RCS Staffing has an immediate need for a Distribution Engineering Manager in Honolulu, HI 96813. This is a full time, direct hire, hybrid position with our client.

Overview of YOUR role as a Distribution Engineering Manager:
We are seeking a Distribution Engineering Manager in Honolulu, HI to support electric utility design engineering for Hawaiian Electric in Honolulu, HI. The role involves both supervisory and technical responsibilities, requiring a candidate to manage design and construction packages for electrical distribution systems.

As a Distribution Engineering Manager, YOU will:

• Oversee the design and construction work package development of electrical overhead and underground distribution systems (operating from 4kV through 138kV) from design teams.
• Ensure project and program deliverables meet Client quality requirements.
• Ensure team is monitoring backlog and employee utilization. Address low utilization issues as appropriate.
• Responsible for:
  
  
  
  • Leadership of program and responsibility to Customer
  • Main point of contact with Customer (Supervisors and Directors)
  • Prompt and accurate communication with Customers
  • Scope, schedule, and budget for programs overseen in conjunction with PMO
  • Supporting Supervisors as needed to ensure efficient, quality and timely delivery of work product
  • Coordinating program needs with resources, including new hires or personnel turnover
  • Ensure overall program success through management of:
  • Supervisors and project management personnel
  • Customer systems and automation tools
  • Team organization and roles
  
  
• Encourage safe work practices while maintaining compliance with project scope, schedule and budget.
• Ensure program team, QAQC, and Supervisors are adhering to good engineering practice and maintaining efficient scope delivery to Customers
• Work collaboratively with client engineering, operations and other departments to ensure work products and services meet expectations and commitments.
• Review work provided by Client and assess requirements of scopes.
• Work under Director of Engineering to ensure program success for scope, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Travel to sites as needed to meet Client, Construction Crews, and provide direction to team.
• Provide technical support to team as needed and guidance for program decisions, including Customer interactions.
• Lead coordination with outside agencies, Client customers, and 3rd party owners as required.
• Support on-contract growth with existing Customer (HEI) by maintaining strong professional relationships with client contacts.
• Provide engineering support during construction, including post-construction reviews to ensure all applicable engineering and construction standards have been met.
• Conduct root cause analysis of outages and mitigation using engineering principles and design.
• Support new Business Development by leveraging industry contacts.

YOU are the ideal Distribution Engineering Manager candidate if you have:

• Requires BS Degree in an Engineering Discipline and 6+ years of relevant experience with 2+ years in a leadership role OR MS Degree in Engineering and 4+ years of relevant experience with 2+ years in a leadership role; Relevant experience is either working directly with an electric utility or an electric utility consulting company performing design engineering
• Professional Engineer License in Hawaii or ability to obtain PE License in Hawaii within 6 months of hire
• Knowledge of NESC Standards required
• Experience with distribution design tools such as BOUD, Pole Foreman, Spida-Calc, O-Calc
• Knowledge of Client (HEI) Standards preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) required.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Previous Experience managing/supervising employees
• Proficiency in Project Management for engineering design
• Ability to work directly with Clients and Client’s Customers to maintain project scope, schedule, and budget.
• Willingness to perform both field and office work.
• Overnight travel may be required (10-20% travel)
• Ability to work in outdoor environments.
• Ability to utilize personal vehicle.

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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