Director, Electrical Engineering

Director, Electrical EngineeringWe are seeking a Director, Electrical Engineering to provide strategic, technical, and operational leadership for WSBs Power Delivery electrical engineering organization, with a primary emphasis on Substation Engineering and Protection & Control (P&C). The role leads managers, and technical leaders across Substation Engineering, P&C, Power Systems Studies, and Distributed Energy Resources (DER), and is accountable for engineering quality, consistent execution, workforce planning, staff development, and client delivery.

This position is able to be located out of any major WSB office: Minneapolis, Denver, Austin, Houston, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Boston or Atlanta.The ideal candidate is a licensed Professional Engineer with deep substation engineering experience, strong technical judgment across power delivery disciplines, and demonstrated success building high-performing teams, scalable engineering standards, and strong utility and client relationships.What you will do:People & Organizational LeadershipLead 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 LeadershipServe 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 LeadershipTranslate 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 DevelopmentDevelop 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, a