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Actalent Engineering Supervisor in Phoenix, Arizona
Job Title: Engineering SupervisorJob Description
The Engineering Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operations of a distribution design department, ensuring projects meet quality, budget, and schedule expectations while maintaining strong relationships with internal teams and external customers. This role provides both technical and non-technical leadership, manages project scopes and resources, and drives continuous improvement in workflows and business processes. The Engineering Supervisor also plays a key role in growing the business by ensuring efficient execution of current work and developing the capabilities of the project team.
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership and training in distribution design, offering one-on-one mentorship and guidance to team leads and individual contributors.
Establish, monitor, and maintain quality control standards for design services, deliverables, and products to ensure consistency and compliance with customer expectations.
Monitor and manage budgets and schedules for all projects and workflows using designated systems, ensuring work is delivered on time and within financial targets.
Develop and review conceptual project scopes, clearly communicate these scopes to multiple stakeholders, and prepare accurate cost estimates for projects.
Hold teams accountable to project estimates, schedules, and customer deadlines, and ensure change orders are issued promptly when scope changes occur.
Directly manage team leads and individual contributors within the department, providing clear direction, feedback, and support.
Collaborate with internal leads and customer representatives to drive and refine business processes, ensuring that workflow and workload remain efficient and effective.
Prepare written technical performance reports and deliver periodic presentations to management and project teams regarding project status, budgets, and performance.
Determine customer needs and work closely with both the customer and internal teams to ensure processes run smoothly and expectations are met.
Distribute workflow from the customer to internal leads for allocation to their teams, ensuring all projects are properly routed through the supervisor.
Serve as the primary liaison with the customer on operational issues, addressing problems and inefficiencies in a timely and professional manner.
Resolve issues related to invoicing, resourcing, and staffing to maintain project continuity and financial accuracy.
Mediate and work out resolutions to disagreements between the customer and internal teams regarding processes and project issues.
Proactively address personnel matters, including hiring, termination, promotions, demotions, attendance issues, scheduling, and performance reviews.
Drive the training and development of team members through the leads, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
Utilize Microsoft Office and customer-specific software and applications to complete project management, reporting, and communication tasks.
Supervise the work of the project team and take responsibility for coaching, performance evaluations, employee relations, and overall team effectiveness.
Essential Skills
10+ years of experience engineering and managing distribution projects.
4+ years of experience leading or supervising a technical design or engineering team.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering, or Construction Management from an ABET-accredited program.
Professional Engineering (PE) license, or the ability and willingness to obtain a PE license within an agreed timeframe.
Strong technical expertise in distribution design, power distribution, and utilities projects.
Proficiency with AutoCAD and computer-aided design (CAD) tools for electrical and distribution design.
Ability to read, interpret, and work from blueprints and technical drawings.
Experience with transformers and underground distribution systems.
Demonstrated ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and scopes across multiple concurrent projects.
Proven leadership skills with experience coaching, mentoring, and developing technical teams.
Strong communication skills with the ability to present project status, budgets, and performance to management and stakeholders.
Ability to interface effectively with customers, understand their needs, and translate them into actionable project requirements.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Experience working in power distribution and utility environments.
Background in electrical design for distribution systems and related infrastructure.
Familiarity with customer-specific software and applications used for project tracking, design, and reporting.
Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve issues related to invoicing, resourcing, staffing, and process inefficiencies.
Experience managing change orders and maintaining clear documentation of scope changes.
Ability to handle personnel matters such as hiring, promotions, demotions, and performance management with professionalism and discretion.
Experience driving process improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness of workflows.
Comfort presenting to groups and facilitating discussions between internal teams and customers.
Work Environment
The Engineering Supervisor works in a professional engineering and project delivery environment focused on distribution design and power distribution projects. The role involves frequent use of AutoCAD, CAD tools, Microsoft Office, and customer-specific software and applications to manage designs, budgets, schedules, and reporting. Work is primarily office-based, with regular collaboration with internal leads, individual contributors, and customer representatives through meetings, presentations, and ongoing communication. The environment emphasizes quality, accountability, and continuous improvement, with a strong focus on mentoring and developing team members while maintaining efficient and effective workflows.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Phoenix, AZ.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $84.13 - $84.13/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully remote position.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Apr 30, 2026.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:
Hiring diverse talent
Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
Ensuring growth opportunities for our people
Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000+ extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.
Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.