Manager Renewable Engineering

About the Role

Leads MGE’s Renewable Engineering function, providing technical and people leadership for renewable generation, distributed energy resources (DER), battery storage, electric vehicle infrastructure, and related grid-edge technologies. Oversees planning, engineering, execution, and lifecycle support to ensure projects are safe, reliable, cost-effective, customer-focused, and aligned with MGE’s clean energy goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead Renewable Engineering staff, set expectations, coach performance, develop technical capability, and promote a strong safety culture.
• Provide engineering leadership for renewable generation, DER, battery storage, EV infrastructure, and grid-edge projects, including standards, specifications, design criteria, performance reviews, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Manage utility-scale and customer-facing projects through planning, budgeting, regulatory support, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations support, and closeout.
• Support long-range planning, technology evaluation, regulatory filings, project approvals, vendor evaluations, contract strategy, and compliance with safety, environmental, interconnection, reliability, and Company requirements.
• Partner with internal teams and represent MGE with customers, contractors, consultants, agencies, regulators, community partners, and industry groups.

Behavioral Competencies

• Strategic Mindset – Translates renewable energy, electrification, storage, and grid modernization needs into practical engineering strategies.
• Manages Complexity – Balances technical, regulatory, financial, operational, and customer considerations to guide sound decisions.
• Develops Talent – Builds team capability through coaching, feedback, development opportunities, and knowledge sharing.
• Plans and Aligns – Prioritizes work, resources, timelines, and stakeholders to deliver on organizational goals.
• Tech Savvy – Applies current and emerging renewable, DER, storage, EV, controls, and grid technologies.
• Drives Results – Delivers safe, reliable, high-quality outcomes through execution, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

• Advanced leadership in renewable generation, DER, storage, EV infrastructure, and grid-edge technology.
• Advanced utility-scale project management, construction oversight, commissioning, and lifecycle support.
• Advanced people leadership, coaching, performance management, and technical team development.
• Advanced engineering standards, design review, technical problem solving, power systems, interconnection, controls, communications, and SCADA concepts.
• Proficient in regulatory, environmental, safety, reliability, code, and compliance requirements for renewable and utility projects.
• Proficient in vendor management, budgeting, forecasting, stakeholder engagement, customer communication, Microsoft Office, project management, and engineering tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Renewable Energy, Power Systems, or related engineering discipline required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Wisconsin, ability to obtain, advanced degree, or related renewable energy, power systems, or project management training preferred.
• Minimum of ten years of progressive engineering, utility, renewable energy, DER, power systems, or related experience required.
• Five or more years managing complex utility, renewable generation, DER, infrastructure, or capital projects required.
• Experience leading engineers, technical staff, consultants, contractors, or cross-functional project teams preferred.
• Experience with renewable generation, solar, wind, battery storage, EV infrastructure, DER integration, interconnections, SCADA, communications, power systems, regulators, customers, vendors, or contractors preferred.

Work Location

This hybrid role is based at our Madison, WI headquarters. While three days onsite is the minimum, team collaboration and business needs may require additional in-office presence.

Pre-employment will require satisfactory completion of a background check and drug screen.