Electrical Engineering Department Manager - Energy and Power

Overview

The energy industry is undergoing rapid changes. Jacobs is expanding its Energy & Power Solutions team to tackle the complexities of energy resiliency and decarbonization. We are seeking a department manager for our Energy and Power electrical engineering design staff.

In this role you will manage a team of approximately 35 electrical engineers located in multiple offices across North America, supporting a diverse mix of district energy and industrial energy design projects that include power generation, electrical distribution, substations, microgrids, off‑grid power systems, data centers, electrical utilities, renewables, energy storage, and more. As department manager you will serve part‑time as an electrical engineering design lead while managing staff, coordinating manpower for the energy and power portfolio, supporting sales with pursuits and proposals, and collaborating with other Jacobs business units on project delivery.

Your primary responsibilities focus on managing your team to provide advisory and design solutions for energy project development and technical delivery. You will manage a variety of unique, challenging, multi‑disciplinary medium voltage projects, commonly serving as the engineer of record and the main interface to project management, sales, and the client.

• Collaborate with Client Account Managers and sales professionals on pursuits of strategic importance to the firm and prepare work plans, design schedules and design fee estimates for engineering design and consulting projects.
• Participate in industry conference events, client interviews and recruitment activities to grow the Energy and Power business.
• Coordinate project delivery needs with other electrical design staff managers across the company.
• Achieve department billability levels in alignment with company performance targets.
• Demonstrate highly collaborative and sophisticated communication and problem‑solving skills, anticipating challenges and managing “up and out” while supporting large teams responsible for project delivery details.

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering or related engineering discipline.
• Professional Engineering license.
• At least 15 years of design and consulting experience working with clients, service providers, contractors, OEMs, Owner/Developers, lenders and/or regulators in the energy field.
• Proven ability to engage with clients, develop relationships and win work, and then deliver innovative solutions providing value to both the client and provider.
• Ability to work independently on a large array of tasks while providing guidance and mentorship to junior staff.
• Demonstrated ability for higher level strategic, exploration, concept, and development planning for new project opportunities, including knowledge and application of new and emerging technologies.
• Demonstrated skills on concept and developed design optimization programs to guide sound technical guidance for decision making.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills.

• Management of electrical engineering staff.
• Experience managing and being accountable for the billability and utilization of staff to ensure alignment with business and financial performance goals.
• Power distribution systems and microgrids.
• Power generation projects exceeding 10MW capacity.
• Simple cycle or combined cycle gas generation integration.
• High voltage transmission or medium voltage distribution substations.
• Renewable energy projects including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and other technologies.
• Energy storage systems.
• Power system modeling using SKM Power Tools, ETAP or similar modeling software.
• Protection and control, SCADA or power system automation.
• Campus utility master planning or decarbonization/climate response planning.
• Cogeneration or combined heat and power systems.
• Thermal utility plants and distribution systems (steam, hot water, chilled water).
• Managing or delivering projects for federal agencies such as NAVFAC and USACE.
• Medium voltage design of large‑scale manufacturing or data centers.
• Coordinating with electrical utilities on project…