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 - work virtually from anywhere in the United States

Salary

DLB recognizes salary ranges from job boards do 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 role is responsible for the 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 for DLB's growing 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 expand DLB's presence across utility, renewable energy, data center, and industrial markets.

The Power Engineering Manager operates with a high degree of autonomy, receiving strategic direction from executive leadership. This role is responsible for leading 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 and operate in line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives.

Essential Functions

Practice Leadership & Team Management (40%)

Lead, manage, and develop the power engineering team including Lead Engineers, Senior Engineers, and supporting staff 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, and maintain engineering 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 maintain DLB's reputation 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