Distribution Engineering Manager, Energy

Welty Energy; United States; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Welty Energy in the Midwest region is expanding its Engineering team and seeking a Distribution Engineering Manager based in OH, PA, IN or surrounding areas. This high-growth role combines leadership with hands-on technical oversight and client advocacy for transmission, substation and distribution projects.

The Manager will scale the team, manage capacity, forecast pipelines, and maintain engineering quality while ensuring financial accountability and adherence to project lifecycles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or construction management is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive utility distribution design or electric utility construction experience.

Responsibilities

• Scale an engineering team to meet projected growth and client needs.
• Lead lifecycle management, capacity/pipeline forecasting, and resource planning.
• Oversee client advocacy, relationship management, and financial accountability.
• Provide technical oversight on client construction standards, regulatory codes, and material specifications.
• Mentor and develop staff, manage onboarding, and improve processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal workflows, including timesheets and expense submittals.

Skills

People management

Client relationship management

Strategic planning

Resource forecasting

Financial management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or construction management

Tools

DDS

CREWS

Job description

Due to growth Welty Energy is expanding their Engineering team and adding a Distribution Engineering Manager to be based in OH, PA, IN or surrounding Midwest locations on a hybrid/remote basis.

Welty Energy, an affiliate of Welty, is a professional services company specializing in program and project management, transmission line engineering, substation engineering and construction oversight on transmission, substation and distribution projects ranging in voltages from 4kV to 765kV.

Headquartered in Akron, OH, and working nationally, Welty Energy currently manages approximately $500 million in construction projects for electric utilities in the Midwest and Northeast regions of the U.S.

The Manager role serves as the operational, technical, and strategic manager for a high-growth electric utility distribution engineering team. This role is responsible for scaling an engineering team that has significant expansion projected. The Manager combines rapid team scaling and structured onboarding with project lifecycle management, engineering quality assurance, client advocacy, and financial accountability. As a key member of the Engineering Team, the Distribution Engineering Manager builds a scalable operational foundation, eliminates functional silos, and maintains engineering excellence during rapid growth.

This position is a highly technical, billable, working Manager role designed to lead by example and closely collaborate with our Utility Client(s).

Overview Of The Role

• High-Growth Team Scaling & Lifecycle Management through capacity and pipeline forecasting to develop predictive staffing and resource models ahead of and in line with your utility client's needs.
• Strategic Management & Client Advocacy; includes Client Relationship Management to foster and maintain a highly customer-centric relationship with designated utility clients, serving as a primary advocate for the firm's engineering capabilities.
• Operations, Resource & Financial Management through workload coordination and utilization.
• Technical Oversight & Standards Authority as the Subject Matter Expert and the primary technical lead on client construction standards, regulatory codes, material specifications, and engineering software tools (e.g., DDS, CREWS). This includes dispute resolution and project consulting.
• People Management, Training & Culture responsibilities from career development, to hiring and onboarding as well as continuous process improvement to elevate your team and quality of work.
• Administrative Compliance to enforce strict adherence to internal workflows, ensuring that weekly timesheets and expense submittals for the entire distribution engineering team meet strict approval deadlines.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, or construction management is preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive utility distribution design or electric utility construction experience.
• Management Experience: Minimum of 5 years of direct experience managing people and leading technical teams.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage resource constraints, resolve complex technical or interpersonal conflicts, and build an encouraging, high-performing team environment.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal skills tailored for conveying clear project objectives to internal teams and presenting confidently to external utility stakeholders.

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Important Notice To US Applicants

Welty Energy and Infrastructure, an affiliate of Welty Building Company, LLC., is an at-will employer.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.