Engineering Manager

This role provides interim leadership and technical guidance for a municipally owned electric utility, ensuring continuity of daily engineering operations while a permanent leader is identified. The Interim Engineering Manager / Utility Engineering Consultant leads engineering staff, oversees key transmission, distribution, and substation activities, and serves as a strategic advisor to executive leadership during a critical transition period. The position offers the opportunity to make an immediate impact, shape engineering processes, and support long-term growth and capital improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Manage, mentor, and develop engineering staff to ensure effective performance and professional growth.
• Provide technical leadership for transmission, distribution, substation, and system planning activities.
• Oversee distribution, transmission, and substation design to ensure safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions.
• Support and lead capital improvement projects and broader engineering initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Review engineering designs, standards, and practices to maintain consistency, quality, and compliance.
• Coordinate closely with operations, construction teams, contractors, and consultants to support project execution and utility operations.
• Support budgeting processes, including capital project planning, prioritization, and resource allocation.
• Ensure compliance with utility standards, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices, including relevant reliability and compliance frameworks.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of engineering standards and procedures.
• Oversee and manage contractors and consultants, ensuring alignment with project objectives and utility expectations.
• Support utility operations, including SCADA-related activities and asset management initiatives, to enhance system reliability and performance.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on engineering, capital planning, and system reliability matters.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to communicate engineering plans, project status, and operational impacts.
• Step into a leadership role immediately, providing stability and direction during a period of organizational transition.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 10+ years of utility engineering experience.
• Proven experience leading utility engineering teams and managing engineering personnel.
• Strong background in electricity utility engineering, including transmission systems, distribution systems, and substations.
• Experience with distribution, transmission, and substation design oversight.
• Demonstrated experience in budgeting and capital project planning.
• Hands-on experience supporting utility operations and capital improvement programs.
• Regulatory and compliance knowledge relevant to electric utilities, including familiarity with reliability and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with engineering standards development and implementation.
• Contractor and consultant management experience within a utility environment.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to step into a leadership role immediately and operate effectively in a high-visibility position.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $80.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan (Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available)
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Location & Schedule

This is a permanent, fully onsite position based in Greenville, TX.