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Position Summary

The Electrical Engineering Supervisor (Engineer Supervisor) serves as a coach, facilitator, and mentor for the Engineering Unit staff. This position’s responsibilities include staff resource planning and allocation, work assignments, personnel management, and development of policies and procedures which carry out Division, Bureau, and Unit goals and objectives.

This position will oversee the Engineering Unit staff resources to ensure schedules and deadlines are met, and resources are utilized appropriately to meet workload demands. Other responsibilities include supervisory oversight on special investigations into a variety of energy and utility operations, providing leadership and coordination for other Commission proceedings, assisting in development and implementation of Commission and Division priorities, enforcement and interpretation of applicable Wisconsin Statutes and Administrative Codes, the Code of Federal Regulations and other nationally accepted codes and standards, and investigating consumer complaints of a technical nature.

To review the full position description email Benjamin Harwell at BenjaminK.Harwell@wisconsin.gov

Qualifications

**Minimum Qualification: **Upon application, the candidate must have graduated with a bachelor or higher degree from an accredited college or university with a degree in a related engineering field, OR be a credentialed professional engineer (PE).

For a degree obtained outside of the United States, applicants must have already completed a foreign education credential evaluation through one of the two national associations of credential evaluation services and must submit copies of the evaluation with their resume.

• National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) is an association of 19 credential evaluation services with admission standards and an enforced code of good practice.
• Association of International Credentials Evaluators (AICE) is an association of 10 credential evaluation services with a board of advisors and an enforced code of ethics.

Credential evaluations are not free, and applicants are responsible for the cost of the selected service. These services may take weeks or months to complete. Candidates may direct questions related to the evaluations to the contact information provided on the NACES and AICE websites. Candidates should ask for evaluation services that minimally includes:

• Type of education received by the applicant;
• The level of education in relation to the U.S. education system and state that its comparability recommendations follow the general guidelines of the International Education Standards Council; and
• The status of the awarding foreign school’s recognition and legitimacy in its home country’s education system.

Qualified applicants will have experience with all the following:

• Experience working with engineering theories and principles as applied to the planning, design, construction, and/or operation of electrical infrastructure or construction projects.
• Experience assigning and overseeing analysis, evaluating quality of work, developing, managing and monitoring work schedules, and reviewing performance based on established expectations.
• Experience leading a team in a formal or informal capacity including addressing resource conflicts and other challenges, demonstrating success in resolving them in a timely and professional manner.

In addition to having all the above, well qualified applicants will have experience with one or more of the following:

• Experience with utility regulation, utility policy, or utility operations.
• Formal experience leading and building professional teams that are objective, balanced, inclusive, diverse, and goal oriented.
• Education or experience in electrical engineering principles of generation, power flow or production cost analysis.