Director, Electrical Engineering

What you will do

• People & Organizational Leadership
• Lead directors, managers, technical leaders, senior engineers, and engineering staff across Substation, P&C, Studies, and DER.
• Develop and mentor engineers and emerging leaders, with a focus on technical growth, leadership development, and succession planning.
• Oversee workforce planning, recruiting, retention, performance management, and compensation recommendations.
• Build a culture focused on safety, accountability, technical excellence, quality, communication, and professional growth.
• Establish the resources, training, and organizational structure needed to scale engineering operations.
• Substation Engineering & Technical Leadership
• Serve as the senior technical leader for substation engineering, providing oversight of physical design, electrical design, equipment selection, protection and control, and overall project execution.
• Provide technical direction on complex substation projects, including HV/MV substations, transmission and distribution facilities, protection schemes, equipment specifications, grounding, one-lines, control systems, and constructability.
• Oversee engineering standards, design criteria, specifications, calculations, drawings, and deliverables to ensure consistency and technical quality.
• Provide technical guidance across P&C, power systems studies, interconnection, DER/BESS integration, and utility standards.
• Establish and improve QA/QC processes, design standards, technical procedures, and quality metrics.
• Promote coordination among Substation, P&C, Transmission, Distribution, Studies, DER, Project Management, and other WSB service lines.
• Champion a safety-first culture across office, field, and project-site environments.
• Leverage digital tools, data, and AI responsibly to improve engineering efficiency and consistency while maintaining technical accuracy.
• Project & Operational Leadership
• Translate Power Delivery strategy into engineering plans, staffing requirements, training priorities, and operational objectives.
• Partner with Project Management to align scope, schedule, budget, staffing, utilization, technical risk, change management, and delivery commitments.
• Serve as Project Principal, Executive Sponsor, or senior technical leader on strategic substation projects, key accounts, MSAs, and complex multidisciplinary programs.
• Maintain accountability for team budgets, P&L, utilization, workload and revenue forecasting, and delivery risk.
• Establish consistent standards for project execution, resource planning, communication, risk escalation, and client experience.
• Client Management & Business Development
• Develop and maintain relationships with electric utilities, EPCs, renewable developers, industrial clients, data center clients, and strategic partners.
• Support and lead pursuits involving substation engineering, P&C, transmission/distribution, interconnection, and other power delivery services.
• Develop proposals, technical scopes, fee estimates, pursuit strategies, presentations, and client interviews.
• Leverage industry relationships and market knowledge to expand WSB’s substation and power delivery business.
• Proactively address client concerns related to quality, schedule, resources, communication, and project execution.
• Represent WSB at client meetings, industry events, conferences, and professional organizations.

What you will bring

Location(s)

• Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Littleton, MA, USA; Denver, CO, USA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA; Houston, TX, USA; Jacksonville, FL, USA; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Orlando, FL, USA

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive power delivery, utility consulting, or electrical engineering experience, with significant experience in substation engineering and/or P&C.
• Strong technical experience in one or more additional areas, such as power systems studies, DER, BESS, grid interconnection, transmission, or distribution.
• Minimum 5+ years of leadership experience, including management of managers, technical leads, or multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering organizations, developing staff, improving QA/QC, planning resources, and establishing repeatable engineering standards and processes.
• Strong technical judgment, communication, organization, coaching, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Experience working directly with utility, renewable energy, EPC, industrial, or other power delivery clients.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• Deep technical expertise in substation engineering and P&C, with additional experience in power systems studies, DER, BESS, or interconnection.
• Experience scaling engineering teams, implementing QA/QC programs, developing leadership pipelines, and managing MSAs.
• Established relationships with utilities, developers, EPCs, OEMs, consultants, and other power industry stakeholders.
• PMP or equivalent certification and/or active leadership in professional organizations such as IEEE, IEEE PES, or NSPE.