Section Manager – Networks, Integration, and Automation (Chattanooga)

Description

This position is responsible for the development and growth of the Networks, Integration & Automation (NIA) business line and staff in the Southeast Region (SER) Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Chattanooga Office. This role will work closely with the Operations Director, current SER T&D NIA managers and other SER T&D department managers in the region. Along with the duties below, this position will continue to carry out NIA engineering assignments. Duties/responsibilities for this position includes the following:

Organizational

• Advocate for safety within the business line and drive a culture focused on safety and compliance with company, regional and site safety policies.
• Actively foster a culture based on our MacCulture principles, quality, diversity and inclusion, and team cohesion and camaraderie.
• Responsible for fostering a healthy, vibrant, and inclusive employee-owner culture within the team through the leverage of sound team-building practices, the promotion and administration of effective conflict resolution, the promotion of ownership mentality, a healthy work-life balance, and community engagement.
• Provide support and lead initiatives that foster an innovation culture that challenges the norm and utilizes tools, technology and processes to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Provide overall leadership to the team through effective communication, empowering others, and servant leadership.
• Interpret and support established policies, procedures, purposes, and strategic goals for the department and SER T&D Global Practice to staff.
• Approve timecards and maintain billable time.
• Build strong partnerships and relationships with the super region teams, Kansas City and other regional office teams, including the Burns & McDonnell India team.

Collaboration

• Proactively share information with the department through MacCentral and department meetings, and continually look for ways to better disseminate the information.
• Make intentional efforts to maintain personal technical proficiency and connection to the core business line and various segments.
• Regularly coordinate and collaborate with business line management, segment leads, and other leads to build cohesion and tie the needs of our people to the needs of our business.
• Develop and maintain a strong relationship with national business line management, PMs, segment leads, and other key leadership to support the development of our people.

Resource Management

• Work in various recruiting channels including but not limited to HR Recruiting team, staffing agencies, staff referrals and direct communication to proactively recruit the best candidates that align with MacCulture principles, department needs, growth strategies and business objectives and retainage of staff.
• Utilizes the SER T&D recruiting guidelines to purposefully interview, assess and hire prospective candidates while remaining diligent to uncover and combat unconscious bias throughout the entire interview process.
• Support HR on educational partnerships and internship programs.
• Support the early careers recruiting team to drive recruiting efforts at colleges and universities in the Southeast.
• Supports onboarding processes for all employee owners transitioning into the NIA department.
• Proactively applies established retention measures and strategies.
• Coordinating team and mentor assignments of department staff with NIA department manager, project managers and project engineers for the efficient, cost-effective utilization of staff.
• Supports the NIA Department Manager in the oversight and management of chargeability and proper investments of overhead labor and costs.
• Review employee performance and conduct development meetings (90 day and annual performance appraisals, mid-year reviews, coaching sessions, etc.).
• Work with Human Resources and staff to identify, prepare, communicate, and monitor performance plans for employees with areas of needed improvement.
• Advocate for staff by meeting regularly, listening and helping to implement their short- and long-term goals, providing guidance, direction, and facilitation of opportunities to meet those goals.

Technical/Execution/Production

• Identify training needs for the department and support/develop training programs. Collaborate with other departments on shared training.
• Drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement across all SER T&D NIA offices and affiliated projects.
• Advise direct reports on project execution, including scope, budget, schedule and resources.
• Pursue alignment and support of all location office efforts and initiatives.
• Advocate for quality and ensure that the corporate and T&D quality initiatives are implemented, including coordinating with the appropriate teams to assign quality control reviewers.
• Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving problems.

Business Line Support

• Assist business line with achieving Objectives and Key Results.
• Support in the development and execution of the business line plan.
• Promote and support key initiatives in coordination with senior management.
• Assisting with and leading proposal and pursuit efforts.
• Serve in key project support roles for identified clients and/or new clients where required, and where new business is being developed.
• Ensure that client diversity goals and initiatives are met.
• Direct the development of department tools and workflows to increase efficiency in designs, specification development, and project execution.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, construction or related field from an accredited program.
• Minimum 5 years related professional experience.
• Registration as a professional engineer, or currently pursuing professional registration strongly preferred.
• Previous consulting experience strongly preferred.
• Proven leadership in developing and implementing vision that has brought positive impact.
• Proven collaboration, facilitation and organization problem solving skills in previous roles.
• Demonstrated experience mentoring and team development.
• This position requires an individual capable of applying intensive and diversified technical knowledge of principles and practices to broad areas of assignments.
• Demonstrated knowledge of project management methodologies and tools including Ecosys, Microsoft Projects, Power BI and other data modeling systems preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in project management including planning, project execution, design team coordination and communication, budgeting, schedule management, safety, quality and client coordination preferred.
• Demonstrated financial success on completed projects.
• Demonstrated experience in the pursuit and proposal process.
• Demonstrated experience in client and business development.
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills and able to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management and clients.
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation, collaboration, organization and critical thinking skills.
• Strong planning, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence lead and manage change thoughtfully and positively.
• Must be capable of devising new approaches to problems encountered.
• Ability to handle difficult situations with tact, poise and discernment.

This job posting will remain open a minimum of 72 hours and on an ongoing basis until filled.

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