Minneapolis/St Paul, MN, US
5 days ago
Assistant Department Manager - Substation (Upper Midwest Region)

This position is in addition to normal substation design engineering duties. This position is responsible for the managerial direction and leadership of interns, designers, and assistant/staff engineers within the Substation Department of the TD Global Practice in the Upper Midwest Region. Specific areas of responsibility include the following, with other duties as assigned by substation department management and senior management:

· Advocating for safety within the department.

· Actively foster a culture based on our MacCulture principles, quality, diversity and inclusion, and team cohesion and camaraderie.

· Recruiting, developing, training, and retaining interns and engineers.

Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving problems.

· Coordinating team and mentor assignments of engineers with the substation department manager, project managers and project engineers for the efficient, cost-effective utilization of staff.

· Reviewing employee performance and conducting development meetings (90 day and annual performance appraisals, mid-year reviews, coaching sessions, performance improvement, etc.).

· Identifying training needs for engineers and support/develop training programs for the department. Collaborating with other departments on shared training.

· Assist with the development of new clients and maintenance of existing clients.

· Assist with developing and reviewing proposals.

· Responsible for fostering a healthy and vibrant employee-owner culture within the team through the leverage of sound team-building practices, the promotion and administration of effective conflict resolution, the promotion of ownership mentality, a healthy work-life balance, and community engagement.

· Assisting the Substation Department Management team to develop business initiatives to improve profitability and/or efficiencies.

· Providing input into areas of concern and direction to enhance achievement of productivity goals, budgets, and quality.

· Interpreting policies, purposes, and goals of the organization to staff.

· Approving timecards and ensuring billable time goals are met.

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