Engineering Manager - Substation Physical | Build and Grow a New Team

Qualus; Florida; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Disability coverage (short & long term

Retirement savings plans

Flexible Spending/Health Spending

Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

Parental Leave

Paid Time Off

Company Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Substation Physical Engineering Manager to hire, mentor, and grow an engineering team while guiding technical strategy and sustaining a culture with lasting impact.

The role involves leadership oversight of engineers across multiple offices, collaboration with the Engineering Director, and alignment with department goals in a dynamic project backlog environment.

Qualifications

• ABET‑accredited engineering degree required (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil).
• Minimum 5 years in management in the energy sector.
• Experience in Utility Substation engineering.
• PE license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, select, train, assign, schedule, coach, and develop engineering staff; set expectations and review performance.
• Contribute to strategic plans, action plans, and QA/QC standards.
• Provide technical direction to ensure proper engineering processes across projects.
• Develop relationships with senior clients and executives.
• Coordinate work with multi-office resources and cross-train staff for efficiency.
• Support business development with pipeline and backlog planning.
• Present technical solutions to customers and respond to questions in real time.
• Oversee project cost, quality, schedule, and timesheets accuracy.

Skills

Substation engineering experience

Management experience

PE license

Education

ABET‑accredited engineering degree (B.S.)

Engineering Management MBA master’s degree (plus)

Job description

Power your future with Qualus as a Substation Physical Engineering Manager. This role is a unique opportunity to hire, develop, and grow your own engineering team while influencing technical strategy and building a culture that delivers lasting impact!

This Substation Physical Engineering Manager provides engineering supervision and leadership in support of meeting project demands while maintaining a limited project load in accordance with overall backlog needs. The Engineering Manager is to work closely with the Engineering Director while being responsible for the technical oversight of engineers based out of the office. They are to assist the Director of Engineering in meeting department goals.

This position may be based in Lake Mary, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Las Vegas, NV, Boise, ID; Raleigh, NC; or Fort Worth, TX.

Responsibilities

• Accomplishes human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.
• Achieves operational objectives by contributing engineering information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; completing audits; identifying trends; determining administrative system improvements; implementing change.
• Provide oversight, technical and procedural direction to ensure proper engineering processes are followed throughout projects.
• Developing, nurturing and maintaining trusted relationships with senior level engineering, managers, and executives with current or prospective clients.
• Ability to coordinate work with engineering offices where shared resources might reside.
• Work with department to cross-train employees on multi-client standards for efficiency and scale, working towards more of a team concept.
• Actively coordinate with Business Development to ensure a more consistent pipeline and backlog of workflow.
• Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable articulate manner.
• Delegating, planning, prioritizing, and forecast upcoming engineering requirements/needs including non-job-related training schedules.
• Direct and/or participate in client meetings/job site visits to collect or deliver design and engineering data.
• Provide technical support for quotes/estimating as it relates to engineering, project management and client management input
• Review and approve employee time sheets and expense statements for accuracy.
• Ensure project cost, quality, and schedule requirements are met.
• Conduct audits to ensure all design packages follow Qualus’ QA/QC process.
• Oversee internal training program by identifying staff’s needs and coordinating resources that will perform training.
• Attend Project Kickoff meetings to discuss in detail work scope, project specifications, budgets, schedules, and safety requirements with project team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil) from an ABET‑accredited school. Master’s Degree in Engineering Management or MBA, is a plus.
• Minimum 5 years in management, within the energy sector.
• Experience in Utility Substation engineering.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license, preferred.

Benefits & Compensation

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage
• Retirement Savings Plans (including employer matching where applicable)
• Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts
• Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Parental Leave
• Paid Time Off
• Company Holidays

The compensation range for this position is provided in accordance with applicable laws and market practices. The final base salary offered may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, internal equity, performance, and business needs. Compensation ranges are subject to change at the Company's discretion and as permitted by applicable law.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure‑play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, energy efficiency and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 2,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.

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