VP & Chief Operating Officer

The VP/COO position reports directly to the President/CEO and serves on the executive team.

This position will primarily have day-to-day responsibility to plan, implement, manage, and control engineering
– and operational-related activities.

The VP/COO directly assists the President/CEO on all strategic and tactical matters to achieve ECE’s business and financial objectives.

The VP/COO provides leadership for all operational-related issues and ensures the culture set forth by ECE’s executive team is communicated and successfully executed.

The VP/COO supervises the Operations Manager, Engineering Manager, and System Control Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS Experience and Education: A bachelor’s degree in engineering or other applicable degree is required.

A minimum of ten years in progressively responsible engineering and/or operational leadership roles with specific experience in a rural utility cooperative combined with knowledge of electrical distribution design; or a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.

Interpersonal Skills: A self-motivated individual in this position treats people with respect, keeps commitments, accepts responsibility for their actions, inspires the trust of others, works with a high level of integrity, and upholds organizational values.

Technical Skills: Qualified candidates have an extensive understanding of distribution design, construction, operations, and maintenance, as well as RUS electrical distribution specifications.

This candidate must also possess the ability to develop project plans, coordinate with others, communicate changes and progress, and completes projects on time and within budget.

Environmental Conditions: The following work environment descriptions represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

The employee is regularly exposed to inside office conditions, sitting at a desk or work center operating a computer, keyboard, and mouse.

The employee is occasionally exposed to outside conditions of hot, cold, rain, snow while checking electrical plant.

The noise level in the work environment is regularly low to moderate.

Physical Demands: Regularly required to stand; walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, push, pull, crouch, or crawl; talk, hear, and smell.

Able to sit for 8 hours or more.

Occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds with or without assistance.

Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.