Group Leader - Electrical and Instrumentation & Controls

We are Olsson. We engineer and design solutions that improve the world around us. As a company, we promise to always be responsive, transparent, and focused on results – for our people, our clients, and our company.

We’re a people-centric firm, so it’s no surprise our greatest asset is our people. The impact this creates is an environment that encourages our people to grow and be creative with their talents. This approach builds a culture that is uniquely Olsson. It allows us to grow our people as we grow our business. This, in turn, creates a lasting impact on the world around us.

Job Description

Join our dynamic Industrial Facility Engineering and Design Team at Olsson, where innovation meets excellence in the industrial sector. Recognized as one of the “Best Places to Work,” our modern offices foster a collaborative environment for engineers and designers to tackle diverse challenges and deliver impactful solutions. We specialize in engineering analysis, design services, and professional consulting, ensuring top-tier quality for every project.

As part of our team, you’ll contribute to cutting-edge projects such as ethanol plant upgrades, renewable natural gas plant designs, manufacturing facilities, and ag-industrial process improvements. Looking ahead, we anticipate growth in advanced sectors like semiconductor facilities, advanced manufacturing, above-ground mining, pharmaceuticals, and bioenergy. With a flexible yet disciplined work culture and a strong sense of camaraderie, we provide the keys to a successful and rewarding career.

As the Electrical and Instrumentation & Controls Group Leader on our Industrial Facility Engineering and Design Team, you will provide leadership and guidance to a talented group of professionals dedicated to delivering high-quality solutions. This role involves setting performance expectations, supporting professional development, and ensuring strong client relationships. You will also oversee project execution, manage workload distribution, and monitor the financial performance of your group. This position plays an important role in fostering collaboration and advancing innovative engineering and design solutions across a wide range of industrial projects.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide daily management and leadership, fostering a cohesive and motivated group environment.
• Manages staff and group dynamics, provides direction to the group on the prioritization of projects, and establishes goals that align with the team’s strategic objectives.
• Monitor and enhance the group’s project performance and employee utilization and workload, identifying potential areas of improvement and implementing plans to maximize efficiency.
• Oversees project management, quality control, and project execution within the group to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Encourages professional development for employees by helping them identify individual goals, outlining performance expectations, recognizing accomplishments, and providing productive and consistent feedback.
• Communicates with group members regularly to keep the group informed and aware of initiatives, goals, and objectives within the group and team to ensure accountability.
• Ensures high client service orientation through consistent and effective communication with clients.
• Outlines training and mentoring expectations for staff members to enhance technical skills and knowledge among the group.
• Collaborate with other group leaders and senior team leaders to align goals and optimize team outputs.
• Oversees marketing efforts for repeat clients and coordination with business development on new client pursuits, including client strategy, proposal process, interviewing, and selection efforts within the group.
• Adheres to regulations and enforces safety standards.

• Strong communication, leadership and management skills.
• Ability to contribute and work well on a team.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, sciences, construction, planning, landscape architecture or a related area preferred. In lieu of a bachelor’s degree, an associate degree with equivalent experience is required.
• A minimum of 8 years of related experience within an applicable field or discipline.
• Must have at least 4 years of experience supervising technical personnel.
• General understanding of Electrical and I&C engineering deliverables.
• The ability to develop and implement strategies for expansion of the group.
• The ability to build and establish relationships with new and existing clients.
• Has an ability to attract, develop and retain talented staff who deliver results.

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Additional Information

Olsson specializes in engineering and design, client advisory services, planning, field services, and environmental. Improving the world has been our mindset from the very beginning, back when Olsson first opened for business in 1956. And it will be our mindset for years to come.

As an Olsson employee, you will:

• Receive a competitive 401(k) match
• Be empowered to build your career with tailored development paths
• Have the possibility for flexible work arrangements
• Engage in work that has a positive impact on communities
• Participate in a wellness program promoting balanced lifestyles

In addition, full-time employees will receive our traditional benefits package (health care, vision, dental, paid time off, etc.) and the opportunity to participate in a bonus system that rewards performance.

Olsson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran, and disabled candidates to apply and be considered for open positions. We do not discriminate against any applicant for employment or any employee because of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender, disability, age, military status, or other protected status.

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