Director – Transmission & Distribution

About the Position

As the Director for the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) group, you will be responsible for providing technical oversight and leadership for the group that engineers overhead and underground T&D projects within NEI’s Strategic Services Department. At NEI, a Director is responsible for managing a functional group of teams practicing in a specific area of design or industry. The Director will be accountable for developing and enforcing departmental standards, best practices, and quality. Thus, the Director should expect to spend half of their time on management, leadership, and business development tasks, while the other half of the time is spent in the technical details (standards development and high-level QA/QC). The Director will also be responsible for managing, scheduling, and prioritizing project staffing needs, mentoring Team Leads and Engineers, and fostering an inclusive environment that is dedicated to client success.

This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, Colorado) and full-time remote candidates.

Salary Range: $130,000 - $180,000 / year

The salary range above is based upon the Denver, Colorado labor market.

Essential Responsibilities

• Manages quality and deliverables across multiple teams ensuring client satisfaction and timely completion of project deliverables.
• Develops, outlines, updates, and implements standards and processes and enforces them to ensure high-level execution from various team members.
• Reviews the work of engineers, designers, drafters, and field service personnel for general quality and ensures accuracy as required.
• Spearheads interviewing and onboarding new team members within the T&D group.
• Manages team utilization and forecasts workloads based around project sizes and scope.
• Reviews and manages documentation around financial statements, including, but not limited to, revenue, gross labor margin, utilization, overhead expenses, and net income.
• Creates and maintains quarterly and annual business plans for T&D group.
• Serves as a mentor to Team Leads and Engineers across teams.
• Fosters an environment where team members feel valued, supported, and motivated to contribute to the organization’s goals.
• Participates and engages with the Business Development team to provide technical guidance, pricing details, and scope to ensure cross-functional alignment.
• Facilitates a seller-doer model to maintain existing client relationships and build new ones.
• Maintains professional understanding of all applicable Codes and Standards, and construction practices.
• Assists with client contacts and communication.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Must Have

• Education: Bachelor’s in civil or electrical engineering from an accredited institution, electric power option preferred
• Experience: 10+ years of relevant engineering or field experience
• Licensure: PE is preferred but not required
• Strong knowledge and familiarity with overhead and underground transmission and distribution design.
• Extensive experience producing full design packages including plan and profile drawings, pole assembly details, pole grounding/guying details, steel framing details, structure loading diagrams or structure design and fabrication details, foundation design and construction details, and supporting calculation packages.
• Good working knowledge of PLS CADD.
• A strong understanding of structural analysis: including steel, wood, and concrete design.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, and Project.
• Professional, articulate, and able to exercise good independent judgement and discretion.
• Highly organized, motivated self-starter.
• A strong written and verbal command of the English language.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• Proven record of delivering a high standard of quality work with attention to detail.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communications skills; including good interpersonal communication and relationship building skills; ability to interact successfully at all levels of the organization; high emotional intelligence.
• Skilled in enhancing team culture by promoting inclusivity, fostering collaboration, and encouraging continuous improvement.

Working Conditions

About NEI Electric Power Engineering

Serving Others. Enriching Environment. Improving Continually. Quality Results. Voted as a top workplace by the Denver Post for four straight years (2020 - 2024) our values have been woven into the fabric of who we are since 1982, guiding our decision making throughout the years. As an engineering services firm, NEI’s mission is to create a great organization that serves people and solves problems.

Since NEI’s founding, we have developed a culture of collaboration and accountability across our teams and departments, and externally with our clients across the United States. We believe in two core ideas: hiring great people and celebrating our team members diverse background and unique experiences; bringing in new, unique, and exciting perspectives that can only strengthen NEI as we chart out path into the future.

We are a proud equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.

Team Member Benefits

We believe that taking care of our team members is of the utmost importance. We strive to foster a community of belonging, professional development, and industry involvement; providing our team with the benefits, tools, and support systems to excel in their roles. Out comprehensive benefits package includes:

• 100% Employer paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401(k) with employer matching; 100% immediate vesting
• Annual & discretionary bonus programs
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Employer paid licensure (FE/PE), certifications, seminars, & conferences
• Paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eight (8) paid holidays including a floating holiday to use at your discretion
• Annual team building
• Hybrid work environment with remote flexibility
• Career development, training, and coaching opportunities
• Pet insurance

NEI Electric Power Engineering participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your completed Form I-9 to confirm your work authorization in the United States.