Division Manager

Southern Power Systems • Baton Rouge, LA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Division Manager provides overall leadership, strategic direction, operational execution, project delivery, and financial oversight for an assigned division within Southern Power Systems. The role leads Project Managers, technicians, and other assigned personnel and is accountable for business development, customer satisfaction, safety, quality, resource allocation, and profitability. The Division Manager directs high-voltage maintenance, testing, commissioning, and construction activities and ensures work responsibilities are consistently carried out across the division.

The position establishes division goals, budgets, forecasts, performance metrics, and operating plans aligned with company objectives. It oversees project and division operations, financial performance, staffing, equipment utilization, technical requirements, customer coordination, and quality processes. The Manager also leads recruiting, hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning, while fostering continuous improvement and sustainable growth.

Field service work is required at times to support checkout, commissioning, troubleshooting, emergency response, and safety audits. The role is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, follows a Monday–Friday schedule with weekends as needed, and may require frequent travel to job sites and occasional overnight stays. Safety is a top priority, and the Division Manager is expected to champion safety for direct reports and peers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, construction management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant industry, project management, operations, or business leadership experience.
• Minimum 3–5 years of supervisory or management experience.
• Highly organized and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively with executive, management, and staff-level employees from varying professional backgrounds using verbal and written communication.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing a division, business unit, or multiple project teams.
• Functional knowledge of electrical system construction, operation, maintenance, testing, and commissioning.
• Ability to read electrical drawings, schematics, and technical documents.
• Experience with Microsoft Project or similar project management software.
• Knowledge of NERC, NEC, IEEE, IEC, NETA, OSHA, and applicable regulations.
• Demonstrated understanding of substations, substation control systems, and transmission systems.
• Knowledge of current trends and technological developments pertaining to test equipment and maintenance.
• Business development, estimating, proposal development, and contract negotiation experience.
• Prior completion of site safety training or certifications such as OSHA 10/30 or NFPA 70E awareness; preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for division operational, financial, quality, and safety performance.
• Establish division goals, budgets, forecasts, performance metrics, and operating plans aligned with company objectives.
• Direct Project Managers and technicians and ensure project management responsibilities are performed effectively.
• Participate in project proposals and bid processes with Sales.
• Negotiate, approve, and execute contracts, subcontracts, change orders, proposals, estimates, budgets, and labor forecasts.
• Prepare proposals, estimate budgets and labor costs, and write reports.
• Review, evaluate, and implement project specifications, drawing releases, and design changes.
• Coordinate scopes of work with internal, third-party, engineering, and customer technical groups.
• Communicate project and division status, risks, schedules, staffing needs, and financial performance to stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Oversee resource allocation, workforce planning, workload forecasting, and equipment utilization.
• Monitor project costs, schedules, margins, forecasts, and division profitability.
• Maintain technical requirements, procedures, qualifications, and certifications needed for the group to self-perform substation maintenance and repair and provide high-voltage services.
• Coordinate subcontractors and third-party services and oversee invoicing processes.
• Review field service reports and ensure quality reporting to customers.
• Ensure completion of required site-specific and safety training.
• Manage substation maintenance, repair, testing, commissioning, and specialty high-voltage services.
• Develop and sustain a continuous improvement culture.
• Perform field service work as needed to support checkout, commissioning, troubleshooting, emergency response, and safety audits.
• Define problems, analyze data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and communicate through technical writing.
• Maintain professional relationships with customers, contractors, suppliers, and employees.
• Understand customer requirements and implement quality work processes.
• Present information effectively and respond to questions from managers, clients, and customers.
• Lead recruiting, hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning.
• Promote and comply with company policies and procedures.
• Communicate regularly with customers, project managers, job leaders, and technicians.
• Champion safety for direct reports and peers.
• Perform additional tasks and responsibilities as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager