Engineering Technical Director

Power Design Inc.; Petersburg (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work-life balance

Diverse and inclusive environment

Opportunities for growth

Job summary

A leading design-build contractor is seeking an Engineering Technical Director in Petersburg, Virginia. This senior role requires extensive experience in electrical systems for large-scale projects like data centers and healthcare facilities. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and a PE license, along with strong leadership and communication skills. This position requires a proven ability to resolve engineering challenges and uphold industry standards, ensuring excellence in project execution.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience with large-scale projects.
• Deep knowledge of electrical distribution and backup power systems.
• Experience resolving complex engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical authority for electrical design on complex projects.
• Provide guidance during all project phases.
• Review engineering documentation to ensure compliance.

Skills

Technical leadership

Electrical systems expertise

Strong communication

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

Revit

Job description

about the position…

Our Engineering team is proof that the Power Design “work hard, play hard” motto delivers results. With complex design-build projects underway nationwide — including large-scale data centers, healthcare facilities, stadiums, and other high-profile commercial builds — our team leads the industry through innovative, coordinated, and value-driven engineering solutions.

As the Engineering Technical Director, you will serve as the senior technical expert for complex electrical systems across these project types. This role is responsible for setting the technical direction, ensuring engineering excellence, and providing deep subject matter expertise from concept through construction. You will work closely with executive leadership, project teams, and clients while mentoring engineers and elevating the technical quality of our work nationwide.

This role is ideal for a seasoned electrical engineering leader who thrives in technically demanding environments and wants to shape how large-scale projects are designed and delivered.

• Serve as the technical authority for electrical design on data centers, healthcare facilities, stadiums, and other large, complex projects.
• Provide expert guidance during pursuit, preconstruction, design development, permitting, and construction phases.
• Establish, refine, and uphold electrical engineering standards and best practices across applicable project types.
• Lead technical decision-making for power distribution systems, emergency systems, grounding, coordination studies, and life safety systems.
• Review and validate engineering documentation to ensure accuracy, constructability, and code compliance.
• Provide advanced troubleshooting and problem resolution on complex technical challenges.
• Partner with project executives and clients as the subject matter expert to support technical strategy and solution development.
• Identify innovative approaches that improve efficiency, coordination, and system performance while maintaining design integrity.

here’s what we’re looking for…

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• 12+ years of progressive electrical engineering experience with extensive involvement in large-scale projects such as data centers, healthcare facilities, stadiums, or similarly complex builds.
• Deep technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, backup power systems, load analysis, and system coordination.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC, IBC, IECC, NFPA, and life safety codes.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a senior technical lead or subject matter expert.
• Ability to analyze and resolve complex engineering challenges at both strategic and detailed levels.
• Experience with Revit.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to confidently interface with clients, consultants, and executive leadership.
• Highly detail-oriented, quality-driven, and capable of leading within a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates and upholds Power Design’s core values: integrity, accountability, teamwork, innovation, and growth.

At Power Design, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Power Design believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is paramount to our success as a national company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool nationwide

About Us

Power Design is a National Design Build Contractor, focused on innovative construction across multiple trades: electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and systems technologies. Since 1989, we’ve disrupted the industry by putting next-generation ideas to powerful, practical use because we care. We design breakthrough solutions that push the limits of what’s possible by harnessing the collaborative power of our teams to elevate experiences and empower the communities where we live and work. In an industry that tends to look back, we’re building better by staying grounded in our values, dedicated to our unique culture, and supportive of work-life balance – making us built to last. By investing in our people and doing things differently, we’re designing what’s next.