The Vice President of Engineering - Design leads the overall strategy, performance, and development of the Design Engineering organization, ensuring consistent, high-quality delivery of design engineering services across the company. This role provides executive-level oversight, direction, and mentorship to Electrical, Substation, Civil, Transmission, and Distribution engineering teams. The Vice President develops and implements design engineering standards, drives operational excellence, ensures financial and sales targets are met, and builds strong partnerships with clients and internal stakeholders. As an executive leader and owner of the Design Engineering Organization, the Vice President plays a critical role in modeling and reinforcing the company’s core values — Safety, Excellence, and People — in every decision and process.
Description
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Design Engineering Management
- Develop and execute the strategic direction for the Design Engineering Organization.
- Establish standards, processes, and tools to ensure consistent design delivery across all engineering disciplines.
- Oversee design engineering performance, ensuring alignment with corporate goals and long-term growth strategies.
- Lead the development of design engineering KPIs, dashboards, quality metrics, and performance tracking systems.
- Foster collaboration between engineering, project management, field services, and business development teams.
Design Engineering & Technical Oversight
- Provide executive oversight for all design engineering activities including electrical, substation, civil, transmission, and distribution design.
- Ensure engineering scopes, schedules, deliverables, budgets, and quality standards are properly defined and executed.
- Support engineering managers and discipline leads in resolving complex technical, contractual, or operational issues.
- Ensure lessons-learned insights are institutionalized and drive continuous improvement across design delivery.
Financial, P&L & Contractual Governance
- Own financial performance of the design engineering business unit, including revenue forecasting, labor utilization, backlog, margin optimization, and profitability.
- Review and approve major engineering budgets, pricing strategies, contract negotiations, commercial assumptions, and change orders.
- Establish financial controls to ensure accuracy, compliance, cost discipline, and project profitability across design engineering work.
- Partner with finance and executive leadership to support forecasting, reporting, business planning, and assigned sales targets.
Client & Business Development Engagement
- Serve as a senior point of escalation and executive sponsor for key clients, strategic partners, and design engineering opportunities.