Technical Director – Multidisciplinary Power Engineering

Electric Power Engineers; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

PTO and holidays

Employee ownership program

401(k) with match

Job summary

Electric Power Engineers in the United States seeks a Technical Director – Multidisciplinary Power Engineering to provide senior leadership across planning, design, review, and delivery of power generation, substation, and grid projects. The role requires broad practical understanding of civil, structural, HV, MV, protection and control, SCADA, and telecoms.

You will coordinate disciplines, ensure design maturity and constructability, and communicate clearly with clients, developers, OEMs, EPCs,

Qualifications

• Minimum 20+ years of experience in design and delivery of power generation, substation, or grid projects.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams across civil, structural, HV/LV electrical, protection and control, SCADA, and telecoms.
• Deep understanding of design basis development, gates, handoffs, and project delivery workflows.
• Strong ability to identify risks, gaps, and interface issues and to recommend practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated multidisciplinary engineering efforts across generation, substation, and grid projects.
• Act as senior technical authority across civil, structural, HV/MV electrical, protection and control, SCADA, and telecoms.
• Assess design maturity and constructability at each project phase.
• Identify missing inputs, scope gaps, and interface risks early.
• Guide teams and clients with practical, risk-based recommendations.

Skills

Multidisciplinary leadership

Design process expertise

Constructability assessment

Interface management

Technical judgement

Client leadership

Effective communication

Strategic mindset

Job description

Overview

We are designing the grid of the future!

The Technical Director – Multidisciplinary Power Engineering will provide senior technical leadership across the planning, design, review, and delivery of power generation, substation, and grid infrastructure projects. This role requires a broad and practical understanding of all major engineering disciplines involved in project execution, including civil, structural, high-voltage electrical, medium-voltage electrical, protection and control, SCADA, and telecommunications.

This leader will be responsible for evaluating design completeness, technical quality, constructability, and discipline-to-discipline coordination across all project phases. The ideal candidate understands not only each discipline’s scope, but also the full design process: what information is required before each discipline can begin work, what deliverables each discipline must produce, and how those outputs support downstream engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and operations.

This is a highly visible leadership role requiring strong technical judgment, multidisciplinary coordination, and the ability to communicate clearly with clients, developers, OEMs, EPC contractors, investors, and internal engineering teams.

Responsibilities

Howyou can make an impact:

• Lead integrated multidisciplinary engineering efforts across generation, substation, and grid interconnection projects.
• Serve as the senior technical authority across civil, structural, HV electrical, MV electrical, protection and control, SCADA, and telecommunications disciplines.
• Evaluate design maturity, technical completeness, and constructability at each phase of project development and execution.
• Identify missing inputs, scope gaps, interface risks, and sequencing issues before they affect schedule, cost, procurement, construction, or commissioning.
• Guide internal teams and clients through complex technical decisions with practical, risk-based recommendations.
• Strengthen EPE’s technical leadership in power engineering by promoting consistency, quality, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Support strategic growth by building trusted client relationships and expanding technical advisory capabilities.

Key responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary technical reviews for power generation, substation, and balance-of-plant projects from early development through IFC design.
• Assess discipline interdependencies and confirm each engineering team has the required inputs, assumptions, criteria, and upstream information needed to begin work.
• Verify that discipline deliverables are complete, coordinated, and sufficiently developed to support downstream design, procurement, permitting, construction, commissioning, and operations.
• Review engineering packages for technical quality, consistency, constructability, and alignment with project objectives.
• Identify and communicate technical, execution, and interface risks across civil, structural, electrical, controls, and communication scopes.
• Resolve or elevate design conflicts between disciplines and support timely decision-making.
• Provide senior oversight of design basis documents, technical narratives, drawing packages, equipment integration, and major engineering deliverables.
• Work closely with project managers and discipline leads to support planning, resource alignment, deliverable quality, and schedule adherence.
• Support owner’s engineering, independent engineering, design reviews, and technical due diligence assignments as needed.
• Lead technical discussions with clients, developers, lenders, OEMs, EPC contractors, and other external stakeholders.
• Contribute to proposals, project scoping, technical approach documents, and strategic business development efforts.
• Refine and maintain technical standards, review tools, lessons learned, and best-practice guidance across multidisciplinary engineering activities.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and engineering excellence.
• Represent EPE in external meetings, conferences, industry working groups, and professional organizations.

What success looks like in this role

• Multidisciplinary engineering packages are well coordinated and technically sound.
• Discipline teams receive the right information at the right time to execute efficiently.
• Design gaps, interface issues, and constructability concerns are identified early.
• Clients view EPE as a trusted technical advisor for complex power infrastructure projects.
• Internal teams operate with stronger consistency, better cross-discipline alignment, and higher-quality deliverables.
• Projects are better positioned for successful permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, and long-term operation.

Qualifications

Bring your passion, here's what’s needed:

• Multidisciplinary Technical Leadership: Strong working knowledge of civil, structural, HV electrical, MV electrical, protection and control, SCADA, and telecommunications engineering in utility-scale power projects.
• Design Process Expertise: Deep understanding of the engineering lifecycle, including discipline inputs, outputs, design milestones, and handoffs across all project stages.
• Constructability and Design Maturity: Ability to assess technical completeness, coordination, and constructability from early concept development through IFC design.
• Interface Management: Proven capability to identify and resolve cross-discipline risks, scope gaps, and sequencing issues.
• Technical Judgment: Strong ability to evaluate complex engineering challenges and provide practical, defensible recommendations.
• Client Leadership: Confidence in leading technical discussions with owners, developers, EPCs, OEMs, and financial stakeholders.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to translate technical findings into clear business and project impacts.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to balance technical excellence, project execution priorities, client needs, and long-term business growth.

Qualifications

• Minimum 20+ years of experience in the design and delivery of power generation, substation, or grid infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrated experience leading or overseeing multidisciplinary engineering teams across civil, structural, HV electrical, MV electrical, protection and control, SCADA, and telecommunications scopes.
• Strong understanding of design basis development, engineering phase gates, and discipline-specific input/output requirements.
• Proven ability to evaluate design completeness, constructability, and technical risk across multiple project phases.
• Experience working with utility-scale generation technologies such as solar, BESS, wind, RICE, and gas-fired generation.
• Familiarity with substation design, collector systems, interconnection facilities, and balance-of-plant scope integration.
• Experience supporting owner’s engineering, EPC execution, design reviews, technical advisory, or independent engineering assignments.
• Strong knowledge of engineering deliverables, drawing development, equipment integration, and project execution workflows.
• Ability to lead both detailed technical discussions and high-level strategic conversations with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and competing deadlines.
• Collaborative leadership style with a track record of mentoring teams and building strong internal partnerships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Professional Engineer license preferred.
• Experience supporting projects through development, detailed design, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Familiarity with U.S. utility and energy market structures, permitting pathways, and project delivery models.
• Experience participating in client presentations, proposal strategy, and business development efforts.
• Knowledge of technical due diligence, owner’s engineering, or bankability review processes is a plus.

Why this role matters

This role is central to ensuring that complex power projects are not only technically correct within each discipline, but also fully coordinated across disciplines and executable in the field. The Technical Director brings the systems-level thinking required to connect design intent, engineering quality, constructability, and project outcomes.

Lead the Change!

Be a part of an innovative team shaping the grid of the future through advanced energy intelligence. For more than half a century, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe, providing consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As leaders in the renewables space, we are focused on building a modern, secure, and resilient grid. Join us in making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. Together we can transform the future of energy.

How we support you:

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision with 100% premium coverage foryou
• Generous PTO and paid holidays
• MyShare Employee Ownership Program
• Work with industry leaders
• 401K, up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)

Location: This position will be remote US

Travel: Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less)

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