Department Manager

Job Description

Job description

- Burns McDonnell s E98 Global Practice is a leading global business, technology, and security consultancy dedicated to serving critical infrastructure industries. We partner with clients to enhance their operations through planning, security, and optimization strategies. We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Department Manager for our Power System Planning Department. The Department Manager will provide strategic leadership, direction, and mentorship to the team of power system planning engineers. The role involves overseeing department operations, managing staff performance, and ensuring the successful execution of projects.
- Manage department staff, and staff workload, and collaborate with Human Resources on recruiting, retention, training, and staff development efforts.
- Provide continuous mentoring and constructive feedback throughout the year and conduct midyear as well as annual performance reviews for the respective team.
- Schedule and lead department meetings at regular intervals.
- Set and implement department goals, objectives, requirements, standards, and guidelines.
- Interpret and implement policies, procedures, processes, and strategic goals of the organization.
- Assign, monitor, and maintain work for quality, billability, and efficient utilization of staff.
- Prepare manhours estimates for work scope. Hold the team accountable for the work budgets, metrics, and schedules.
- Advise, direct, and/or redirect team members to the appropriate technical resources for the execution of projects as well as the quality reviews performed.
- Develop, guide, and coordinate study workflows, processes, and procedures.
- Develop, improve, and communicate project execution and design tools.
- Identify training needs for engineers and support/develop training programs for the department. Collaborate with other departments on shared training.
- Build relationships and coordinate with Assistant Department Managers, Section Managers, Functional Leads, and Project Managers in other global practices and office locations.
- Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving problems.

Qualifications

- Bachelor s degree in Electrical or Power System Engineering with a minimum of 15 years of experience.
- Master s degree in electrical or power system planning is preferred.
- Previous experience with power system planning and operations like power flow studies, short circuits, transient stability, dynamic studies, reliability studies, risk assessment techniques, and protection coordination studies, generator interconnection, load forecasting, harmonics analysis, etc.
- Expertise in power system analysis software such as PSS/E, PSLF, EMTP, PSCAD, SKM, CYME, Synergi, DigSILENT, Windmil, MiPower, ETAP, etc.
- Previous experience with project management activities associated with power system planning engineer scope activities.
- Familiarity with IEEE/NERC IEC etc. standards
- Work experience in North American power system fundamentals will be an added advantage.
- Recruiting experience and experience working on US projects.
- Excellent Oral and written communication skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees and management.
- Experience giving and receiving performance feedback for those they work with.
- Familiarity with tools/technology such as Pivot Tables, Data Models, Office 365 apps, and other efficiency/data tracking tools.
- Strong understanding of power system planning, process knowledge, and ability to develop a team.
- Familiar with, ISO standards will be an added advantage.
- Must be willing to travel internationally.

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