Manager - Substation and Protection Engineering
About The Position
The Manager, Substation and Protection & Control Engineering provides leadership, direction, and management for GRDA’s Substation and Protection & Control Engineering functions. The position is responsible for developing personnel, managing engineering resources, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality engineering designs supporting the Authority’s transmission, generation, and substation assets. The Manager establishes priorities, allocates engineering resources, coordinates multidisciplinary projects, and fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence. While maintaining sufficient technical knowledge to provide engineering oversight, the position relies upon subject matter experts within the department to provide discipline-specific technical leadership. This is an unclassified, exempt position.
Requirements
- Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Ability to prioritize multiple concurrent projects and allocate engineering resources effectively.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to build collaborative working relationships across departments.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to coach, mentor, and develop engineering professionals.
- Ability to evaluate technical recommendations and apply sound engineering judgment in decision-making.
- Knowledge of electric utility project development and engineering workflows.
- Knowledge of substation and Protection & Control engineering principles, practices, standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution is required.
- Minimum eight years of progressively responsible engineering experience, preferably in electric utility transmission, substation, or Protection & Control engineering.
- Minimum three years of supervisory, project management, or engineering leadership experience.
- Valid Oklahoma driver’s license.
Nice To Haves
- Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Oklahoma is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership, supervision, coaching, mentoring, and performance management for Substation and Protection & Control Engineering staff.
- Establish departmental priorities, assign work, balance workloads, and ensure engineering resources are effectively utilized.
- Promote employee development through mentoring, training, succession planning, and performance feedback.
- Build a culture emphasizing safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
- Conduct performance evaluations, establish employee goals, and provide regular feedback regarding individual and team performance.
- Direct the execution of substation and protection engineering activities supporting capital projects, maintenance initiatives, and system improvements from planning through construction support.
- Monitor project schedules, budgets, milestones, and engineering deliverables to ensure successful project completion.
- Coordinate engineering activities with internal and external stakeholders.
- Identify project risks, resource conflicts, and schedule impacts and develop mitigation strategies.
- Coordinate and oversee engineering services performed by consultants, contractors, and external engineering firms to ensure compliance with project requirements and GRDA engineering standards.
- Maintain accountability for the quality, timeliness, and completeness of engineering deliverables produced by the Substation and Protection & Control Engineering teams.
- Provide technical leadership and engineering oversight of substation and Protection & Control designs, ensuring compliance with applicable engineering standards, utility practices, regulatory requirements, and GRDA design standards.
- Oversee assigned engineering compliance activities, ensuring appropriate technical personnel fulfill responsibilities associated with NERC Reliability Standards, GRDA engineering standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Represent GRDA, as appropriate, in regional organizations concerning substations, Protection & Control, and related topics.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Highly competitive benefits package.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
