Director of Electrical Engineering

Network Building + Consulting6 months ago
Philadelphia, PA, United States
On-site
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

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From early stage project planning to engineering and construction, we bring the brightest and most determined minds to your program.

We work with every major wireless carrier and tower company, leading fiber providers and utility companies across the United States – offering solutions that encompass all phases of the network development life cycle to fuel global connectivity.

Our team of forward thinking experts is totally committed to helping you.

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Director of Electrical Engineering

The Director of Electrical Engineering leads the electrical engineering practice by driving business development, providing technical authority, and overseeing delivery across utility infrastructure sectors, with emphasis on Transmission & Distribution (T&D), substations, protection engineering, and control & integration engineering services. This role serves as the organization's subject-matter expert in electrical utility engineering and supports division-wide growth, client expansion, and operational excellence.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Lead business development efforts for utility electrical engineering services.
  • Identify, pursue, and secure new opportunities in Transmission and Distribution (T&D), substations, and utilities.
  • Build, maintain, and expand relationships with utilities, developers, contractors, and strategic partners.
  • Lead the technical strategy for pursuits, proposals, RFP responses, scopes, and capture plans.
  • Support the growth of major utility accounts and long-term contract programs.
  • Represent the firm in client meetings, industry events, and business development activities.
  • Serve as the technical authority for electrical utility engineering.
  • Direct the electrical engineering design, studies, and analysis for substations, transmission, and distribution systems.
  • Oversee the quality, budget, and schedule performance of electrical engineering deliverables.
  • Review and approve calculations, plans, specifications, studies, and reports.
  • Ensure compliance with client standards and applicable codes, including NEC, NESC, NFPA, and IEEE requirements.
  • Lead the development of electrical engineering standards, procedures, and quality programs.
  • Collaborate with project managers, market leaders, chief engineers, business development directors, and VPs on delivery strategies and execution.
  • Support contract administration, scope development, requests for information (RFIs), and engineering change management.
  • Mentor engineering staff to strengthen technical capabilities across the team.
  • Drive innovation, standardization, and continuous improvement in tools, workflows, and delivery practices.

Qualifications:

  • BS. in Electrical Engineering required; advanced degree preferred.
  • PE license: required; NCEES Record preferred.
  • 10–15+ years: of electrical engineering experience required.
  • Strong utility and power delivery experience: required.
  • Significant experience: in substations, transmission, and distribution systems required.
  • Strong business development experience: required, including proposals, RFP strategy, technical scoping, and client relationship management.
  • Demonstrated success: supporting or growing major utility contracts and programs.
  • Strong knowledge: of protection engineering and control & integration engineering services.
  • Proficiency: with applicable engineering and study tools such as ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, CYME, CYMCAP, PowerWorld, XGSLab, CDEGS, and PLS-CADD, as applicable.
  • Strong knowledge: of applicable codes and standards, including NEC, IEC, IEEE, NFPA, NETA, and client-specific utility standards.
  • Strong leadership: communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Strong understanding: of project delivery, contract administration, and technical proposal strategy.

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Required Skills

Client Relationship Management
IEEE
Protection Engineering
Negotiation
Electrical Engineering
CYMCAP
ETAP
PowerWorld
Communication
Contract Administration
Substations
Leadership
XGSLab
Business Development
Project Delivery
NFPA
PLS-CADD
Technical Proposal Development
CDEGS
NEC
Control and Integration Engineering
Transmission and Distribution (T&D)
EasyPower
CYME
SKM