Responsible to lead, manage and provide leadership and supervision of the employees and the activities of designers. Key responsibility and relationship will be to manage the design activities under the technical guidance of the design manager and to provide evaluation of employee performance in a joint effort. Ensure compliance and adherence to accepted standard engineering and design practices for facility relocation, capacity expansion and reliability programs for Utility assets. Responsibility includes design activities located throughout the Utility's service territory. Responsible to ensure that all designs meet the design basis for equipment and systems on the Utility's system. Identify training requirements and ensure compliance. Define and initiate continuous improvement processes to ensure projects are designed and built to established standards. Responsible for performance measurements and design audits for all engineered plans. Oversee design completion, resource coordination and timely execution of the reliability and capacity expansion programs defined by Asset Performance and Investment Strategy. Communicate, execute and supervise the process to ensure all design packages are properly prepared and appropriately scoped prior to construction issuance. Ensure consistent application of design practices across the system and coordinate feedback on required design and standards application changes. Responsible for the development and training of the internal design staff and management of the design department budget. Position may be required to work extended hours for coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies.
Primary Duties
PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Provide supervision and direction to diverse and/or specialized disciplines of functions, which have significant operational or financial impact on the company to achieve safety, reliability and performance goals.
- Functionally focused balancing a mix of day-to-day operations and policy with tactical planning. Makes decisions on engineering design activities, which have a direct impact on the department and Utility Company operations with indirect impact on other departments.
- Ensure adherence to company standards, policies and procedures by workgroup employees.
- Enforce all applicable company, city, state and federal safety rules and regulations. (10%
- Editing to ensure the organization is meeting all responsibilities. Counsel and coach for improved performance.
- Supervise the scheduling of work with Work Management and monitor work schedules of employees to provide timely updates for the Work Management process.
- Facilitate and coordinate necessary training for department and foster an attitude of continuous learning.
- Provide leadership and development of team members. Provide accurate and timely feedback regarding performance and operations. Conduct performance planning and appraisals. Identify opportunities for growth and learning. Manage the design department budget and design contractor interface.
- Develop and maintain an environment that fosters a high-performance culture and a learning organization. Foster an environment that respects and promotes diversity and inclusion. Serves as a change agent for business initiatives and assures the human element is understood and considered. Assure timely recognition of employee contributions. Develops methods to assess communication effectiveness and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
Exelon Corporation
10 S Dearborn St - 37th Fl
Chicago
Illinois United States
www.exeloncorp.com
