Vice President of Power Engineering

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Moorestown, New Jersey, United States - Moorestown, NJ

Key Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for all 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 effective coordination among civil, structural, electrical, protection and control, and construction teams. 
• Ensure successful execution of engineering projects within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements. 
• Establish engineering performance metrics, operational dashboards, and management reporting.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline. 
• Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration preferred. 
• Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred; required where necessary for assigned engineering responsibilities. 
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in the electric utility, power infrastructure, or engineering and construction industry.
•  7+ years of engineering management or senior leadership experience, including responsibility for multiple teams, projects, or business units.
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following disciplines: 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.

Benefits

• Health Insurance plans (health, dental, vision);
• Whole Life Insurance;
• 401k Plan;
• PTO/Paid Holidays;
• Great Work Environment;
• Career Advancement Opportunities.