Director, Engineering – Design

🔥 21 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $185k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Highland Electric Fleets

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51 - 200 employees

🚘 Automotive

📦 Logistics

🚗 Transport

Automotive • Logistics • Transport

Highland Electric Fleets is a leading provider of electric fleet services in North America. The company focuses on making the transition to electric vehicles easy, reliable, and affordable for school buses and other fleets. They offer a turnkey solution that includes planning, procuring, implementing, and optimizing electric fleets. Highland Electric Fleets is the owner/operator of the largest number of electric school buses under contract in the U. S. and is known for its commercial vehicle-to-grid program. The company has secured significant grants and incentives to support its customers in electrifying their fleets.

📋 Description

• Lead and scale Highland's project engineering function, including drafting, design engineering, and utility interconnection, taking EV charging, BESS, and edge compute sites from qualified site to permit-ready and construction-ready • Define design package content and internal approval gates for conceptual, 30%, Issued-for-Permit (IFP), and Issued for Construction (IFC) stages • Own engineering function throughput and quality across the portfolio • Build, develop, and retain a high-performing internal engineering team • Select, contract, scale, and manage external engineering design and interconnection consultants • Set and enforce engineering, CAD, and design specifications and standards • Maintain utility and AHJ requirements repositories • Serve as senior technical authority on utility interconnection and AHJ permitting • Resolve complex technical and jurisdictional issues and represent Highland's engineering position externally • Own engineering inputs to project schedules and budgets • Partner with Development, Execution, Origination, Procurement, and Fleet Operations • Drive tooling and process automation using tools such as Procore and Bluebeam • Provide engineering leadership on technical due diligence, estimating, and risk for new opportunities • Report to the Vice President, Development & Construction • Travel approximately 10–15%

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related engineering discipline, or 12+ years of directly related professional experience • 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in EV charging, renewable energy, power/electrical infrastructure, or utility-scale development, including design management from concept through construction • 5+ years leading engineering teams, including managing managers and building or scaling a design organization • Demonstrated ownership of engineering standards, design package content, and QA/QC across a portfolio of concurrent projects • Proven experience selecting, contracting, and managing external engineering consultants at scale • Deep working knowledge of utility interconnection, new electrical service, and AHJ permitting requirements • Familiarity with interconnection standards and processes, including IEEE 1547, utility tariffs, and interconnection rules • Expertise with CAD-based design delivery using AutoCAD and design/review tooling including Procore and Bluebeam • Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred • Experience delivering EV charging infrastructure, BESS, and/or edge compute/data-center power projects preferred • Experience building repeatable, unit-cost-driven design programs in a high-growth environment preferred • Master's degree in engineering or an MBA preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus program • A supportive, highly collaborative, team-oriented environment • Ability to work with bright, innovative, and forward-thinking colleagues • Health, Vision, and Dental coverage for employees & their dependents • Generous Paid Time Off • 401(k) program and company match