Manager - Substation and Protection Engineering

This job posting will remain open until 11:59 p.m. on the date listed below.

October 08, 2026

We deliver affordable, reliable ELECTRICITY, with a focus on EFFICIENCY and a commitment to ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. We are dedicated to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, providing resources and supporting economic growth. Our EMPLOYEES are our greatest asset in meeting our mission to be an Oklahoma Agency of Excellence.

The Manager, Substation and Protection & Control Engineering provides leadership, direction, and management for GRDA’s Substation and Protection & Control Engineering functions. The position is responsible for developing personnel, managing engineering resources, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality engineering designs supporting the Authority’s transmission, generation, and substation assets.

The Manager establishes priorities, allocates engineering resources, coordinates multidisciplinary projects, and fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence. While maintaining sufficient technical knowledge to provide engineering oversight, the position relies upon subject matter experts within the department to provide discipline-specific technical leadership. This is an unclassified, exempt position.

Essential job functions include, but are not limited to:

Leadership
• Provide leadership, supervision, coaching, mentoring, and performance management for Substation and Protection & Control Engineering staff.
• Establish departmental priorities, assign work, balance workloads, and ensure engineering resources are effectively utilized.
• Promote employee development through mentoring, training, succession planning, and performance feedback.
• Build a culture emphasizing safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct performance evaluations, establish employee goals, and provide regular feedback regarding individual and team performance.

Project Delivery
• Direct the execution of substation and protection engineering activities supporting capital projects, maintenance initiatives, and system improvements from planning through construction support.
• Monitor project schedules, budgets, milestones, and engineering deliverables to ensure successful project completion.
• Coordinate engineering activities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify project risks, resource conflicts, and schedule impacts and develop mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate and oversee engineering services performed by consultants, contractors, and external engineering firms to ensure compliance with project requirements and GRDA engineering standards.
• Maintain accountability for the quality, timeliness, and completeness of engineering deliverables produced by the Substation and Protection & Control Engineering teams. Technical Oversight
• Provide technical leadership and engineering oversight of substation and Protection & Control designs, ensuring compliance with applicable engineering standards, utility practices, regulatory requirements, and GRDA design standards.
• Oversee assigned engineering compliance activities, ensuring appropriate technical personnel fulfill responsibilities associated with NERC Reliability Standards, GRDA engineering standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Represent GRDA, as appropriate, in regional organizations concerning substations, Protection & Control, and related topics.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge, Qualities:
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Ability to prioritize multiple concurrent projects and allocate engineering resources effectively.
• Strong organizational and project management…