Supervisor, Engineering Support

LCRA; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

LCRA is seeking a dynamic Supervisor, Engineering Support to lead a team focused on developing detailed transmission facility scopes to improve the LCRA Transmission Services Corporation system. You will mentor staff, manage projects, and ensure high-quality engineering output.

The role requires a strong background in transmission engineering, experience managing multiple projects, and a commitment to safety and integrity as core values of LCRA.

Qualifications

• Nine or more years of experience in transmission operations, maintenance, planning, or engineering.
• A degree in math, computer science, engineering, or related field may substitute per guidelines for years of experience.
• Driver’s license is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor staff, set targets, recruit, evaluate performance, coach, and provide advancement opportunities.
• Plan, schedule, and assign tasks; monitor progress to meet project schedules.
• Provide leadership for complex projects or studies; act as resident specialist when needed.
• Deliver QA/QC for engineering documents, drawings, and records in systems.

Skills

Leadership & mentorship

Project management

Communication skills

Data analysis

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

MS Excel

SharePoint

Asana

Jira

CAD applications

Job description

Here's The Role

Are you driven by the growing electrification of our energy system and the chance to support economic growth in Texas? Are you interested in helping new generation technologies like solar, wind, and battery storage connect to improve Texas’s energy grid reliability? We are hiring an upbeat, dedicated, and skilled technical leader with utility engineering design experience to manage a team in a fast‑paced, high‑output work environment. As Supervisor, Engineering Support, you will lead a team responsible for developing detailed transmission facility scopes aimed at improving LCRA Transmission Services Corporation’s system. Your responsibilities include providing leadership and mentorship, prioritizing team activities, ensuring quality assurance, and maintaining effective relationships with multiple project collaborators. The ideal candidate will bring substation design experience, a track record of managing multiple projects at once, a dedication to excellence, and a commitment to LCRA’s values of service, initiative, respect, integrity, and safety.

How You’ll Contribute

• Create and promote a culture built upon the values of safety, integrity, respect, initiative, and service within the team.
• Deliver leadership and management for staff. Charged with direct supervision by establishing targets, recruiting, handling performance evaluations, coaching, counseling, mentoring, and facilitating chances for advancement for all staff.
• Maintain awareness of department issues and respond to employee needs and concerns. Communicate with employees to ensure accurate and timely dissemination of information.
• Plan, schedule, and assign project tasks and work to the team; monitor progress and interpret results to ensure timely completion of assignments to support the project schedule.
• Provide leadership for complex projects and/or studies; may be the resident specialist in a particular field or operations area.
• Deliver quality assurance and quality control management for the team's work. Ensure engineering documents, drawings, and work are detailed and accurate, and uploaded, classified, and maintained suitably within record systems.

How You’re Qualified

• Nine or more years of experience in transmission operations, maintenance, planning, engineering, technology, 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.
• Driver’s license.

How You’ll Stand Out

• At least 5 years of post‑graduate direct experience in the public utility industry, particularly 765 kV, 345 kV, and 138 kV substation design.
• Supervisory, managerial, or project management experience.
• Advanced skill in analyzing and solving complex problems, with intermediate skill level in data analytic and workflow skills in tools like MS Excel, SharePoint, Asana, Jira, or similar.
• Highly proficient in developing and interpreting diagrams, schematics, and drawings along with experience using Engineering Drawing Management Systems and CAD applications.
• Skill in articulating complex, technical information to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Knowledge of applicable engineering principles, laws, standards, codes, and documentation specific to the area of engineering specialization required to perform the job.

How We’ll Support You

Benefits that don't just check boxes, they make life better. From healthcare to wellness to time off, we've got you covered, so you can focus on what matters.

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 (512) 578‑4004 or email [e-mail]. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case‑by‑case basis.