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About the Role

This role provides strategic, technical, and operational leadership for WSB’s Power Delivery electrical engineering organization, with a primary emphasis on Substation Engineering and Protection & Control (P&C). The position leads managers and technical leaders across multiple disciplines and is accountable for engineering quality, consistent execution, workforce planning, staff development, and client delivery.

Responsibilities

Lead directors, managers, technical leaders, senior engineers, and engineering staff across Substation, P&C, Studies, and DER.
Develop and mentor engineers and emerging leaders, focusing on technical growth, leadership development, and succession planning.
Oversee workforce planning, recruiting, retention, performance management, and compensation recommendations.
Build a culture focused on safety, accountability, technical excellence, quality, communication, and professional growth.
Establish the resources, training, and organizational structure needed to scale engineering operations.
Serve as the senior technical leader for substation engineering, providing oversight of physical design, electrical design, equipment selection, protection and control, and overall project execution.
Provide technical direction on complex substation projects, including HV/MV substations, transmission and distribution facilities, protection schemes, equipment specifications, grounding, one-lines, control systems, and constructability.
Oversee engineering standards, design criteria, specifications, calculations, drawings, and deliverables to ensure consistency and technical quality.
Provide technical guidance across P&C, power systems studies, interconnection, DER/BESS integration, and utility standards.
Establish and improve QA/QC processes, design standards, technical procedures, and quality metrics.
Promote coordination among Substation, P&C, Transmission, Distribution, Studies, DER, Project Management, and other WSB service lines.
Champion a safety-first culture across office, field, and project-site environments.
Leverage digital tools, data, and AI responsibly to improve engineering efficiency and consistency while maintaining technical accuracy.
Translate Power Delivery strategy into engineering plans, staffing requirements, training priorities, and operational objectives.
Partner with Project Management to align scope, schedule, budget, staffing, utilization, technical risk, change management, and delivery commitments.
Serve as Project Principal, Executive Sponsor, or senior technical leader on strategic substation projects, key accounts, MSAs, and complex multidisciplinary programs.
Maintain accountability for team budgets, P&L, utilization, workload and revenue forecasting, and delivery risk.
Establish consistent standards for project execution, resource planning, communication, risk escalation, and client experience.
Develop and maintain relationships with electric utilities, EPCs, renewable developers, industrial clients, data center clients, and strategic partners.
Support and lead pursuits involving substation engineering, P&C, transmission/distribution, interconnection, and other power delivery services.
Develop proposals, technical scopes, fee estimates, pursuit strategies, presentations, and client interviews.
Leverage industry relationships and market knowledge to expand WSB’s substation and power delivery business.
Proactively address client concerns related to quality, schedule, resources, communication, and project execution.
Represent WSB at client meetings, industry events, conferences, and professional organizations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution.
Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
15+ years of progressive power delivery, utility consulting, or electrical engineering experience, with significant experience in substation engineering and/or P&C.
Strong technical experience in one or more additional areas, such as power systems studies, DER, BESS, grid interconnection, transmission, or distribution.
Minimum 5+ years of leadership experience, including management of managers, technical leads, or multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations, developing staff, improving QA/QC, planning resources, and establishing repeatable engineering standards and processes.
Strong technical judgment, communication, organization, coaching, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
Experience working directly with utility, renewable energy, EPC, industrial, or other power delivery clients.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
Familiarity with substation and electrical engineering tools, including AutoCAD, MicroStation, ETAP, CYME, PSS/E, ASPEN OneLiner, EasyPower, PSCAD/SKM, or similar platforms.
Familiarity with project management, resource planning, and data/dashboard tools used in power delivery environments.
Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, or related field (Preferred).
Deep technical expertise in substation engineering and P&C, with additional experience in power systems studies, DER, BESS, or interconnection (Preferred).
Experience scaling engineering teams, implementing QA/QC programs, developing leadership pipelines, and managing MSAs (Preferred).
Established relationships with utilities, developers, EPCs, OEMs, consultants, and other power industry stakeholders (Preferred).
PMP or equivalent certification and/or active leadership in professional organizations such as IEEE, IEEE PES, or NSPE (Preferred).

Skills

Substation Engineering
Protection & Control (P&C)
Power Systems Studies
Distributed Energy Resources (DER)
Electrical Design
Equipment Selection
Project Execution
Technical Direction
HV/MV Substations
Transmission and Distribution Facilities
Protection Schemes
Equipment Specifications
Grounding
One-lines
Control Systems
Constructability
Engineering Standards
Design Criteria
Specifications
Calculations
Drawings
Deliverables
QA/QC Processes
Technical Procedures
Quality Metrics
Coordination
Safety Culture
Digital Tools
Data Analysis
AI
Engineering Efficiency
Technical Accuracy
Workforce Planning
Staff Development
Client Delivery
Team Building
Scalable Engineering Standards
Utility Relationships
Client Relationships
People Leadership
Organizational Leadership
Mentoring
Succession Planning
Recruiting
Retention
Performance Management
Compensation Recommendations
Communication
Professional Growth
Resource Planning
Training
Organizational Structure
Interconnection
BESS Integration
Utility Standards
Project Management
Scope Alignment
Schedule Alignment
Budget Alignment
Staffing Alignment
Utilization Management
Technical Risk Management
Change Management
Delivery Commitments
Project Principal
Executive Sponsor
Strategic Projects
Key Accounts
MSAs
Multidisciplinary Programs
Team Budgets
P&L Management
Workload Forecasting
Revenue Forecasting
Delivery Risk Management
Client Experience
Business Development
Proposal Development
Technical Scopes
Fee Estimates
Pursuit Strategies
Presentations
Client Interviews
Market Knowledge
Client Concerns
Industry Events
Conferences
Professional Organizations
Microsoft Office Suite
AutoCAD
MicroStation
ETAP
CYME
PSS/E
ASPEN OneLiner
EasyPower
PSCAD/SKM
Project Management Tools
Resource Planning Tools
Data/Dashboard Tools
Electrical Engineering
Technical Judgment
Coaching
Decision-Making
Conflict Resolution
Utility Clients
Renewable Energy Clients
EPC Clients
Industrial Clients
Power Delivery Clients
Leadership Pipeline Development
IEEE
IEEE PES
NSPE

Location

Minneapolis
Denver
Austin
Houston
Orlando
Fort Lauderdale
Jacksonville
Boston
Atlanta

Work Type

Office/Hybrid

Experience Level

15+ years of progressive power delivery, utility consulting, or electrical engineering experience
Minimum 5+ years of leadership experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, or related field (Preferred)

About the Company

WSB is a company focused on Power Delivery.