Vice President of Power Engineering

Utilities One•Fort Lauderdale, FL

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About The Position

Utilities One is seeking a Vice President of Power Engineering to provide executive leadership and strategic direction for engineering activities across its Distribution, Substation, and Transmission business lines. The role develops and executes an engineering growth strategy aligned with company objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities, and establishes scalable organizational structures, processes, and operating standards. The Vice President leads engineering managers, discipline leads, project engineers, designers, and technical support personnel, while building capabilities to support organic growth, new markets, and expanded services. The position partners with executive leadership on resource planning, investment priorities, and strategic initiatives. The role oversees engineering and design for overhead and underground electrical distribution infrastructure, as well as substation engineering and design. It ensures deliverables comply with utility-specific design standards, applicable codes, safety requirements, schedules, scope, budgets, and quality expectations. The position also coordinates civil, structural, electrical, protection and control, and construction teams, and establishes engineering performance metrics, operational dashboards, and management reporting.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred; required where necessary for assigned engineering responsibilities.
10 or more years of progressive engineering experience in the electric utility, power infrastructure, or engineering and construction industry.
7 or more years of engineering management or senior leadership experience, including responsibility for multiple teams, projects, or business units.
Demonstrated experience in one or more of Electrical Distribution, Substations, or Transmission, with working knowledge of all three.
Experience leading engineering organizations supporting investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, or major infrastructure contractors.
Proven experience managing large engineering teams and geographically distributed operations.
Strong background in engineering project delivery, financial management, resource planning, and customer relationship management.
Demonstrated success implementing operational improvements, scaling engineering capabilities, and improving organizational performance.
Experience with engineering and construction delivery models, including EPC and design-build environments.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration.
Professional Engineer (PE) license.

Responsibilities

Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for engineering activities across Distribution, Substation, and Transmission business lines.
Develop and execute an engineering growth strategy aligned with company objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities.
Establish scalable engineering organizational structures, processes, and operating standards.
Lead engineering managers, discipline leads, project engineers, designers, and technical support personnel.
Develop engineering capabilities to support organic growth, new markets, and expanded service offerings.
Partner with executive leadership on long-term resource planning, investment priorities, and strategic initiatives.
Oversee engineering and design activities supporting overhead and underground electrical distribution infrastructure.
Ensure engineering deliverables meet utility-specific design standards, applicable codes, safety requirements, and project schedules.
Provide leadership and technical oversight for substation engineering and design.
Ensure coordination among civil, structural, electrical, protection and control, and construction teams.
Ensure engineering projects are executed within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
Establish engineering performance metrics, operational dashboards, and management reporting.