Job Description Job Title: Lead Electrical Design Engineer
Department: Electrical Engineering
Reports To: Strategic Projects Engineering Manager
Location: Jacksonville, FL (Onsite) – can also provide relocation support
PURPOSE OF POSITION: This position is responsible for leading projects of all complexity assigned to the Special Projects engineering group with a focus on repeatable orders involving Power Distribution Equipment.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Serve as lead engineer on projects for Strategic Platform Clients involving high-volume, custom-designed and manufactured products.Proactively suggest novel solutions to problems as they arise.Optimize repeatable designs for manufacturing.Assign day-to-day project engineering tasks to junior engineers.Check in with engineers regularly to identify issues that could lead to missed due dates or design issues. Find solutions to keep jobs on track. Be a resource when the design engineer has questions.Provide insight, product solutions and reference projects to enable success of the electrical design engineering team.Provide mentorship and encourage growth and technical/professional advancement in the teams.Complete drawings reviews. Review drawings for accuracy, application of the company standards, industry standards and constructability.Provide on-boarding and training for new engineering and support team members.Provide training exercises for the electrical design engineering team.Schedule meetings with manufacturing leaders at multiple build locations that are assigned the same product to identify issues, concerns, and opportunities for improvement.Schedule and perform kick-off meetings for new orders and new clients.Work closely with applications engineering during handoff of initial Basis-of-Design.Work with the test department and production staff to help coordinate testing of complex products.
COMPETENCIES: Advanced knowledge of 3 phase electrical system design conceptsStrong technical capabilityUnderstanding NRTL certifications and UL listings, eg. UL891, UL1558, UL67, IEEE C37.20, CSAProject/task management and the ability to carry out a plan that moves a task to completionAbility to interact directly with customers, sales, other technical resources and management.Ability to organize tasks and explain complex subjects to junior engineering team members in a way that they can understandLeadership skillsTakes ownership over projects and provides oversight to a larger cross-functional teamTime managementAttention to detail and thoroughnessExcellent written and oral communications skillsAbility to handle multiple concurrent tasks
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.Minimum of 3 years of design experience in power productsExcellent working knowledge of MS Office Suites (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, etc.).Working knowledge of AutoCAD drafting software.
WHY CHOOSE THIS JOB? This role offers a competitive compensation package with fully-paid company benefits for employees.The company is growing 40-50% YOY with more than a 6 year backlog of projects. You will have a lot of opportunity to grow your career on both the technical and leadership side. Many manager and director level roles will be opening in the near-term to progress into. As well, the company has a great culture and takes care of employees.