Supervisor, Design Drafting

Position Summary

Supervises and leads Drafters, responsible for all design work for Transmission, Distribution and Substation along with records that maintains the design work. Establishes clear performance expectations, monitors, and follows up as required. Plans work so key business goals (work resource scheduling, invoicing) are met. Instills customer focus in workgroup while identifying and implementing process improvements. This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and your assigned location two to three days a week.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensures timeliness, efficiency and responsiveness to internal customers' requests.
• Ensures quality and consistency of the products.
• Recruits/selects, communicates expectations, fosters employee engagement, coaches, develops, mentors, recognizes and rewards employees in order to drive performance and results.
• Manages Union employees.
• Takes ownership and appropriate actions to address issues for energized employees.
• Provides leadership to the Design Drafting group; attracts and retains skilled and appropriate staffing levels to meet department objectives.
• Works collaboratively with other departments/divisions to share resources and best practices.
• Fosters positive internal relationships by facilitating work of others; looks for process improvements and contributes to the team.
• Involves employees in addressing issues, which affect them, and follows through on commitments.
• Provides leadership by communicating business goals to workgroup on a regular basis.

Qualifications

• Minimum: High School or GED-General Educational Development-GED Diploma
• Job-related experience, 5 years
• Desired: Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Engineering Technology
• Leadership experience
• Technical Experience: 8–12 years of utility substation design and drafting.
• Experience with: AutoCAD / MicroStation / Bentley Substation, High-voltage substations (12 kV–500 kV), Physical layouts, grounding, conduit, cable routing, steel, foundations, and equipment drawings.
• Strong knowledge of: Utility drafting standards, NESC, IEEE, and utility design standards, Document control and as-built processes, Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC).