Associate Director – Substation

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $160.2k - $216.6k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👔 Director

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Ulteig

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1944

⚡ Energy

Energy • Renewables • Transportation

Ulteig is a North American infrastructure engineering, technical services, and consulting firm that delivers design, digital tools, and advisory services for critical lifeline sectors. The employee-owned company supports public and private clients on power and utility-scale renewable energy projects, transportation planning and infrastructure, and water sector work—offering engineering design, SCADA/EMS solutions, project-development services, and decision-support software to help manage complex, multidisciplinary projects.

📋 Description

• Manages and leads all engineering activities during the proposal, design, quality control, and construction stages of substation projects that are assigned. • Provides management and leadership for subconsultants • Provides substation project oversight, including managing engineering scope according to technical contracts, developing change orders, and maintaining project schedules. • Directs and coordinates activities of several disciplines on a project of significant scope or a combination of large projects. • Maintains high levels of quality to meet internal and external client requirements in alignment with company expectations. • Maintains and grows a positive team culture that supports strong client service, collaboration, and accountability. • Provides leadership, coaching, and direction to technical engineering managers and teams supporting Key Client work. • Evaluates team capacity, technical skillsets, and resource alignment to support Key Client opportunities, project execution, and department growth. • Develops team capabilities needed to deliver consistent quality, responsiveness, and technical excellence for Key Clients. • Coaches, trains, and develops management staff through regular management meetings, 1:1 meetings, career development discussions, talent assessment, succession planning, quarterly reviews, individual promotions, team retention efforts, and engagement survey follow-up. • Oversees and approves team budgets, including revenue, profitability, indirect expenses, training expenses, reward and recognition expenses, and team event costs. • Supports hiring, development, engagement, and retention strategies aligned with department growth and client delivery needs. • Leads the development and implementation of departmental continuous improvement and strategic initiatives to drive efficiency, innovation, and long-term success. • Leads and supports strategic substation opportunities for Key Clients, including positioning, pursuit strategy, proposal development, and execution planning. • Partners with Sales, Project Management, and technical leaders to align client needs with Ulteig’s delivery capabilities, growth objectives, and territory sales plan execution. • Supports successful execution of priority Key Client work by helping remove barriers, align resources, manage expectations, and reinforce quality delivery. • Supports proposal efforts by developing, providing resources, and reviewing proposals, contracts, work orders, MSAs, and NDAs in partnership with the Proposal Development Team and Project Management group. • Builds and maintains trusted relationships with Key Client stakeholders through responsive communication, technical credibility, and consistent follow-through. • Identifies opportunities to expand services with existing Key Clients while balancing delivery capacity, profitability, and long-term client relationship health.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Civil Engineering required from ABET accredited school or equivalent • 15+ years of experience in the Engineering field preferred • PE registration is required • Prior management experience required • Prior technical substation experience required • Must be analytical, self-motivated, and possess the ability to work in high-pressure situations while maintaining a positive, enthusiastic, and collaborative attitude • Focused and passionate around internal engagement and maximizing development of others • Strong business acumen and industry knowledge • Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain trusted Key Client relationships. • Experience supporting strategic pursuits, proposals, or client growth initiatives. • Proven ability to align technical teams, project execution, and client expectations. • Strong understanding of substation project delivery, client service, and operational execution. • Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills with the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, public and external agencies • High level of initiative and demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects with clear expectations and highly responsive, internally and externally • Excellent presentation and verbal/written communications skills • Displays a high level of initiative and explores new opportunities while understanding the risk to the organization • Proven experience in Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point, and Access) and additional software knowledge depending on specialty. • Must have authorization to work permanently in the US.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace • Employee Ownership • Competitive Pay • Comprehensive Benefits Package • Collaborative Environment • Innovative Culture