Power Engineering Director

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.

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Remote - work virtually from anywhere in the United States

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.

DLB is establishing its Power Engineering practice and is seeking a Power Engineering Director to lead and grow this service line from the ground up. This is a practice-building hire - the person who executes the strategic direction, makes the hires, builds technical credibility and positions DLB as a credible provider of utility-scale substation, BESS, microgrid, and grid integration engineering services across utility, renewable energy, data center, and industrial markets.

The Power Engineering Director will serve as the senior technical and operational leader for the practice, partnering with executive leadership to set strategy, develop engineering standards, drive business development, and build the team and capabilities necessary to scale.

The Power Engineering Director 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. As the practice matures, the Director may also be called upon to support executive leadership in evaluating strategic M&A or partnership opportunities that could accelerate Power Solutions growth, expand delivery capabilities, or add technical depth to the team.

The Power Engineering Director will communicate and operate in line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives. The power engineering director will report into the Design Department Executive Director.

• 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/I  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
• Identify and develop strategic industry partnerships with specialty engineering firms, electrical contractors, testing companies, and construction partners to support larger and more complex Power Solutions engagements and to extend field execution capability where required.

• Serve as the senior technical authority and primary engineering point of contact for Power Solutions client engagements, converting ecosystem-sourced opportunities into scoped, contracted work.
• Lead technical proposal development, statements of…