Supervising Engineer (Distribution)

About the role

WSB is seeking an experienced distribution engineering leader to build, lead, and grow WSB's electric distribution line engineering practice. This role will serve as the technical lead and people leader for overhead and underground distribution work, establishing standards, developing staff, supporting utility client growth, and scaling an emerging team into a sustainable practice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Build and scale the Distribution Engineering team, including recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, training, and workforce planning.
• Serve as WSB's subject matter expert for overhead and underground electric distribution design, including line extensions, feeder upgrades, reconductoring, storm hardening, undergrounding, reliability improvements, joint-use/make-ready, DER interconnections, and EV infrastructure.
• Establish scalable engineering standards, design templates, QA/QC procedures, field-collection requirements, construction package standards, and utility-specific delivery processes.
• Lead technical reviews, constructability reviews, field issue resolution, and client-standard compliance, including NESC and applicable utility requirements.
• Manage project scope, schedule, staffing, deliverables, and client expectations across multiple distribution engineering assignments.
• Support strategic account growth by leading technical portions of proposals, scopes, estimates, interviews, and pursuit strategy for utility, cooperative, municipal, and contractor clients.
• Attend client meetings and provide updates on project scope, progress, and technical issues.

People Leadership

• Oversee daily operations including managing team assignments, resolving operational issues, and ensuring team goals and plans are met and implemented.
• Maintain adherence to quality standards and administrative policies (e.g., time sheets, expense reports).
• Lead people through coaching and development, effective performance management, and hiring.

Client Management

• Support client relationships through project delivery, responsive communication, and follow-through on commitments.
• Demonstrate a client-service mindset by addressing needs, resolving issues, and maintaining client satisfaction.
• Identify and share potential opportunities or leads with leadership and follow company standards for documenting pursuits and updates.

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Civil or Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related engineering discipline; relevant utility distribution experience may be considered with other engineering degrees.
• Minimum 7+ years of electric utility distribution engineering experience, including overhead and underground design and utility standards implementation.

What you will bring

• Professional Engineer (PE) license required.
• Possession of a valid driver’s license with a clean driving record and the ability to operate a motor vehicle is required.

Software

• Preferred familiarity with distribution design, analysis, GIS, modeling, and field tools such as: SPIDAcalc; Small World; O-Calc Pro; PLS-CADD / PLS-POLE; Katapult Pro; ArcGIS / ArcFM / Esri Utility Network; AutoCAD Utility Design; Bentley OpenUtilities; CYME; Synergi Electric; WindMil; ArcGIS Field Maps; Survey123; Fulcrum; IKE GPS; Who We Are

WSB

WSB is a design and consulting firm specializing in Transportation, Community Planning, Environmental, Energy, Municipal, and Construction services. We provide solutions for the places, spaces and systems that support our lives. We offer services in more than 50 complementary areas across the nation. Full time WSB employees qualify for competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, company paid short-and long-term disability, 401K with match, paid time off, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, and opportunities for professional growth and development. Part time employees can participate in the 401K plan and applicable earned paid leave.

Notice to Third Party Agencies

WSB does not accept unsolicited resumes from third party recruiting firms. Absent a signed Service Agreement by WSB, we reserve the right to pursue and hire any unsolicited candidates without financial obligation to recruiters or agencies.