Vice President Engineering Operations

Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation; Berryville (AR); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Carroll Electric Cooperative Corporation seeks an executive leader to direct the engineering and electric operations that keep the distribution system safe, reliable, and forward-looking. You will guide capital plans, planning priorities, and major projects while balancing safety, reliability, growth, and financial stewardship.

In this role you will collaborate with senior leadership, boards and external partners to set standards, improve performance, and ensure dependable service for members.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and professional electrical engineering licensure.
• Extensive experience in electric utility engineering, operations, power systems, and substations.
• Significant leadership and management experience in an electric utility environment.
• Strong knowledge of electric distribution systems, construction practices, and reliability.
• Ability to evaluate complex technical and business issues and make sound recommendations.
• Experience developing capital plans, budgets, and long-range infrastructure plans.
• Strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with senior leadership, boards, consultants, and contractors.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the cooperative's engineering and electric operations functions.
• Lead long-range distribution system planning, engineering strategy, and capital improvements.
• Oversee system studies, design standards, and system modeling.
• Manage construction, maintenance, and operation of the distribution system.
• Evaluate capacity, reliability, growth, and future infrastructure needs.
• Develop capital plans, budgets, priorities, and staffing requirements.
• Coordinate major projects with consultants, contractors, and agencies.
• Promote safety culture and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Guide managers and staff through coaching and accountability.
• Support outage response and emergency preparedness.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Electrical engineering

Power systems

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Professional electrical engineering licensure

Tools

GIS

System modeling

Mapping

Work management systems

Job description

What You’ll Do

Responsibilities may include:

• Provide leadership and direction for the cooperative's engineering and electric operations functions.
• Lead long-range distribution system planning, engineering strategy, operational priorities, and capital improvement efforts.
• Oversee system studies, distribution design, construction standards, system modeling, and other engineering activities.
• Provide leadership for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the electric distribution system.
• Evaluate system capacity, loading, voltage, reliability, growth, and future infrastructure needs.
• Guide planning and development of substations, feeders, distribution lines, system upgrades, and other major projects.
• Establish and maintain engineering, construction, and operational standards, specifications, policies, and practices.
• Work closely with the Chief Operating Officer and department leaders to coordinate system performance, construction, maintenance, outage response, and other operational needs.
• Support outage restoration, emergency response, storm preparation, and other activities necessary to maintain reliable electric service.
• Provide leadership for system protection, outage analysis, reliability improvement, and other technical and operational issues.
• Develop and recommend capital plans, departmental budgets, project priorities, staffing needs, and long-term system investments.
• Evaluate new technologies, equipment, work methods, and practices that may improve safety, reliability, efficiency, or member service.
• Coordinate major projects and initiatives with consultants, contractors, vendors, utilities, governmental agencies, and other outside organizations.
• Support effective use and development of GIS, system modeling, mapping, work management, and other operational technologies.
• Provide technical and operational guidance and recommendations to cooperative leadership.
• Develop managers, supervisors, and employees through clear expectations, coaching, training, and accountability.
• Promote coordination between engineering, operations, and other departments throughout the cooperative.
• Support regulatory, compliance, safety, emergency response, and business continuity activities as assigned.
• Promote a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, sound decision-making, and continuous improvement.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

Candidates should:

• Have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering field, along with professional electrical engineering licensure.
• Have extensive experience in electric utility engineering, operations, power systems, distribution operations, substations, system protection, major capital projects, outage restoration, and system planning.
• Have significant leadership and management experience, preferably within an electric utility environment.
• Have strong knowledge of electric distribution systems, utility operations, construction practices, engineering standards, system planning, and reliability.
• Be able to evaluate complex technical, operational, and business issues and make sound, practical recommendations and decisions.
• Have experience developing capital plans, budgets, project priorities, staffing strategies, and long-range infrastructure plans.
• Have strong communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Be able to work effectively with senior leadership, employees, boards, consultants, contractors, utilities, and other stakeholders.
• Have strong organizational and strategic planning skills.
• Demonstrate sound judgment, integrity, accountability, and a strong commitment to safety and reliable electric service.

This is a full-time executive-level position responsible for leading the cooperative's engineering and electric operations functions and supporting the safe, reliable, and long-term performance of the distribution system.

Plays an important role in balancing safety, reliability, operational performance, growth, system needs, financial stewardship, and practical field considerations when developing priorities and recommendations.

Pay: Competitive salary based on experience.

Schedule: Normal working hours are from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday

Carroll Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer.