Power Practice Lead

Job Title

This position requires strong technical, managerial, and financial skills and leadership ability. This position requires an individual to be goal oriented, take charge of individual initiatives, understand client needs, and meet schedules. This position requires occasional periods of intense concentration, as well as average strength and stamina. This position is within a normal office environment with little exposure to noise, dust, fumes, etc., and requires extensive travel.

Technology/Innovation

• Seek out emerging and potentially disruptive innovative systems, methods and technology that will keep Wade Trim at the forefront of innovation and continuous improvement to provide the best solutions for our clients.
• Participate as a member in the Office of Applied Technology by identifying and reviewing proposed specific investments in advanced technology and innovation to keep our company technically competitive compared to the competition.
• Provide overall technical leadership, vision, and guidance to their practice area.
• Provide input to other Practice Leads to ensure best management practices are consistently applied to achieve our technology advancement goals.
• Identify and appoint Technology Leads to advance the practice within the areas of their specific expertise and measure their performance through annual PDPs and goal setting.
• Develop "talent tree" for their practice area on an annual basis to assess depth of talent and bench strength to support MSLs in hiring technology-based hires.
• Mentor/coach selected staff in area of expertise.
• Assist market segment in identifying skill inventory in practice of their expertise.
• Review technical paper requests, abstracts and papers.

Business Development

• Support CBDO and CTO in development of strategic growth plans based on technology advancement.
• Work with the Market Segment Lead to drive growth by leveraging existing relationships while developing new relationships necessary to achieve sales goal.
• Develop and implement plans to apply innovation to the practice and our clients by engaging in internal and external activities necessary to deploy such innovations, such as preparing and hosting brown bag seminars for in-house client service management staff, general staff, and targeted clients.
• Provide input for strategy and messaging for proposal development, ensuring qualifications are optimized and technical approaches are clear, compliant, and focused to increase our chances of success.
• Participate in and/or provide technical input on client sales calls and presentations.
• Advance our branding strategy as thought leaders of our industry by participating in associations within their practice area and volunteering for leadership positions. This also includes participating in technology focus groups, writing for technical publications and make presentations at conferences. Encourage and support other members of their practice to do the same.

Operations

• Provide technical input on projects and initiatives.
• Work closely with MSLs to develop hiring strategies for improving the depth and skills of our talent trees. Lead search for strategic technology-based hires.
• Lead an annual staff assessment and report to the Market Segment Lead to identify technical, training and project management needs within the market segment and the Practice. Drive the staff improvement process through the Market Segment Leads.
• Actively support the Standards Committee by developing and maintaining design protocols originating from their practice to enhance and standardize project delivery consistency. This includes leading the development of Design Guidelines not only for the Practice within Wade Trim but also for client specific Design Guidelines.
• Work with the Market Segment Lead, Project Directors and Quality Manager to assist in providing QA/QC support by ensuring appropriate skilled staff are reviewing projects and assigned initiatives.
• Research and provide regulatory updates to practices covered by their technology.
• Provide cross training for skills developed under their practice.
• Oversee and manage the business planning process and execution of market segment and Practice participation in technical training and conferences, including setting attendance criteria, defining learning or client engagement goals, ensuring post-event knowledge sharing, and tracking outcomes to assess value and attendee effectiveness.
• Support and promote our DEI initiatives.
• Maintain a safe working environment.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in area of practice required

Skills/Experience:

• Professional Engineering License required
• 15 years of experience in the Power Industry required
• Knowledge of Power Distribution, Transmission, and Substation required

About Wade Trim:

Wade Trim is committed to maximizing the value of infrastructure investments. We've been solving complex engineering challenges for a century. We customize our work approach to fit each project using a collaborative, friendly style to deliver solutions our clients can stand behind.

Our supportive culture recognizes and strives to fulfill collective client, company, and individual needs. Mentoring and building skills of Wade Trim staff is a priority. Frequent interaction among staff is encouraged, company leadership is easily accessible, and opportunities are provided for staff to help shape the firm's future through strategic planning. Work/life balance is supported through a flexible, hybrid work schedule that brings team members together in the office at least three days a week and connects them virtually when working from home.

To solve our clients' toughest challenges, we've devoted ourselves to delivering innovative solutions. Our Office of Applied Technology (OAT) is dedicated to seeking new technologies or ways to apply existing technologies to enhance value to our clients and positively impact communities. All staff are encouraged to share ideas and suggestions for innovative technologies or processes to adopt. This open-minded approach enables us to advance technology, foster innovation, and stay ahead of our clients' needs.

Wade Trim's success is shared by the employees that make it happen. Since our beginning, our firm has been 100% employee owned. This cultivates an ownership mindset that benefits our work approach, collaborative culture, and ability to deliver client solutions. We believe employee ownership drives the sustainability and growth of our firm and provides all our employees with opportunities for financial success.