Transformers Engineering Leader — Strategy & Excellence

Integrated Power Services, LLC.; United States, Northern America, Americas; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

401k Employer Match

Bonus incentives

Extensive training & career dev

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental, vision

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Integrated Power Services (IPS) is seeking a Sr. Director of Transformer Engineering to provide strategic and technical leadership for transformer design, repair, testing, and manufacturing support.

You will build standards, drive technical depth, and ensure safety, reliability, quality, and customer satisfaction across IPS transformer operations. You will lead a high-performing team, collaborate with operations, sales, and product management, and guide engineering governance while driving

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive engineering experience in transformers, power systems, electrical equipment, manufacturing, repair, testing, or field service.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing engineers, technical teams, programs, or cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Knowledge of power transformers, distribution transformers, oil-filled, and dry-type transformers.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering strategy for IPS transformer products, services, repair capabilities, technical standards, and long-term capability development.
• Provide senior technical leadership for transformer design review, diagnostics, testing, repair, refurbishment, manufacturing support, and field-related engineering issues.
• Establish consistent engineering processes, documentation practices, design review expectations, test procedures, and technical governance across transformer operations.
• Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing engineering team focused on safety, quality, technical excellence, accountability, and customer satisfaction.
• Partner with operations, sales, quality, supply chain, field service, marketing, product management, and executive leadership to improve execution, delivery performance, profitability, and customer experience.
• Support complex customer opportunities by reviewing technical requirements, advising on solution design, supporting proposals, and participating in customer-facing technical discussions.
• Serve as a senior technical escalation point for transformer-related failures, quality concerns, performance issues, and non-standard repair or manufacturing situations.
• Drive root cause analysis, corrective action, and continuous improvement efforts related to transformer performance, process reliability, testing accuracy, and repair quality.
• Ensure engineering practices align with customer specifications, regulatory requirements, industry standards, safety expectations, and IPS quality requirements.
• Identify engineering capability gaps and recommend investments in people, equipment, tools, technology, training, and process improvements.
• Strengthen knowledge sharing across IPS by developing playbooks, technical guidance, training resources, and standard work for transformer activities.
• Support integration of transformer capabilities into the broader IPS power management portfolio and identify opportunities for growth and differentiation.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical Engineering

Power Systems

Transformer knowledge

Problem-solving

Stakeholder management

Safety culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

PE license preferred

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Integrated Power Services (IPS) is seeking a Sr. Director of Transformer Engineering to provide strategic and technical leadership for transformer design, repair, testing, and manufacturing support.

You will build standards, drive technical depth, and ensure safety, reliability, quality, and customer satisfaction across IPS transformer operations. You will lead a high-performing team, collaborate with operations, sales, and product management, and guide engineering governance while driving