Manager, Design Engineering, Salt Lake , UT, or Portland, OR Salt Lak

Manager, Design Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, or Portland, OR #113775

Power your greatness. Pacifi Corp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability, inclusion and belonging.

Manages the day-to-day operations of a functional unit, overseeing the design engineering resources within the company necessary to support the continued operations, reliability and resiliency improvement of the company's electric substation, transmission and distribution systems that has a significant impact on corporate, business unit, or organizational objectives. Establish business objectives, strategies and plans in support of company goals. Implement and support company programs and policies.

Responsible for establishment and adherence to department budget, resource and employee allocations, and selecting, coaching, and developing employees.

• Accountable for all design engineering disciplines and deliverables, including substation engineering, protection and control engineering, civil-structural engineering, metering engineering, transmission engineering, and associated external engineering services. This includes oversight of internal and external engineering resources.
• Responsible for overall technical solution and deliverables, per agreed timelines in support of capital projects, generation interconnect and load interconnect delivery. Ensure delivered designs are constructible.
• Drive effective design delivery and coordination through clear internal and external communication.
• Accountable for managing change associated with business and industry needs.
• Own the project scope review and advisory team (PSRAT) and related processes integral to the capital project delivery process (PIPELINE).
• Coordinate capital project delivery strategy and priorities with project management.
• Coordinate with managers, directors and vice presidents from project management, planning, delivery assurance and operations to deliver critical capital projects.
• Support operations with emergency design support, as required or requested.
• Ensure engineering design supports FERC mandated timelines for generation interconnect and transmission service applications.
• Accountable for all NERC/FERC reliability standards applicable to substation, protection and control, metering, civil-structural and transmission engineering design, documentation and training functions.
• Recommend and implement plans to support overall business improvements and strategies.
• Develop plans, processes, policies, targets and measurements to establish best practices and drive continual process improvement.
• Monitor industry standards, codes and practices to ensure cost-effective technical processes during the engineering design process.
• Collaborate with other departments on the development of technical solutions for T&D capital projects.
• Coordinate with other BHE platforms on substation, protection and control, civil-structural, metering and transmission engineering design philosophies and practices.
• Oversee development and implementation of training programs for the engineering staff (technical and non-technical).
• Manage external engineering services by effectively managing contracts, invoicing, and resources.
• Manage and allocate financial and employee resources; develop and oversee annual budget with the goal of delivering at or under target.
• Ensure compliance with all federal, state, local and company regulations.
• Contribute to human performance initiatives to drive corrective action and process improvement to reduce unintended outcomes.
• Coach and provide continual feedback to managers, employees and external engineering design firms.
• Review and evaluate external engineering design firms and provide annual feedback through formal review processes.
• Manage and allocate the annual merit and incentive budgets.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
• A minimum of ten years’ experience in engineering.
• A minimum of three years’ experience in people management.
• In-depth knowledge of engineering economics, design codes and standards for…