- Location
- Moorestown, New Jersey
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Engineering
- Seniority
- VP
- Education
- Master
- Source
- Pinpoint
Description
Vice President of Power Engineering
Department: Operations
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: United States - Moorestown, NJ
Reporting To: Senior Leadership Team
Description
Key Responsibilities
- Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for all engineering activities across Distribution, Substation, and Transmission business lines.
- Develop and execute an engineering growth strategy aligned with company objectives, customer needs, and market opportunities.
- Establish scalable engineering organizational structures, processes, and operating standards.
- Lead engineering managers, discipline leads, project engineers, designers, and technical support personnel.
- Develop engineering capabilities to support organic growth, new markets, and expanded service offerings.
- Partner with executive leadership on long-term resource planning, investment priorities, and strategic initiatives.
- Oversee engineering and design activities supporting overhead and underground electrical distribution infrastructure
- Ensure engineering deliverables meet utility-specific design standards, applicable codes, safety requirements, and project schedules.
- Provide leadership and technical oversight for substation engineering and design
- Ensure effective coordination among civil, structural, electrical, protection and control, and construction teams.
- Ensure successful execution of engineering projects within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
- Establish engineering performance metrics, operational dashboards, and management reporting.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Management, or Business Administration preferred.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred; required where necessary for assigned engineering responsibilities.
- 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in the electric utility, power infrastructure, or engineering and construction industry.
- 7+ years of engineering management or senior leadership experience, including responsibility for multiple teams, projects, or business units.
- Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following disciplines: Electrical Distribution, Substations, or Transmission, with working knowledge of all three.
- Experience leading engineering organizations supporting investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, municipal utilities, or major infrastructure contractors.
- Proven experience managing large engineering teams and geographically distributed operations.
- Strong background in engineering project delivery, financial management, resource planning, and customer relationship management.
- Demonstrated success implementing operational improvements, scaling engineering capabilities, and improving organizational performance.
- Experience with engineering and construction delivery models, including EPC and design-build environments.
Benefits
- Health Insurance plans (health, dental, vision);
- Whole Life Insurance;
- 401k Plan;
- PTO/Paid Holidays;
- Great Work Environment;
- Career Advancement Opportunities.