Engineering Manager - Distribution - S. Carolina - Remote LOCAL

About Ampirical

At Ampirical, we’re shaping the future of the power grid with precision, innovation, and purpose. We focus on quality, forward-thinking solutions, and empowering our team to grow and thrive.

• Salary Range: $136K + – Commensurate (dependent on experience, education, and qualifications)
• Profit-Sharing Bonus:
  Semi-annual, performance-based (10% to 20% of salary)
• Day-One Benefits:
  Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) with 4% match and immediate vesting
• PTO:
  Starting at 80 hours of vacation & 40 hours of sick time per year + 10 paid holidays
• Flexible
  
  Work Schedule:
  
  Every other Friday off
• Career Development:
  Advancement opportunities, tuition reimbursement
• Perks:
  Gym membership stipend, wellness program, fertility benefits, pet insurance, and more

As Distribution Engineering Manager, you will provide direction, coaching, supervision, and mentoring to a team of professional and technical staff within the Distribution Line Engineering Department.

• Supervise a group of engineers, designers, drafters, and project support coordinators to successfully deliver Distribution line projects. Responsible for administering performance reviews and staff evaluations for direct reports.
• Direct and oversee work of Design and Planning Engineers, including conceptual routes, layouts, preliminary and detailed designs, and specifications for distribution lines.
• Prepare construction sketches, plan and profile sheets, staking sheets, bills of materials, and permit drawings.
• Create pole loading drawings, framing drawings, and other construction drawings.
• Perform pole loading, cable pulling, and other design calculations.
• Update as-built revisions.
• Lead Distribution System Planning projects, including construction work plan and long-range plan development.
• Lead Distribution System Protection projects, including coordination studies and relay settings development.
• Monitor and maintain staffing and utilization levels to ensure operational and project milestones and goals are met.
• Maintain and develop a strong professional network of existing and potential customers, especially municipal and electric cooperative utilities in the state of Florida. Travel to client sites/field/vendor facilities as needed.
• Perform quality reviews of engineering work for both internal assets and sub-contractors on assigned projects.
• Manage development of project proposals, bid preparation, project schedules, and bill of materials for assigned projects.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an ABET-accredited university. PE required. A 2‑year additional experience can be accepted in lieu of the PE.
• Experience: 12+ years of Distribution line design and related project execution experience, and 5+ years managing multidisciplinary engineering personnel, delegating workloads, directing others, and planning Distribution Line projects.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

AMPIRICAL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on the following characteristics in our hiring and employment practices:
Age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religion or religious attire, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship status or amnesty, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, sickle‑cell trait, status as a tobacco user or non‑user, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.