Description

Join the Carolina Cat Team 

As a family-owned company under our third generation of leadership, we have built our business based on the principles of trust, integrity, and a desire to help our customers and employees succeed. 

Since 1926, we’ve supported our communities by supplying equipment for critical infrastructure and commerce and by donating our time and resources to area nonprofits. We make smart investments in our company and continuously improve as part of our vision to be a trailblazing company that’s built to last. 

We’re looking for hard-working, team-oriented professionals who enjoy working on new challenges every day. We believe our employees are the key to our success, and we’re committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential. 

Collectively, our employees work together to make a difference for our customers, our communities, and our company. Learn more about what it means to become a team member with Carolina Cat. 

Summary 

The main responsibilities of the Lead Engineer are to support our Sales & Service teams through review & validation of proposals, test-plans, and test-reports, providing technical training & mentoring to our team, and developing new capabilities & offerings that support profitable growth. 

Essential Functions 

• Review and approve/certify proposals, test-plans, & test-reports by our Sales & Service teams for various customer jobs for correctness, quality, and adherence to standards.
• Perform coordination studies & arc-flash studies based on data gathered from customer sites and provide appropriate recommendations.
• Collaborate with Sales team, Service team, and Customers to develop execution plans on larger and more complex projects for safe, successful (high quality), & efficient completion.
• Build relationships with Customers by providing insightful technical solutions and solving complex testing & reliability challenges related to electrical installations and protection equipment.
• Stay abreast of related technology, industry standards, customer needs, and best-practices to develop new solutions & service-offerings. Coordinate with Service Operations Manager to enhance Quality processes and metrics to ensure our Services exceed customer expectations.
• Develop and manage the training and up-skilling of our technicians in collaboration with the Power Systems training coordinator with targeted & measurable results.
• Support business-development & customer-facing efforts in support of sales-team with required technical materials & presentations.
• Develop solutions to make step changes in process efficiencies in the engineering/technical aspects of quoting, job progress calculation in collaboration with the Sales Manager and Service Operations Manager.
• Systematize and grow engagement with key industry organizations (NETA, PEARL, and others) to stay in accreditation compliance, build relationships, and position PP&S for thought leadership in the industry.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities 

This job has no supervisory responsibilities. 

Reporting & Relationships 

• This role will report to the Director of PPS or others assigned that interim role
• The person in the role will work closely with the Sales Manager, Service Operations Manager, Procurement, and W/O/Invoicing teams in addition to regular interactions with the Power Systems leadership team.

Qualifications  

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions. 

Education and/or Experience 

• Four-year degree in Engineering or similar; Masters or equivalent preferred.
• Experience in Electrical Testing industry dealing with LV, MV, and HV equipment required; NETA level-3 or level-4 certification preferred.
• Valid PE (Professional Engineer) Certification will be a plus.
• Power coordination study & arc-flash study expertise will be a plus.

Computer Skills 

• Understands and utilizes current technology, strong computing skills
• Skilled in SAP
• Expert level capability with Microsoft Office applications – Excel, PowerPoint, Word, MS Access or equivalent. Experimenter and early adopter of technology & tools.

Language Skills 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization. 

Mathematical Skills 

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. 

Reasoning Ability 

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

Other Skills and Abilities 

• Communication – Clear, open, and inviting dialog that fosters new-ideas generation and buy-in for implementation. Ability to create presentations and present impactfully to peers, management, and technicians.
• Style & Inter-personal skills – Humble but firm, open, honest, & pragmatic. Regularly engages with the extended team including working on site with technicians and coaching. Tenacity to drive change through coaching & example.
• Curiosity & Learning – Deep desire to learn about and implement best practices in concepts.

Workplace Requirements 

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Physical Demands  

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must frequently lift, carry, push, pull and /or otherwise move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. 

Work Environment  

While performing the duties of this Job, depending on site location, the employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and equipment. The employee may occasionally be exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and vibration. The employee may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; toxic or caustic chemicals; extreme cold; extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in some work environments is occasionally loud. 

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EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.