Manager, Engineering

Lower Colorado River Authority; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Lower Colorado River Authority in Austin, TX is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Transmission Line O&M Engineering team, planning and supervising critical maintenance to ensure safety, reliability, and resilience of our high-voltage assets.

You will mentor engineers, drive preventative maintenance, support regulatory reporting, and manage budgets, while coordinating with field crews to minimize downtime.

Qualifications

• Twelve years of engineering experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Texas Professional Engineer license required for Water Services.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to guide long-term operational approach for thousands of miles of transmission assets.
• Lead preventative, predictive, and emergency maintenance programs to improve durability and performance of transmission assets.
• Mentor, manage, and scale a high-performing team of engineers and analysts.
• Champion safety by aligning with LCRA’s internal safety standards.
• Direct rapid-response efforts during storm restorations and outages.
• Build, track, and optimize annual O&M budgets.

Skills

Leadership experience

People management

Engineering leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Professional Engineer license (Texas)

Driver's license

Job description

Here’s The Role

We are seeking a dynamic Engineering Manager to lead our high-performing Transmission Line O&M Engineering team. In this role, you will plan, supervise, and complete critical O&M engineering activities to ensure the safety, efficiency, resilience and reliability of our high-voltage transmission line assets. You will support system inspections, analyze structural integrity, and implement preventative maintenance programs. You will also assist with regulatory reporting and advanced drone inspections. Using your technical expertise in power delivery, you will drive rapid solving and repair to reduce downtime while maintaining strict regulatory compliance. You will balance system performance and align to approved project schedules and budgets. This position offers a powerful blend of technical challenge and impactful leadership. You will collaborate with field crews, analyze system performance data, and develop proactive maintenance programs that prevent outages before they happen. If you excel in a fast-paced environment where problem-solving meets hands‑on engineering, we want to hear from you.

How You’ll Contribute

• Provide strategic leadership to guide the long-term operational approach for thousands of miles of transmission assets.
• Support grid reliability by leading all aspects of preventative, predictive, and emergency maintenance programs to improve the durability and performance of transmission assets.
• Strengthen your team by mentoring, managing, and scaling a high-performing team of engineers and analysts.
• Champion safety by implementing uncompromised alignment with LCRA’s internal safety standards.
• Direct rapid-response efforts during storm restorations and unexpected system outages.
• Build, track, and optimize annual operational expenditure budgets.

How You’re Qualified

• Twelve years of experience in engineering including experience providing leadership in engineering or other relevant experience. A degree(s) in math, computer science, engineering, or related field may be substituted per LCRA guidelines for certain years of experience.
• For Water Services, requires a Professional Engineer license in the State of Texas
• Driver's license

How You’ll Stand Out

• Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.
• Collaborative colleague who elevates the people around you and makes the team better.
• Experience in communications with energy transmission, state, county or public entities.
• Background in engineering-centered issue resolution of asset management.
• Knowledge of utility regulatory document preparation and reporting.
• Clear, direct writing style adaptable across formats.

How We’ll Support You

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Equal Opportunity Employer

• LCRA provides equal employment opportunities and a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at LCRA are based on business need, job requirement and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran status in accordance with applicable federal and state legal requirements governing nondiscrimination in employment.
• LCRA is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact LCRA Human Resources [phone] or email [e-mail]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.