Manager, Engineering Services

Manager, Engineering Services

Summary:

The Manager of Engineering Services is a senior technical leadership role responsible for leading, mentoring, and organizing O’Connell Electric’s engineering team in support of the Technical Services group, project teams, and field technicians. This position requires an experienced electrical Professional Engineer with technical expertise in power systems or protection & control. The Manager will establish priorities, develop engineering talent, improve standards and workflows, and ensure the team delivers timely, practical, and high-quality technical support for O’Connell’s construction, service, preventive maintenance, substation, and commissioning work. This role combines technical authority, people leadership, project support, and field-focused problem solving to help advance safety, reliability, quality, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities:

- Lead and prioritize the day-to-day workload of a growing engineering team to support active projects, service work, testing technicians, commissioning activities, and client needs.

- Mentor and develop junior engineers and designers through technical coaching, design reviews, training plans, and practical field exposure.

- Serve as a senior technical resource for power systems engineering, protection and control, relay applications, electrical studies, equipment troubleshooting, and commissioning support.

- Review and approve engineering deliverables such as one-line diagrams, relay settings, coordination studies, arc flash studies, short-circuit studies, load studies, control schematics, testing and commissioning plans, oil analysis recommendations and technical reports.

- Support field technicians and project teams with troubleshooting, site investigations, testing procedures, commissioning plans, and corrective-action recommendations.

- Establish and maintain engineering standards, calculation templates, quality-control processes, and documentation practices.

- Coordinate priorities with Technical Services, Operations, Project Management, Service, Utility/Substation, and EPC teams.

- Provide technical support for NFPA 70B/70E compliance, electrical preventive maintenance programs, equipment testing, and power system assessments.

- Assist with proposal development, technical scopes, project planning, constructability review, and customer-facing technical discussions.

- Evaluate engineering tools, software, and processes to improve consistency, productivity, and quality.

- Promote a safety-first engineering culture that supports reliable field execution and compliance with applicable codes, standards, and customer requirements.

Qualifications:

- Licensed Professional Engineer required, preferably Electrical PE in New York or ability to obtain New York licensure by comity.

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required.

- 10+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience, with meaningful experience leading engineers, designers, or technical teams.

- Demonstrated expertise in at least one core Technical Services discipline, such as protective relaying, protection and control, power system studies, substation engineering, testing/commissioning, medium-voltage systems, or industrial/commercial power distribution.

- Strong working knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 70B, NETA ATS/MTS, IEEE standards, and utility/customer interconnection requirements.

- Experience preparing or reviewing short-circuit, coordination, arc flash, load flow, grounding, motor-starting, or protection studies.

- Experience with SKM, ETAP, EasyPower, ASPEN OneLiner, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Microsoft Project, Procore, or similar engineering/project tools.

- Ability to read and interpret one-lines, three-lines, schematics, wiring diagrams, relay logic, construction drawings, and equipment documentation.

- Field experience supporting testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, maintenance, or startup of switchgear, transformers, breakers, relays, CTs/PTs, motors, generators, and control systems.

- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple projects and internal customers.

- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical issues into practical guidance for engineers, technicians, project managers, and customers.

Compensation:

The position is an exempt position with a minimum and maximum annual salary that O’Connell Electric Company believes in good faith to be accurate for this position at the time of this posting is $123,500 - $175,000 per year.

It is important to O’Connell Electric that potential candidates for this position understand that compensation depends on numerous factors including the geographic location where the role will be performed, skills required, experience, complexity, travel, and market rate. O’Connell Electric aims to reward performance and attract top talent with competitive, fair pay and benefits. Please note that the top of the salary range represents exceptional, and/or senior-level positions, that meet all required qualifications. Actual offers take candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience into account.

Equal Opportunity

O’Connell is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable state and federal non-discrimination laws. The Company will recruit, hire, train and promote all persons without regard to race, color, creed, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, citizenship or immigration status, military or veteran status, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local laws.