Senior Technical Director, Electrical Engineering - Power Generation

WSP
Houston
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Interpersonal communication","Strategic thinking","Analytical skills","Adaptability"]

Lead regional and multi-sector electrical engineering delivery for power generation projects, ensuring technical quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across design/build initiatives. Provide SME innovation and strategic process and people leadership for complex programs and largest-scale projects, overseeing budgets, performance, subcontractors, and profitability. Drive business development for infrastructure opportunities, lead contract negotiations and proposal scoping, and serve as a discipline liaison to clients and federal/state/local agencies.

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Senior Technical Director, Electrical Engineering - Power Generation

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Job Summary

Lead regional and multi-sector electrical engineering delivery for power generation projects, ensuring technical quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across design/build initiatives. Provide SME innovation and strategic process and people leadership for complex programs and largest-scale projects, overseeing budgets, performance, subcontractors, and profitability. Drive business development for infrastructure opportunities, lead contract negotiations and proposal scoping, and serve as a discipline liaison to clients and federal/state/local agencies.
Location: Houston
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Provide regional and multi-sector leadership to ensure electrical engineering subject matter and deliverables meet industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.
  • •Provide strategic process and people leadership for engineering discipline project and program involvement, including compliance with regulations.
  • •Lead the most complex electrical engineering projects, overseeing budgets, monitoring events, tracking hours/expenses, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
  • •Drive business development and execution of infrastructure work in the assigned area, focusing on large projects and long-term strategy/pipeline growth.
  • •Lead proposals, contract negotiation/meetings, technical scopes, pricing, and performance metrics; interpret/summarize complex data for engineering and regulatory conclusions.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
  • •15+ years of relevant post-education experience in electrical engineering and infrastructure design for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution.
  • •Engineer license required (multi-state preferred).
  • •Advanced proficiency with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, and permitting/project-related issues.
  • •Advanced knowledge of relevant engineering/electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
Experience:15+ yearsPower generationTransmissionDistributionInfrastructureCapital projects
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipInterpersonal communicationStrategic thinkingAnalytical skillsAdaptability
Licenses:Engineer license
Tech Stack:CADDAspenCAPEETAPWIN IGSInventorAutoCADD electricalOffice automationSpreadsheetsPredictive models

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

WSP
Global professional services firm providing engineering, consulting, and technical services across infrastructure, environment, buildings, transportation, and energy sectors for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Professional Services
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
Founded: 1959
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