Planning and Engineering Manager

Description

Responsible for the selection, direction, and performance of telecommunication engineering and analysis studies. Supervises and manages sustained engineering projects, test and evaluation programs, and performs normal engineering services (e.g., transmission, circuit design software). May conduct long-term strategic planning activities for LAN/WAN development and implementation including transmission media, system architecture, and general technology guidelines. Analyzes and provides management with information on availability and pricing of telecommunication technology and services. Typically requires a Bachelor degree and at least five years of experience in operations, maintenance, and sustained engineering of LAN to WAN Internet working. The primary duty of employees in this classification is the management of a customarily recognized department or subdivision, including the supervision of three or more full-time equivalent employees every week. Direction is over a permanent status-continuing function, not a collection of employees assigned to complete a project. Management duties include interviewing, selecting and training of employees; setting and adjusting their rates of pay and hours of work; planning and directing their work; appraising their productivity and efficiency for the purpose of recommending promotions or other changes in their status; handling their complaints and grievances and disciplining them when necessary. Management responsibilities include the authority to hire, fire, or promote assigned employees or make recommendations that are given particular weight. Employees have impact on budgeting, controlling costs, planning, scheduling, and procedural change. Under FLSA, this is the exempt job classification for this title. Incumbents in this position must meet the full criteria for exempt status: salary level, salary basis, and duties tests.