Power Engineering Manager
DLB Associates is a premier engineering and consulting firm specializing in innovative, mission-critical solutions across hyperscale data centers, advanced infrastructure, and high-performance building systems. With over four decades of expertise, we partner with some of the world’s most influential companies to design and optimize environments that demand precision, scalability, and resilience.
Join us and be part of a team where your voice matters, your work makes an impact, and your growth is a shared priority.
Position Title: Power Engineering Manager
Position Location :Remote - workvirtually fromanywhere in the United States
Salary
DLB recognizes salary ranges from jobboardsdo not necessarily reflect our pay ranges. In many instances we out-compete those ranges for well-qualified candidates.
Job Summary
DLB is expanding its substation and grid integration engineering practice and is seeking a Power Engineering Manager to lead, grow, and manage this service line. This roleis responsible forthe overall technical delivery, quality, team leadership, and business development of substation, BESS, microgrid, and other utility-scale power engineering services across utility, renewable, data center, and industrial markets.
The Power Engineering Manager will serve as the senior technical and operational leader forDLB'sgrowing Power Engineering practice, partnering with executive leadership to shape the strategic direction, growth, and long-term success of the service line. This individual will work as part of the organizational leadership team to develop engineering standards, influence practice development, strengthen client relationships, and expandDLB'spresence across utility, renewable energy, data center, and industrial markets.
The Power Engineering Manageroperateswith a high degree of autonomy, receiving strategic direction from executive leadership. This roleis responsible forleading engineering teams, driving strategic initiatives, supporting organizational planning, and developing the people, processes, and technical capabilities necessary to scale the practice.
The Power Engineering Manager will communicate andoperatein line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmentalobjectives.
Essential Functions
Practice Leadership & Team Management (40%)
- Lead, manage, and develop the power engineering team including Lead Engineers, Senior Engineers, andsupportingstaff across substation, BESS, and grid integration disciplines
- Lead strategic planning for the Power Engineering practice in partnership with executive leadership
- Provide technical direction, mentorship, and quality oversight across all power engineering projects and deliverables
- Serve as the senior technical authority for substation design, BESS/IBR interconnection, protection & control, and grid integration engineering
- Establish, implement, andmaintainengineering standards, design criteria, QA/QC processes, and quality management systems for the power engineering practice
- Oversee engineering deliverables for technical accuracy, constructability, code compliance, and EOR accountability
- Partner with DLB executive leadership on practice growth strategy, service line development, and resource planning
- Build and maintainDLB'sreputation as a qualified power engineering firm with clients, utilities, developers, and industry partners
- Develop and execute initiatives that support the long-term growth of the practice, including staffing strategy, technical capabilities, and new service offerings
Business Development & Client Relations (25%)
- Lead business development efforts for the power engineering practice including client development, proposal leadership, and contract negotiation for utility-scale electrical projects
- Serve as the primary client relationship manager for key accounts in the utility, renewable energy, and data center markets
- Identifyand pursue new market opportunities in substa