaining excellent standards of quality throughout the process
Builds a capable technical team, oversees their performance, and conducts reviews
Assign priorities, and guides work for at least two full-time engineers or one engineer and one designer
Ensures designs, specifications, modifications, and replacements for transmission and distribution systems related to major projects such as ESMP, Reliability, Capacity, Strategy — as well as necessary permits and customer notifications — are prepared accurately and delivered on time
Prepares initial engineering designs and detailed plans when needed
Offers technical guidance to operating areas on system priorities, engineering principles, and operational choices during both routine and emergency conditions
Conducts root-cause analyses, devises corrective actions, and implements solutions
Evaluates and selects technologies and equipment for the system
Develops standards and procedures for design, operation, and maintenance
Steps in as Manager when required