LEAD ENGINEER - Davis H Elliot Company : Job Details

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating, industrial/commercial services and engineering services.Job DescriptionLead Engineer is responsible for working with multiple utility companies in developing plans and specifications, performing analyses, and providing reports on assigned tasks involving design and construction of new or existing facilities as well as maintenance of existing facilities. Will oversee a group of engineers and engineering technicians that will report directly to the Lead Engineer.

• Perform a wide variety of detailed engineering analyses in related areas such as planning, maintenance, design, project management and construction, and operations on multiple properties including cooperatives, municipals, and investor-owned utilities (IOU)
• Use engineering/technical principles, best practices, and knowledge of internal and external business issues to solve problems, develop cost-effective, technically sound solutions
• Support activities to comply with applicable industry standards (RUS, Municipal, IOU) and other utility regulations, as required
• Plan, prioritize, conduct and lead assignments
• Meet with various stakeholders, including customer representatives, developers (commercial and subdivisions) and property owners concerning project designs and regulations
• Act as liaison between other departments, divisions, and organizations
• Work with engineering technicians to determine any quality control design changes
• Manage schedules for various project sizes, depending on customer needs
• Prepare and interpret schematics, drawings, layouts and other visual aids
• Solve problems and develop solutions that call for an original approach, based on thorough and comprehensive research and technical expertise

Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification required
• Bachelor's Degree in engineering and 5+ years related engineering experience with an investor-owned utility or cooperative
• Possess extensive knowledge of equipment, materials, systems, and business processes
• Possess strong computer literacy skills
• Valid Driver's License and safe driving record
• This job is classified as a safety-sensitive position under Oklahoma law and thus any applicants will be subject to Davis H. Elliot's Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy, which includes both onboarding and random drug screens

Benefits/CultureToday, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customers confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people; and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family. Some of the benefits we offer our team include:

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401K w/ company match
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program
• Paid Vacation
• Servant Leadership Training
• Uniforms and PPE provided

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disabled and veterans.