About Ampirical:

At Ampirical, we're shaping the future of the power grid with precision, innovation, and purpose. Just as the ampere is the foundation of electric current, Ampirical is a core force driving the energy sector forward. We focus on quality, forward-thinking solutions, and empowering our team to grow and thrive.

We don’t just build projects—we build careers. If you’re looking for a place where your contributions matter and your professional development is supported every step of the way, we’d love to meet you. Watch this video to get a glimpse into our culture.

Why Ampirical?

💰 Salary Range: $136K + - Commensurate (dependent on experience, education, and qualifications)
📈 Profit-Sharing Bonus: Semi-annual, performance-based (10% to 20% of salary)
🩺 Day-One Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision
💼 401(k) with 4% match and immediate vesting
🏖️ PTO: Starting at 80 hours of vacation & 40 hours of sick time per year + 10 paid holidays
🗓️ Flexible Work Schedule: Every other Friday off
📚 Career Development: Advancement opportunities, tuition reimbursement
🧘 Perks: Gym membership stipend, wellness program, fertility benefits, pet insurance, and more

Your Role:

The Distribution Engineering Manager leads a team of professional and technical staff within the Distribution Line Engineering Department, with a focus on delivering outstanding results for our clients and building long-term partnerships with the utilities and energy organizations we serve. Please note, this role is to be based in South Carolina with occasional travel to the Charleston, Columbia, and surrounding cities as needed. This individual will work remotely otherwise.

Department Overview:

Our experience means we have the capacity to manage and design concurrent large-scale transmission / distribution projects for one or more clients. Our engineering staff has designed hundreds of miles of overhead transmission and distribution lines for a variety of energy clients including investor-owned utilities, public utilities, municipalities, independent power producers, rural cooperatives, and industrial clients. We utilize the latest in design software tools to provide a thorough technical line design that assures the lowest cost design.

What You’ll Do:

Build and grow client relationships: Serve as a trusted advisor to existing and prospective clients, especially municipal and electric cooperative utilities in South Carolina. Travel to client sites, field locations, and vendor facilities as needed to understand client needs and strengthen partnerships.

Be the client’s champion: Act as a primary point of contact for clients, staying in regular communication, gathering feedback, resolving concerns quickly, and anticipating future needs so clients keep coming back.

Lead a client-focused team: Supervise engineers, designers, drafters, and project support coordinators, coaching and mentoring them to deliver a consistently excellent client experience. Conduct performance reviews and evaluations for direct reports.

Develop and empower your engineers: Set clear expectations, delegate work effectively, and provide ongoing coaching and career development. Build a collaborative, high-performing team where engineers grow their skills, take ownership of their work, and understand how it serves the client.

Deliver on client commitments: Oversee the work of Design and Planning Engineers to ensure clients receive complete, accurate, construction-ready deliverables, including distribution line designs, long-range planning support, and system protection studies.

Ensure project success: Manage staffing and utilization so the right people are in place to meet client schedules, milestones, and expectations.

Protect quality: Review work from internal staff and subcontractors to ensure it meets client standards before delivery.

Win new work: Lead development of proposals, bids, schedules, and cost estimates that clearly communicate our value.

What You Bring:

🎓 Education: Bachelor’s degree from an ABET-accredited university. PE license required (two additional years of experience accepted in lieu of the degree requirement).

📊 Experience:

12+ years of distribution line design and related project execution experience, with a track record of delivering for clients

5+ years of experience managing and developing multi-discipline engineering personnel, including delegating workloads, directing others, and planning distribution line projects

Strong communication and relationship-building skills

Willingness to travel up to 25%

Ampirical is an Equal Opportunity Employer, meaning we do not discriminate based on the following characteristics in our hiring and employment practices: Age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religion or religious attire, marital status, pregnancy (child birth or related medical conditions), citizenship status or amnesty, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, sickle-cell trait, status as a tobacco user or non-user, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

Engineering Manager - Distribution (Remote but Local to SC); Power Experience Required