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Assistant Department Manager – Transmission

📍 Bloomington, MN | 🕒 Full-Time | 🏢 Engineering / Utilities

We are seeking a motivated Assistant Department Manager – Transmission to help lead and grow a dynamic engineering team supporting transmission projects. This role blends technical expertise, leadership, and operational management to help drive team performance, client success, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is passionate about mentoring engineers, improving processes, and supporting business growth while fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Team Development

• Advocate for and promote a strong culture of safety, quality, and inclusion
• Recruit, develop, train, and retain interns and engineering staff
• Mentor engineers and coordinate assignments in collaboration with the Transmission Department Manager and project leadership
• Conduct employee performance reviews , development meetings, and coaching sessions
• Identify training needs and support the development of department training programs
• Foster a healthy employee-owner culture through team-building, collaboration, and effective conflict resolution

Operational & Business Support

• Coordinate engineering staff assignments to ensure efficient and cost-effective utilization of resources
• Approve timecards and ensure team members meet billable utilization goals
• Provide input to improve productivity, budgets, and project quality
• Interpret organizational policies, goals, and strategies to the team
• Support business initiatives aimed at improving department efficiency and profitability

Client & Project Support

• Assist with client relationship development and retention
• Contribute to proposal development and review
• Collaborate across departments to enhance training and project delivery
• Encourage innovation through tools, technology, and process improvements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Environmental Science, Construction Management, or related field
• 5+ years of related professional experience
• Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to anticipate challenges and develop practical solutions
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and support team development

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Experience with recruiting and mentoring engineers
• Experience delivering and receiving performance feedback
• Ability to present complex information to technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with data tracking and productivity tools (Pivot Tables, Data Models, Office 365 applications, etc.)
• Proven ability to lead change and influence teams positively
• History of strong performance demonstrated through professional evaluations

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to lead and develop engineering talent
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Meaningful work supporting critical transmission infrastructure
• Long-term career growth within a stable and respected engineering organization

If Interested, apply here or message me directly.

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