Electrical Distribution Design Team Lead
Key details
- Location
- Bay City, MI, United States
- Work style
- Hybrid
- Level
- Senior
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3–6 yrs
- Function
- Logistics & Transportation
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- Yesterday
Skills
autocadcablinggismicrostationnescpermittingutility design
About the role
What We Offer:
As an employee-owner, you’ll share in the firm’s success through profit sharing, an employee stock purchase plan, and a 401(k) with a company match. You’ll have every opportunity to grow through mentoring, the Wade Trim Leadership Academy, and tuition reimbursement. And because life outside of work matters, we offer paid parental leave, paid holidays, vacation and sick time, and a stewardship day, along with medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance and an employee assistance program.
About this role:
As an Electrical Distribution Design Team Lead on our Industrial Commercial Energy team, you’ll lead the design of overhead and underground electrical distribution systems for electric utilities across Michigan. Your work will keep the lights on. You’ll work alongside designers, project managers, and utility construction and operations teams, with every opportunity to grow your career and share in the firm you help build.
What you'll do:
- Provide leadership and overall direction for electrical distribution design activities, including planning, prioritization, budgeting support, and coordination of distribution capital projects and construction/operations support
- Lead the design and development of overhead and underground electrical distribution systems, ensuring compliance with industry standards, client specifications, utility requirements, safety standards, and applicable regulations
- Direct and coordinate the work of Designers and technical staff, effectively assigning, prioritizing, and monitoring workload to support project schedules, budgets, customer commitments, system reliability, and overall delivery expectations
- Review and oversee detailed design documentation, including drawings, specifications, work order packages, calculations, and supporting documentation, ensuring accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with established design and quality standards
- Perform and review engineering functions and calculations related to electric distribution design, including voltage drop, flicker, pole loading, guying, cable pulling, transformer sizing, and other system analyses
- Develop, mentor, and retain a highly skilled and motivated design team by providing technical guidance, coaching, training, career development, and support through established skill-based programs and other training resources
What you'll bring: (These are the minimum qualifications for this role.)
- High school diploma
- 3+ years of experience in electrical distribution design
- Experience with electric distribution design software and tools, such as Bentley OpenUtilities, AutoCAD, MicroStation, PoleForeman, GIS, or client work management systems
Nice to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology, or equivalent work experience
- Electrical distribution design experience with a utility company or utility-focused consulting firm
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and provide technical guidance to designers and project team members
- Ability to manage multiple projects, coordinate competing priorities, and support team schedule and budget performance
- Working knowledge of electric distribution construction standards, NESC requirements, utility design practices, and related permitting or right-of-way coordination processes
- Ability to travel occasionally for training and project requirements
Come grow with us. Apply today and help build the infrastructure your community counts on.
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About Wade Trim:
Wade Trim has been developing solutions to complex engineering and planning challenges for a century to deliver water and sewer services to residents and businesses, keep traffic flowing smoothly and safely, treat wastewater and stormwater to protect our waterways, distribute reliable power to customers, and provide community spaces to enjoy. We’re 100% employee-owned, so our 850+ employee-owners share in the firm’s success and help set its direction. Our teams are organized by practice, so you’ll collaborate with experts and leaders across offices and markets. We also invest in new ideas through our Office of Applied Technology and Innovation Hub.
Wade Trim’s success is shared by the employees that make it happen. Since our beginning, our firm has been 100% employee owned. This cultivates an ownership mindset that benefits our work approach, collaborative culture, and ability to deliver client solutions. We believe employee ownership drives the sustainability and growth of our firm and provides all our employees with opportunities for financial success.
If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in a friendly environment, please submit your resume by visiting the Careers section of our website at http://www.wadetrim.com/careers.
Wade Trim does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or CVs from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. Any submission made without a valid, signed agreement and an approved engagement request from Wade Trim’s People Services Team will be considered the property of Wade Trim. Wade Trim reserves the right to pursue and hire any candidate submitted through unsolicited means without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. A valid agreement can only be signed by the Director of People Services. Resumes or candidate profiles submitted at the request of a Wade Trim employee who is not authorized by the People Services team do not constitute a valid engagement. Recruiters and agencies must have a current, written agreement authorized by the Director of People Services to be considered an approved vendor.
Wade Trim is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We welcome applicants of every background, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, contact us at PeopleServices@wadetrim.com.
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