Careers

Empowering Our Employees for Personal Success and Meaningful Work

Our mission is to infuse passion and integrity into everything we do. We are always looking for individuals who possess the same vision to create real-life solutions for our clients while continuing to develop both professionally and personally.

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”  

Lou Holtz

Our Core Values

We continue to grow our team with individuals who embody the core values of RLC Engineering; Be HONEST with yourself, your peers and customers. Take RESPONSIBILITY for your work. Be ACCOUNTABLE for your actions and personal growth. THINK outside the box. Give RECOGNITION for great performance and quality work. Strive to be a LEADER and make a positive contribution. Help others LEARN from our experiences. Recognize that TEAMWORK outperforms individual contributions.

Community Involvement

Community Involvement

We value the communities that we live and work in and we support our employee’s involvement in causes and organizations that are meaningful to them. As a team, we support the Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderer’s Annual Christmas Program, and Teen Challenge Maine, to name a few. Many of our employees also volunteer on their own time to raise money and awareness for causes and organizations that are meaningful to them.

Military and Veterans

Military and Veterans

Military service provides training and experience in leadership and teamwork that is a valuable asset to any team. We recognize military experience and the unique contributions that military personnel can make, whether they have served in the past or are on active reserve duty. Our employees participate yearly in the U.S. Marine Corp. Toys for Tots Campaign, helping to provide toys for children at Christmas.

Have a
Good Time

Have a Good Time

It can’t be all work and no play! In the summertime, we throw family-friendly Company picnics with a lobster bake, fun activities for both the kids and adults and competitive Cornhole tournaments. Our Christmas parties are never short of delicious food and plenty of fun entertainment. Throughout the year, we also host multiple cooking and wellness challenges.

Living Our Best Life

We want our team to be happy and lead a balanced life, both inside and outside of work. We work hard, we put in an honest day’s work and then we go home to be with our families and spend time doing what we love. While at work we encourage our employees to take a break to rejuvenate themselves, to get up and move by taking a brisk walk on a trail, to challenge a teammate to a game of Cornhole, or to refuel with the supply of healthy snacks and beverages that are provided.

Benefits and Perks

Professional Development

We offer ample opportunities to continue learning, add new skills, and sharpen your talent. We provide our team members with a tuition reimbursement program, commitment to training both in-house and off-site, and a new-hire mentorship program to equip our team with the skills they need to be successful. 

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family which includes medical and dental insurance, a 401k retirement plan and financial planning services, life insurance, disability insurance and more.

Health & Wellness

Your health and wellness are important to us too. Our Company culture encourages a healthy work-life balance with paid time off and flextime and other benefits such as a gym membership subsidy to support your well-being.

Get a glimpse of what it’s like to work at RLC! If you’re looking for a great career working with the best in their fields, then we’re looking for you! See for yourself what our team members have to say about their experience working for an organization that truly appreciates their employees and in turn, makes coming to work something they look forward to – not something they have to do.

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Come Join Our Team

To learn more about our job openings, please click on any of the open positions below.

General Description of Position:

Applies technical knowledge to assist internal and remote users with computer problems. The Helpdesk Support Specialist will be responsible for providing technical support to end-users, resolving their IT-related issues, and ensuring that our systems and software run smoothly. The ideal candidate should have excellent customer service skills with the ability to solve problems efficiently, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively with other members of the team, all while making the customer feel supported.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Serve as the first point of contact for users seeking technical assistance over the phone, zoom or email
  • Guide customers remotely and in person through systems configuration, maintenance and troubleshooting computer hardware and software issues
  • Conduct research to understand, explain, and resolve technology issues 
  • Determine the best solution based on the issue and details provided by users
  • Listen attentively to users’ questions and concerns and offer optimal solutions
  • Communicates updates to users who have been or may be affected by a problem
  • Follow up with users to update status and information
  • Utilizes help desk tracking software to present recommendations and improvements for user systems
  • Record events and problems and their resolutions
  • Break down technological processes and communicate concise, step-by-step instructions for effective understanding and implementation
  • Initiates onboarding procedures for new users into the system. 
  • Directs unresolved issues to next-level personnel by coordinating referrals to technical, professional, or service personnel depending on the repair, training, service, or software issue.
  • Troubleshoot network connectivity problems, ensuring seamless communication across the organization

Other Functions of Position:

  • Perform all other duties as assigned.
  • Ability to handle stress and competing priorities
  • Ability to resolve requests in an appropriate and efficient manner.
  • Ability to prioritize customer satisfaction in all communications.
  • Represent RLC with professionalism and integrity while helping to advance our company mission. 
  • Follow HR policies and procedures

Qualifications:

  • Typically requires a bachelor’s degree and 2 to 4 years of experience doing similar customer focused work. 
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Must have excellent written and oral communication skills to communicate at all levels within the organization effectively.
  • Must have proficient PC skills and experience with Microsoft 365, MS Teams, Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.
  • Proficient skills with troubleshooting both hardware and software issues.
  • Proficient in diagnosing and resolving networking issues
  • Possess a strong understanding of TCP/IP protocols, DHCP and DNS
  • Eagerness to learn new technologies and systems

Physical Requirements:

  • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
  • Ability to stand or sit for 8 hours, occasionally move and lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Walk grounds/property regularly, use repetitive manual dexterity.

Requirements:

  • Performs work under general supervision. 
  • Possesses solid working knowledge of subject matter. 
  • May provide leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to others in the group. 
  • Degree or 2+ years of experience to demonstrate technical expertise. 
  • Ability to work as part of a team. 
  • Customer/client orientation. 
  • Problem/situation analysis. 
  • Detail-oriented with project management skills.
  • Sporadic travel no more than 15%. 

No Job Description for a position can possibly include all duties which may be requested. The items listed above are a summary of the major responsibilities of the position that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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General Description of Position:

Under general supervision of the Manager or other designated professional engineer, this position performs a substantial role in design, preparation of specifications and field engineering related to assigned engineering projects. The incumbent must be competent to carry out, review and analyze complex technical studies and project scopes, along with the ability to develop and review technical specifications, drawings and standards of equipment/projects. The incumbent must be able to work closely with clients and other senior and junior engineers in the office and throughout the organization in the successful delivery of Protection and Controls design engineering work and in the development of additional business with existing and/or new clients.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Perform design studies and demonstrate a good working knowledge of substations, protection and control, and automation and integration projects.
  • Ability to comprehend and apply industry standards used to design substations, protection and control, and automation and integration projects. In additions, work may require development and review of technical specifications, drawings and standards of equipment and projects.
  • Ability to prepare written reports which explain the purpose, methodology, data requirements, design criteria and recommendations and observations.
  • Some participation in client business development.
  • Keep department manager informed of status of all projects relative to pre-established expectations
  • Maintains a program of personal study to expand and improve technical and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work independently and with others while maintaining a high level of initiative expectations.

Other Functions of Position:

  • Must have excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate within the organization.
  • Must have good PC skills and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook
  • Perform all other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements:

  • Shall possess a four year Bachelor or Science or Technology degree in Electrical Engineering or an equivalent amount of experience in the electrical engineering field.
  • Minimum of one (1) of more years of proven work experience.
  • Must demonstrate technical capabilities to effectively perform the job duties and responsibilities.

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General Description of Position:

This position performs a substantial role in designing and developing layouts for electrical circuits or systems for power distribution. The incumbent must be capable of developing effective and safe electrical diagrams by performing design computations using their engineering skills. The incumbent must also possess an understanding of engineering techniques and industrial tools and translate design requirements into specific configurations.

This position may also direct the work of drafters or develop assignments with clear and specific objectives. This individual requires low levels of assistance, self-guided in solving problems and capable of handling unusual problems. This individual also demonstrates ability to review work with professional judgment and appropriate quality controls.

Essential Job Functions:

  • Work closely with other design engineers to develop electrical drawings using AutoCAD or Microstation.
  • Develop accurate and precise product designs complying with recognized drafting standards, company practices, policies and procedures
  • Develop, prepare, check and coordinate designs, drawings plus other documents needed for electrical systems
  • Ability to maintain quality control over all work produced by drafters for client review and issue for construction.
  • Work with electrical engineers to develop electrical designs meeting client needs
  • Generate quality assurance of electrical, control detail engineering and design project deliverables
  • Maintains a program of personal study to expand and improve technical and analytical skills.
  • Keep department manager informed of status of all projects relative to pre-established expectations

Position Requirements:

  • A minimum of an Associate Degree in Engineering Technology (or equivalent) is required.
  • Three plus (5+) years of related utility protection and control design experience preferred. Similar electrical consulting, or industrial design experience, will be strongly considered.
  • Strong computer skills including the use of AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Outlook). MicroStation and Visio are also preferred.
  • Must have excellent written and oral communication skills to effectively communicate both internally and externally to the organization.

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