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Design Manager, Electrical Planning and Design Engineering

Natgridprod 🇺🇸 United States Post Office, 226 Teall Avenue, City of Syracuse, NY 13206, United States of America

Hybrid $127,000 - $149,000 Full-time Senior

The Design Manager leads the scheduling, planning, and deployment of design resources for electrical substation capital projects. They are responsible for ensuring design quality, managing project milestones, and providing technical guidance to a team of designers and drafting technicians.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, motivate, and develop a professional high performance work team of substation designers/drafting technicians
  • Prioritize work and allocate resources to ensure results are delivered in line with expectations and customer needs
  • Responsible for the technical support for new and existing substation construction projects
  • Prepare or contribute to the development, technical content and implementation of National Grid’s Substation Engineering and Design philosophy, standards and procedures

Requirements

  • Minimum 10 years professional development in an engineering and design field
  • Associates of Science in Electrical Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited engineering school with knowledge of power systems
  • Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
  • Demonstrate a high level of personal initiative and ability to interact with company personnel, contractors, and other agents as necessary in a positive, team building manner
  • Strong leadership skills

Key Skills

Design management Substation engineering Electrical design Power systems Leadership Communication Team building Project management Microsoft Office products Procore ProjectWise SAP IEEE/ANSI Standards NESC National Electrical Code Civil engineering Environmental regulations Purchasing and legal regulations Engineering economics

About Natgridprod

As the Electricity System Operator (ESO) for Great Britain, we sit at the heart of the nation’s energy system, running electricity networks safely and efficiently, minute by minute, hour by hour, 365 days a year. It’s our job to make sure there is enough electricity when people need it – we are the people who make sure the lights stay on, the kettle boils and your phone charger works, whether there’s demand from one person or one million.

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