- Location
- Kent, Washington
- 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 - Kent, WA
Reporting To: Senior Leadership Team
Description
At Utilities One, we are driven by innovation, operational excellence, and a commitment to building the future of critical infrastructure. As a trusted turnkey solutions provider across telecom, power, water, renewable energy, and data center sectors, we deliver high-quality services that connect and empower communities. In addition to our core operations, we offer specialized consulting services that help our clients design, optimize, and execute complex infrastructure projects with confidence and precision. We believe our greatest strength is our people — a team of dedicated professionals who bring expertise, collaboration, and integrity to everything they do. Join us and become part of a growing organization where your contributions make a meaningful impact.
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.