Senior Substation Design Engineering Manager — Hybrid

Mesa Associates, Inc.; Knoxville (TN); Ibrido; USD 140.000 - 190.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Mesa Associates, Inc. in Tennessee seeks a Senior Engineering Manager – Physical Substation Design to provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and operational management of the Physical Substation Engineering department.

You will lead engineering managers, engineers, designers, and specialists on transmission and distribution substation projects from distribution through 500 kV+. The role focuses on engineering excellence, project profitability, client satisfaction, and employee

Competenze

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability to attain within 12 months.
• Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible experience in electric utility substation engineering.
• Minimum 4 years of engineering leadership or management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Extensive knowledge of physical substation design for transmission and distribution systems.
• Strong understanding of utility engineering standards and design practices.

Mansioni

• Provide leadership, mentoring, and direction to Engineering Managers, Lead Engineers, and multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Develop department goals, annual business plans, staffing strategies, and performance objectives.
• Foster a culture centered on safety, quality, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit, develop, coach, and retain high-performing engineering professionals.
• Build leadership succession plans and technical career development programs.
• Provide executive oversight for physical substation engineering projects from conceptual design through construction support.
• Ensure designs comply with client specifications, utility standards, IEEE, ANSI, NESC, NEC, ASCE, OSHA, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Establish engineering standards, best practices, quality procedures, and design workflows.
• Oversee engineering reviews and technical risk assessments.
• Support complex technical problem-solving and provide expert guidance on challenging engineering issues.
• Monitor engineering schedules, budgets, staffing utilization, and project profitability.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
• Identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies.
• Support proposal development, project planning, and resource forecasting.
• Drive continuous improvements in engineering execution and project delivery processes.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with utility clients, EPC partners, and key stakeholders.
• Serve as an executive-level technical representative during client meetings.
• Participate in project pursuits, interviews, presentations, and business development activities.
• Support contract negotiations and strategic client initiatives.
• Develop departmental KPIs and monitor performance metrics.
• Implement process improvements that enhance productivity, consistency, and quality.
• Drive adoption of engineering technologies, digital workflows, and automation tools.
• Support enterprise initiatives related to quality management and operational efficiency.
• Manage departmental budgets and labor utilization.
• Support revenue forecasting and financial planning.
• Improve engineering efficiency while maintaining quality and client satisfaction.
• Participate in strategic planning and annual budgeting activities.

Conoscenze

Engineering leadership

Substation design know-how

Executive communication

Project profitability

Team mentoring

Change management

Cross-functional collaboration

Formazione

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Descrizione del lavoro

Mesa Associates, Inc. in Tennessee seeks a Senior Engineering Manager – Physical Substation Design to provide strategic leadership, technical oversight, and operational management of the Physical Substation Engineering department.

You will lead engineering managers, engineers, designers, and specialists on transmission and distribution substation projects from distribution through 500 kV+. The role focuses on engineering excellence, project profitability, client satisfaction, and employee