Regional Electrical Engineering Leader - Infrastructure

About Us

CDM Smith is a place committed to offering an unmatched employee experience. Here, you work on projects that are meaningful to you, shape your career journey, and collaborate with co-workers invested in your success. We provide a challenging, progressive, and inclusive work environment that fosters personal leadership, career growth, and development. Our goal is to attract passionate individuals who challenge the norm, deliver world-class solutions, and bring diverse perspectives.

About the Role

As a Regional Team Leader in one of our Southeastern RTL office locations (Tampa, Miami, Maitland, Atlanta, Boca Raton, or Chattanooga), you will play a key role in advancing CDM Smith’s mission by supporting your team’s career growth and operational success.

Responsibilities

• Support your employees’ career journey, including identifying and completing appropriate training, achieving professional registration/certification, and assigning challenging projects.
• Communicate, integrate, connect, and engage with team members, and select suitable mentors as part of the Career Compass Program.
• Celebrate team members at important milestones (e.g., work anniversaries, promotions, professional registration).
• Conduct timely and authentic annual performance appraisals, coordinating with technical mentors, project managers, TDMs, and others.
• Leverage and apply intellectual property, particularly through Community of Practice participation.
• Recruit, interview, and hire new employees (as approved with the TDM) to support project workload and firm growth.
• Deliver a legendary client experience with attention to quality and instill a sense of personal ownership for work product quality in each team member.
• Coordinate workload within your Technical Services group and align with utilization goals, collaborating with your TDM for appropriate technical staff assignments.
• Manage the team’s financial performance, including utilization, direct labor, and profitability.
• Provide sales support as coordinated with the TDM.
• Approve time sheets and expense reports in a timely manner.
• Ensure team members complete all required training (Compliance, Health & Safety, Ethics, etc.) on time.
• Ensure compliance with QA/QC and Health & Safety procedures for project delivery.

Skills & Abilities

• Foster a culture of collaboration, quality, and lead by example, embodying CDM Smith’s Vision and Core Values.
• Demonstrate CDM Smith’s Leadership Competencies, including promoting a high-performance culture, trust, accountability, building alliances, and driving continuous improvement.
• Drive staff engagement, retention, hiring, and development within the team.
• Exhibit strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Provide exemplary service to both internal and external clients.
• Possess a deep understanding of business metrics such as utilization, project profitability, overhead, and staffing.
• Collaborate effectively with digital service providers, including Trinnex and Digital Engineering Services (DES), to accelerate adoption of digital tools, improve efficiency in delivery of instruments of service, and support ideation, incubation, and governed implementation of new digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Electrical Technology, or a related discipline.
• Professional engineering (PE) license.
• 12 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required (10% or less). The frequency of travel is contingent on specific duties, responsibilities, and project demands.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong technical understanding of electrical engineering.
• Experience leading teams developing engineering designs of moderate to high complexity to meet client project requirements.
• Experience with electric master system plans, power systems, protection and generation models, facility power systems, sustainability/renewable energy systems, and similar electrical systems.

Pay

Pay range: USD $134,264.00 – $248,394.00. This range is a good faith estimate representative of all experience levels for the geographic location assigned to the position. Salary is determined by role, function, relevant work experience, skills, required certifications, education/training, and geographic location.

Additional compensation may include discretionary bonuses, which are not guaranteed for this position.