Associate Director, Practice Builder

Ulteig; Billings (MT); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Workplace

Employee Ownership

Competitive Pay

Collaborative Environment

Job summary

Ulteig is seeking an experienced people and business leader to serve as Associate Director, Practice Builder within the Power business. This role leads integration, capability development, and performance of a growing portfolio serving emerging utility, EPC, and other priority Power clients.

The Associate Director translates approved Power strategies into an actionable annual portfolio plan, leads multiple teams, and allocates resources to deliver safe, high-quality, financially responsible

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in engineering consulting, utility infrastructure, EPC delivery, or related industries.
• Proven ability to lead managers and multiple teams; strong client relationships and portfolio growth.
• Strong understanding of substations, utility and EPC environments; leadership in strategy to execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams and portfolio leaders to pursue and deliver work for Power clients; set priorities and accountability.
• Develop leadership capability and succession readiness within the organization.
• Maintain workforce plans, determine capacity, hiring needs, and organizational structure.
• Establish cross-department operating rhythms and scalable, repeatable delivery processes.
• Drive portfolio governance, delivery standards, and continuous improvement across teams.
• Grow client relationships and convert opportunities into durable, diversified work.

Skills

People leadership

Strategic thinking

Client relationship management

Cross-functional collaboration

Financial acumen

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Ulteig is seeking an experienced people and business leader to serve as Associate Director, Practice Builder within the Power business. This role leads the operational integration, capability development, and performance of a growing portfolio serving emerging utility, EPC, and other priority Power clients.

The Associate Director translates approved Power business and market strategies into an actionable annual portfolio plan. The role leads multiple teams and designated portfolio leaders, establishes priorities and operating rhythms, allocates resources within approved plans, and holds leaders accountable for safe, high-quality, financially responsible delivery.

Working closely with the Power Market team, Power Associate Directors, and leaders across the business, this individual strengthens client relationships, converts opportunities into repeatable work, and develops scalable delivery capabilities. The role contributes analysis and recommendations to longer-term growth, investment, partnership, and market decisions led by senior Power leadership.

Rather than inheriting a fully established organization, this leader initially draws on existing Power teams to pursue and deliver work while establishing repeatable approaches, developing leaders, and building dedicated capacity as the portfolio matures. The position is accountable for turning strategy into coordinated multi-team execution, improving the employee experience, and strengthening portfolio results.

What You’ll Do

• Lead multiple teams and designated portfolio leaders responsible for pursuing and delivering work for emerging Power clients; establish priorities, performance expectations, decision rights, and accountability for integrated portfolio results.
• Build leadership capability by coaching managers, technical leaders, project managers, and emerging leaders; strengthen succession readiness and address performance, capability, and organizational gaps.
• Maintain an annual workforce plan that anticipates capacity, skills, locations, hiring needs, and leadership requirements in alignment with the approved client pipeline and portfolio plan.
• Determine when to leverage existing Power teams, recruit talent, or establish dedicated capacity within approved workforce and investment plans.
• Establish cross-department operating rhythms that improve coordination, information flow, decision-making, accountability, knowledge sharing, and client outcomes.
• Build a high-performing and scalable organization through effective hiring, onboarding, role clarity, performance management, development, retention, and employee-experience practices.
• Lead implementation of an approved organization plan as demand, revenue, and leadership capacity mature.

Portfolio Operations & Delivery (25%)

• Translate approved Power business and market strategies into an annual portfolio operating plan with clear priorities, milestones, resource requirements, ownership, and measures of success.
• Lead portfolio-level delivery performance across multidisciplinary teams, holding designated leaders accountable for safety, quality, scope, schedule, financial performance, risk management, and client outcomes.
• Manage the approved portfolio budget and workforce plan; monitor revenue, margin, utilization, backlog, capacity, operating expenses, and investment performance, and recommend adjustments to Power leadership.
• Allocate approved resources across clients, projects, and initiatives based on commitments, business priorities, capability needs, profitability, and delivery risk.
• Resolve or escape significant delivery, performance, quality, resource, and client issues to protect commitments and strengthen client confidence.
• Establish and improve portfolio governance, workflows, delivery standards, performance measures, and operating processes to increase consistency, predictability, and scalability.

Business Development & Client Growth (25%)

• Coordinate execution of the approved portfolio growth plan with the Power Market team, aligning priority clients, market segments, pursuits, investments, delivery capacity, and expected financial outcomes.
• Strengthen executive and senior client relationships and position Ulteig as a trusted consulting-engineering advisor and delivery partner for utilities, EPCs, and other priority Power clients.
• Partner with Market Directors, Client Team Leaders, Account Managers, and business development professionals to execute coordinated account strategies and clarify client ownership.
• Convert initial engagements into durable, diversified client portfolios with a qualified pipeline of repeat work.
• Translate recurring client needs, delivery lessons, and market trends into prioritized recommendations for service development, adjacent offerings, and portfolio capabilities.
• Improve pursuit success and commercial outcomes by guiding differentiated solutions, proposals, interviews, teaming approaches, and contract discussions within delegated authority.
• Develop business cases and recommendations for new capabilities, partnerships, client segments, and market opportunities for review and approval by senior leadership
• Integrate capabilities across Power LLS and related business areas to create consistent, scalable solutions that increase client value and delivery credibility.
• Collaborate with the broader Power Associate Director group to implement approved priorities that strengthen Power performance, organizational capability, and employee experience.
• Standardize and scale workflows, delivery practices, governance, and operating rhythms across participating teams.
• Lead implementation of approved technology, automation, and AI-enabled solutions that improve delivery efficiency, quality, capacity, client outcomes, and the employee experience.
• Lead change management, adoption, training, and performance measurement for new portfolio capabilities and operating methods.
• Use portfolio, financial, delivery, employee, and client insights to identify improvement opportunities and recommend priorities to Power leadership
• Embed continuous improvement practices that produce measurable gains in operational efficiency, delivery consistency, quality, financial performance, and client experience.

What We Expect from You

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in engineering consulting, electric utility infrastructure, EPC delivery, or a related industry.
• Demonstrated experience leading managers, multidisciplinary teams, or multiple interdependent teams; approximately four or more years of prior people leadership.
• Demonstrated success establishing client relationships, converting opportunities into delivered work, and growing a portfolio over time.
• Strong understanding of substations, utility and EPC client operating environments, and the standards and behaviors associated with high-quality consulting engineering.
• Experience translating business and market strategy into annual operating plans, priorities, resource decisions, and measurable team results.
• Previous accountability for budgets, workforce planning, capacity management, resource allocation, project or portfolio performance, and team outcomes.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and resolving delivery, quality, financial, risk, client, or team‑performance issues.
• Ability to lead across organizational boundaries and build shared accountability while maintaining clear ownership for portfolio results.
• Strong business and financial acumen, including the ability to balance client growth, delivery, talent, profitability, capacity, investment, and risk.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
• Ability to travel nationally as required.
• Demonstrates openness to innovation by embracing and applying evolving technology and AI tools to enhance workflows, solve problems, and drive continuous improvement
• Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.

Leadership Characteristics

• Develops managers and emerging leaders and creates a strong leadership bench.
• Uses sound judgment and data to resolve ambiguity and recommend practical paths forward.
• Leads change with discipline and supports adoption of scalable workflows, technology, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Demonstrates an entrepreneurial mindset while operating within approved strategy, governance, contract, and investment parameters.

As you consider applying for a position at Ulteig, we encourage you to think outside the box – because we do! You might not meet 100% of the skills listed in a description, but we are committed to hiring people with exceptional talent, ability and potential, and then creating an environment where they can become the best versions of themselves. We don’t want to miss out on the possibility of speaking with the next outstanding Ulteig team member, so please apply if you think this role is a great match for your unique skills and strengths. And, yes, relevant military experience is absolutely considered for transitioning service members.

What You Can Expect from Ulteig

Ulteig is a purpose driven organization that has built a culture focused on people – both our clients and our employees –for over 80 years. Working at Ulteig is more than a job, opening opportunities to make an impact by creating and solving for a sustainable future. We recognize our success relies heavily on the dedication and focus of our workforce; this is why we make investing in our employees a top priority. We prioritize flexibility and staying connected to meet your needs and help you achieve your goals. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality and celebrate your contributions. At Ulteig, we take our own success and the success of our clients personally.

We offer our team members:

• Flexible Workplace
• Employee Ownership
• Competitive Pay
• Collaborative Environment

Our vision is to be the most trusted partners transforming our world’s critical infrastructure. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors, including Power, Renewables, Transportation and Water. Ulteig is a trusted partner in engineering North America’s essential infrastructure and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients.

At Ulteig, we care deeply about our team, listening to their needs and ensuring they have the tools necessary to be productive whether they choose to work remotely, hybrid or in office. Regardless of where you work, you are empowered to build a workday that best suits your strengths. We strive to ensure a balance and separation between home and work life. We support a flexible working schedule so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.

Ulteig is a Drug Free Workplace

ACHIEVE | GROW | COLLABORATE

Additional Opportunity Details:
Target Base Compensation Range for this role is $160,200 - $216,600
* Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role and comparison to other employees already in this role

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 60 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

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