Manager Substation Engineering; Repost

Please Note:

• This is a reposted opportunity. Candidates who applied during the original advertisement period (August 15, 2025 - August 28, 2025) are currently under consideration and will not be eligible to reapply.
• This opportunity is posted until filled - Candidates are encouraged to apply early as this posting may close at any time without notice on or after November 27, 2025

This posting intends to fill one (1) regular full‑time position and establish an eligibility list that may be used to fill permanent or limited‑term vacancies for the next 24 months.

Every day at SMUD, we deliver power to more than 1.5 million customers throughout the Sacramento area. As a community‑owned, not‑for‑profit electric service, we have been providing low‑cost, reliable electricity for over 75 years. We are a recognized industry leader and award winner for our innovative energy efficiency programs, renewable power technologies, and for our sustainable solutions for a healthier environment.

Through the efforts of the 2,400 people that power us, we work 24/7 to keep the lights on and provide our customers with innovative energy solutions. We're one of the region's largest employers, with a reputation for attracting, developing, and retaining some of the most talented employees around.

• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• Retirement through Public Employees Retirement System
• 457 and 401(k) plans available
• Flexible Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability
• Employee and Spouse Life Insurance

To provide leadership, management and accountability for the effective production of multi‑functional work teams and processes involved in planning, construction, maintenance and new services in SMUDs Substations Distribution and Transmission Substation infrastructure. To manage SMUDs Substations and substation infrastructure to include recommendations of capital as well as maintenance and operations investments, budget development, scheduling, resource allocation, design, construction and startup operations.

Assists in the development, implementation and managing of department goals, objectives, policies and priorities in partnership with the department manager, selects, trains, motivates, evaluates and develops subordinate personnel and ensures that department strategic objectives and priorities are achieved and coordinated with other departments. The role is required to attend, present and/or lead at Board, executive, team, customer, community, and one‑on‑one meetings;

in person, as needed.

• Provides leadership, management and accountability to ensure that SMUD's transmission and distribution substation infrastructure has the required capacity, maintenance, and reliability using specialized technical and professional electrical engineering expertise and provides direction for a multi‑functional staff by developing and modifying work processes that meet standards of safety and economy; assuring high quality work in the planning, design, construction and maintenance of efficient facilities through integration of the multi‑functional activities required for all Substation projects from initial planning through budget development, scheduling, resource allocation, engineering design, document management, construction and startup operation.
• Responsible for implementing innovations in design, equipment, and materials in the Substation lines of business. As SMUD expert in substations, identifies and evaluates industry best practices as identified by industry experts to be incorporated in the SMUDs infrastructure.
• Directs the work of subordinates in a multi‑functional unit (Distribution System Engineers (Principal, Senior, and Associate), Distribution Designer III and IV, Civil Designer, Civil Engineers (Principal, Senior, or Associate), Engineering Specialist, Senior Drafting Technician, Drafting Technician, Inspector, Construction Management Inspector, Substation Electricians, Electrical Technicians, Protection Engineers, Land Agent) and maintains staffing levels and work quality in order to meet defined objectives and assigned unit responsibility by…