Director, Engineering

Bloomington, MN, US

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Geronimo Power (formerly National Grid Renewables) develops, owns and operates large-scale power assets throughout America’s Heartland, including solar, wind and energy storage. As a farmer‑founded and community‑focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. Geronimo Power is a portfolio company managed by Brookfield Asset Management. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit  or follow the company on Linked In.

The Director of Engineering is a critical leadership role responsible for advancing Geronimo Power’s engineering capabilities in support of our growing renewable energy portfolio. This role leads the strategy, design, and execution of utility‑scale renewable projects in civil, foundation, electrical, substation and transmission infrastructure, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in alignment with business objectives. This role directly supports Geronimo Power’s ability to scale its renewable portfolio by accelerating interconnection readiness, improving cost and schedule certainty, reducing design and construction risk, and enabling timely commercial operation of utility‑scale projects.

As a senior leader, you will build and lead a high‑performing engineering organization, drive innovation and continuous improvement, and partner cross‑functionally to enable successful project development, construction, and operations. This leader plays a key role in shaping engineering strategy, enhancing execution speed, and strengthening Geronimo Power’s position as a leader in clean energy development.

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high‑performing team of engineers and technical professionals
• Foster a community‑first, high‑accountability culture grounded in collaboration, trust, and continuous improvement
• Establish clear expectations, build team capability, and drive performance outcomes aligned to company goals
• Champion safety, inclusion, and employee development across all engineering activities
• Build organizational capability through workforce planning, succession planning, coaching, and effective use of internal and external technical resources
• Establish clear team objectives, operating rhythms, design review processes, and standards that improve throughput, accountability, and consistency across the engineering function

• Oversee the planning, design, and execution of transmission and substation projects across the development lifecycle
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet regulatory, safety, quality, and operational requirements
• Drive engineering standards, scalability, and consistency across projects
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase speed, reduce cost, and enhance quality
• Lead engineering strategy for project constructability, collector substations, gen‑tie lines, transmission interconnection facilities, protection and control systems, grounding, SCADA, and metering to support utility‑scale renewable generation projects
• Support generator interconnection strategy by partnering with Development, Regulatory, Transmission Planning, and external stakeholders to review system impact studies, facility studies, interconnection agreements, and transmission‑owner requirements, ensuring engineering design is aligned with applicable utility, ISO/RTO, and project requirements
• Drive repeatable engineering standards and governance that reduce design rework, improve constructability, and increase schedule reliability across the portfolio
• Oversee technical support through construction, commissioning, energization, and turnover to operations, ensuring smooth execution and issue resolution in the field

• Develop and manage project budgets, schedules, and resource plans
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks impacting cost, schedule, or quality
• Provide technical leadership in substation design, optimization, and constructability
• Partner with Development, Construction, Operations, Finance, and Regulatory teams to ensure alignment and…