RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Director of Distribution Engineering in Houston, TX. This is a full-time, direct hire, onsite position with our client. This position offers a competitive package including benefits, vacation and holidays
Overview of YOUR role as a Director of Distribution Engineering
We are seeking a Director of Distribution Engineering (PE) in Houston, TX to manage and oversee a team responsible for developing construction work packages for the electric distribution system using various software systems and construction standards. Your teams will work on projects in OH, UG, or URD environments, which may include joint use make-ready and street light projects. Your teams will utilize Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools, Work Management Systems (WMS), and other client systems to develop work packages.
As an Engineering Director, your team’s project work will require performing engineering calculations such as structural analysis of poles, guying, cable pulling, electric demand, fault currents, and coordination of protective devices. You will also have oversight of assignments such as preparing forestry trimming requests, facilitating permit and Right-of-Way acquisition, developing BOM, estimating costs, and customer advocacy such as acquiring easements or calculating a customer Contribution in Aid of Construction (CIAC).
As a Director of Distribution Engineering YOU will:
- Day to day oversight of schedule, budget, and scope of work to be performed
- Development and oversight of performance metrics
- Adherence to financial metrics
- Development of a team to execute work, including supporting hiring of senior and strategic staff
- Strategize and implement organizational structures to enable future growth
- Support business development, proposal creation, and growth opportunities
- Client engagement
You are the ideal Director of Distribution Engineering candidate if you have:
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline (EE preferred) from an ABET accredited institution
- Ten (10)+ years of prior relevant distribution engineering experience either directly with an electric utility or at an electric utility consulting company
- Valid Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Proficient knowledge of the National Electric Safety Code (NESC) and comprehension of client construction standards
- Experience with Business Development, developing proposals and pricing
- Successful project management experience (initiate, plan, execute, monitor & control, closeout).
- Demonstrated Experience managing engineering teams.
- Ability to demonstrate strong written, oral and interpersonal communications skills.
- Ability to work with limited supervision and provide leadership to other team members; Ability to work effectively in teams made up of individuals of diverse backgrounds
It’s a BONUS if you have:
- PMP certification
- Experience with designing secondary networks
- Experience with development of civil & electrical packages associated with complex cable/conduit in dense urban environments.
- Experience with complex projects in distribution design: medium voltage switchgear, voltage conversion projects, distribution automation projects.
About Our CLIENT
Our Client is a Fortune 500™ company aimed at embracing and solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Through science and technology, Our Client makes the world safer, healthier and more efficient.
Who WE Are
RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.
RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.
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