Lead Engineer, Distribution

ESP Associates • Tampa, FL

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Pickett, an ESP Associates company, is a surveying and engineering company with more than 60 years of experience serving clients throughout the US and Caribbean. Its core values are Safety first, Outstanding service, Lasting relationships, Valued teamwork, and Engaged culture.

The Lead Engineer provides leadership and senior-level engineering and technical expertise on complex utility distribution projects. The role ensures the team meets client quality requirements and schedule deadlines, and that team members are engaged and their input is valued. It is hands-on and includes managing, preparing, reviewing, and guiding distribution design to client standards. Work may involve overhead and underground distribution facilities, distribution equipment installation, feeder and cable replacement, and new feeder design.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• At least 10 years of related overhead and underground distribution engineering experience serving the electric utility industry.
• Strong understanding of electrical design, including selection and installation of conductors, insulators, switchgear, circuit breakers, fuses, and other distribution equipment.
• Knowledge of CSA/IEC/NESC standards and codes and major utility engineering standards.
• Ability to work safely and always obey safety regulations.
• Ability to be a self-starter and thrive in an unstructured, varied, deadline-driven work environment.
• Ability to collaborate with team members and peers in the electrical utility industry.
• Effective verbal, written, and presentation communication skills, including demonstrated verbal and technical writing skills.
• Must pass a drug screen and background check and have a satisfactory driving record under the company’s driving (MVR) policy.

Nice To Haves

• Professional Engineer (PE) certification.
• Knowledge of overhead systems design and use of PLS-CADD.
• Understanding of structural, civil, and geotechnical aspects of distribution engineering.
• Strong project management skills and experience.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of engineers, technicians, and drafters.
• Communicate clear expectations, goals, and vision.
• Manage team performance and delegate project work.
• Motivate, coach, and mentor team members.
• Manage projects, ensure quality of work, and deliver work on time.
• Review and approve engineering design submittals.
• Develop lasting relationships with clients.
• Estimate projects and develop proposals.
• Manage, prepare, review, and provide guidance for distribution design to client standards, including overhead and underground facilities, distribution equipment installation, feeder and cable replacement, and new feeder design.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses.
• 401(k) Traditional and Roth plans with guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2%; eligibility after 60 days.
• Paid Time Off and 10 paid holidays.
• Four hours of Volunteer Time Off each year, prorated during the first year based on hire date.
• Tiered health, vision, and dental insurance options; eligibility after 30 days.
• Behavioral medicine through Teladoc.
• Employer-paid short-term disability insurance.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Pet insurance.
• Education reimbursement opportunities.
• Flexible and dependent benefits plan.
• Referral bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior