Engineering Director - Substation

Mesa Associates•Lakewood, CO

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Mesa Associates' Power Delivery Substation Business Unit has an opportunity based out of our Lakewood, CO office for a Director to lead and support our customers and associates. The Director’s position is a senior management position and serves a critical role in shaping our company’s future and building relationships with our customers. Prior experience associated in the Electric Power Industry is mandatory and prior experience in Renewables is preferred for this position. This position is based out of Mesa’s West Region in the Lakewood, CO office. This role is one where you can make a difference in our industry if you have a passion for excellence in the following areas: Leadership, Business Planning and Development, Customer Service and Customer Quality. Mesa believes the following areas are key to our business partnership’s success, and we’ve provided additional details for your consideration. We want to make certain you are comfortable with what characteristics we’ve identified as key to our joint success. You will need to have verifiable experience in these areas to be successful and considered for this position. All selected candidates will be given the opportunity to share a presentation covering these areas with our selection team.

Requirements

Prior experience associated in the Electric Power Industry is mandatory
Active PE license.
10 years or greater in a leadership/management position with a progressive level of responsibility for business and customer stewardship

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in Renewables is preferred

Responsibilities

Continually recruit new associates and develop new business opportunities for your team
Develop Mesa’s leaders of tomorrow by providing a diverse and inclusive workspace that attracts and retains future leaders.
Communicate Mesa’s company vision as part of your daily activities and interactions
Share the importance of the company’s vision with your team and how we make a difference in our customers' lives
Work with your customers, teams, and Mesa leadership to define, shape and refine our company’s strategic goals
Identify future customer needs and opportunities and prepare your team to be ready to serve those needs
Contribute business insights and recommendations to ensure Mesa is sustainable for our family of associates and their families.
Identify and plan for new business opportunities
Develop Mesa’s relationships with new and existing customers as a “valued and trusted partner”
Provide leadership support in contract discussions, financial reviews, and other key business negotiations
Manage risks for our customers and your office teams
Create and manage sales and operational budgets for your office(s)
Guide your teams to deliver client satisfaction and customer retention through our deliverables
Coach, mentor, and be a servant leader to your Program Managers, Project Managers, and Project Engineers
Define your and your teams’ goals for excellence in terms of customer service and quality and assist your team in achieving and surpassing those goals
Be a Quality Champion and a partner with Mesa’s Quality Management team to receive and provide feedback from/to all internal and external stakeholders to ensure continuous process improvement
Monitor projects, programs and/or portfolios during project execution phases and proactively assist your project teams to achieve internal and external KPI’s
Encourage and maintain a healthy Work/Life balance for you and your teams.
Promote a strong safety culture within your office and ensure your teams incorporate safe work practices into all activities.
Build upon Mesa’s culture and vision: “To be a family oriented company that is recognized as a valued and trusted partner.”
Apply the characteristics of a Servant/Leader in your daily work
Embrace change and identify opportunities to improve our processes and products for Mesa’s customers.
Provide effective leadership for your leads and their associates, delegating specific responsibilities to give your team members the opportunity to learn and grow.
Review monthly cost reports to ensure that all projects are operating within the approved budget guidelines
Conduct semi-annual management reviews to assess the effectiveness of procedures, systems, and policies
Ensure effective systems for work planning and profit control are implemented with your teams’ input, and are then used to review the performance of tasks
Prepare budgets and cash flow projections and meet with your business unit VP monthly to make certain you have the resources required for your goals
Represent Mesa as required in negotiations, discussions, contract development, and professional/business meetings
Develop, review, and authorize projects, purchase orders, and associated department agreements
Determine and negotiate service offerings, rates, and fees
Monitor projects, programs and/or portfolios during project execution phases and proactively coach and mentor project leaders and teams to achieve internal and external KPI’s
Identify new and expanded business opportunities
Solicit, develop, and grow new customers and find new opportunities and ways to serve our existing customers
Bring your experience and expertise to Mesa’s budgeting, acquisition, growth, and retention strategies
Experienced with Bids/Proposals efforts to support and direct bid/proposal activities
Negotiation experience with client and project contracts
Develop profitable business models to enable the business unit and the firm to achieve or surpass annual profit goals
Take appropriate management and administrative action to help ensure that projects achieve the budgeted levels of contribution to overhead and profit.
Establish your offices’ specific marketing objectives for your current and future customers and work with the business unit and corporate marketing departments to achieve these goals
Assist in the formulation of proposal content and development of presentation material for client interviews
Participate in presentations with current and potential clients
Continuously recruit new associates to join your teams and provide them with an environment to succeed in their professional careers
Develop Mesa’s leaders of tomorrow by providing a diverse and inclusive workspace that attracts and retains future leaders.
Actively participate in the recruiting, selection, training and development of your office teams’ growth