Director, Interconnection Engineering

Your Job

DEPCOM Power, a Koch Engineered Solutions company, is seeking a Director, Interconnection Engineering.

This position can be based in any of the DEPCOM offices or remotely within the U.S.

and will require up to 50% travel between project sites, vendors, and various DEPCOM offices to help kickstart business capability.

This position will play a pivotal role in the design and implementation of interconnecting facilities to support Solar (PV) and Energy Storage Power Plants.

This position offers a unique opportunity to develop a business strategy for engineering project substations and utility-owned switchyards.

This will involve both solidifying near-terms strategies to support DEPCOM's pipeline of projects and substations over the next 18 months, and also work to develop internal capabilities around substation design/engineering.

This role will benefit from a solid base of engineering talent, while offering opportunity to build out a self-sufficient in-house substation engineering team.

This role does not provide VISA sponsorship.

Our Team

This role will report into the broader Systems Engineering team, which is focused on value-driven engineering solutions to support DEPCOM's projects.

DEPCOM's share engineering capability supports the broader organization by preparing construction-ready plan sets, as well as lending consistent support and solutions to our construction, commissioning, and operations teams.

What You Will Do

First 12 months



* Assist with Current Projects/Backlog: Oversee electrical designs for Solar and Energy Storage Power Plants from inception to completion, managing multiple projects simultaneously


* Develop a Business Strategy: Partner with Upper Management and other Engineering leadership to create a vision and execution strategy to bring HV/Substation Engineering in-house


* Substation Expertise: Be the DEPCOM HV Technical SME


* Initiate Building Standard Process: Begin developing standard procedures to support accurate and efficient design workflow


* Training Current Staff: Leverage current/existing resources to maximize business results and expand current capabilities

Future


* Lead a team: Manage and develop team members to drive excellence in HV engineering practices, through value engineering, timely delivery, and meeting code and contract requirements


* Be the HV Engineering capability leader: Be a thought leader in creating robust processes and optimizing design practices to support business needs for substations


* Partner with Internal Stakeholders: Partner with Estimating, Subcontracts, Procurement and Project Delivery teams to seamlessly integrate designs with executions plans


* Establish Vendor/Subcontractor Relationships: Foster and maintain new and current vendor relationships for key equipment and construction labor to precisely execute full scope substation builds


* Support Business Development: Assist Business Development in establishing new an...