Job Summary:
This position provides strategic leadership for engineering operations by ensuring compliance, driving process efficiency and innovation, managing team development, and overseeing budgets and performance metrics to deliver reliable, high-quality results aligned with organizational objectives.Job Description:
Provides leadership and oversight of distribution engineering design and related activities by ensuring compliance with engineering standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational objectives, delivering efficient project execution and supporting operational reliability and excellence.
Drives operational efficiency and innovation by implementing process improvements and optimizing resource utilization across the group, achieving alignment with strategic objectives and measurable gains in productivity and performance.
Manages and develops the engineering team members to build capability and improve collaboration, resulting in higher engagement and productivity.
Develops and manages departmental budgets to allocate resources effectively and meet operational targets.
Defines and monitors departmental KPIs to identify trends and drive continuous improvement.
Leads, models and ensures consistent application of policies and regulatory standards across teams to support ethical operations and mitigate compliance risks.
Leads and validates the planning and execution of restoration and emergency preparedness activities to strengthen operational resilience and response capacity.
Assumes and oversees expanded duties aligned with organizational priorities and professional scope to drive departmental effectiveness and strategic alignment.
Supervisory responsibilities: Yes
Additional Job Description:
Education:
Bachelor of Science Degree Engineering.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred.
Experience:
5 to 7 years' experience in a similar functional role in a Utility Environment, with at least 3 years' overseeing employees directly, leading teams, budgets and projects in a supervisor role.
Experience managing day-to-day operations, teams, defining work plans and achieving departmental objectives.
License/Certifications:
Professional Engineer License issued by the Puerto Rico Examining Board for Engineers, Architects, Surveyors and Landscape Architects.
Be a member of the Puerto Rico Association of Engineers and Surveyors.
Travel Requirements:
20%
Physical Demands:
Stationary Position - Frequently
Pushing/Pulling/Reaching - Seldom
Kneel - Seldom
Grab - Seldom
Bend - Seldom
Lift/carry over - 0 - 15 LBS
Vision - N/A
Hearing - N/A
Working Conditions:
Wet or Humid - Seldom
Working near or on moving mechanical parts - Seldom
Working near or on heavy machinery - Seldom
Working in high places - Seldom
Exposed to fumes or airborne particles - Seldom
Frequency of working in outdoor weather conditions - Seldom
Work with Electricity - Never
Loud noise conditions - Seldom
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and it is because of this that we offer equal employment opportunity to both our employees and candidates, while also striving for an environment that is free of any form of discrimination and harassment. We base our employment decision solely on the qualifications of the individual, their merits, and the present needs of the business.