Job Description
Manager, Design Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, or Portland, OR #113775 Date: Jun 26, 2025
Location: SALT LAKE CITY, UT, US, 84116
Company: PacifiCorp
POWER YOUR GREATNESS
PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability inclusion & belonging.
General Purpose
Manages the day-to-day operations of a functional unit, overseeing the design engineering resources within the company necessary to support the continued operations, reliability and resiliency improvement of the company's electric substation, transmission and distribution systems that has a significant impact on corporate, business unit, or organizational objectives.
Establish business objectives, strategies and plans in support of company goals. Implement and support company programs and policies. Responsible for establishment and adherence to department budget, resource and employee allocations, and selecting, coaching, and developing employees.
Responsibilities
- Accountable for all design engineering disciplines and deliverables, which include substation engineering, protection and control engineering, civil-structural engineering, metering engineering, transmission engineering, associated external engineering services. This includes oversight of internal and external engineering resources.
- Responsible for overall technical solution and deliverables, per agreed to timelines in support of capital project, generation interconnect and load interconnect delivery. This includes ensuring delivered designs are constructible.
- Drive effective design delivery and associated internal-external coordination through effective communication.
- Accountable for managing change associated with business and industry needs.
- Owner of the project scope review and advisory team (PSRAT) and associated processes, which are an integral component of the capital project delivery process (PIPELINE).
- Coordinate capital project delivery strategy and priorities with project management.
- Coordinate with managers, directors and vice presidents from project management, planning, delivery assurance and operations, required to successfully deliver critical capital projects.
- Support operations with emergency design support, as required or requested.
- Ensure engineering design supports FERC mandated timelines for generation interconnect and transmission service applications.
- Accountable for all NERC/FERC industry reliability standards applicable to substation, protection and control, metering, civil-structural and transmission engineering design, documentation and training functions.
- Recommend and implement plans and approaches to support overall business improvements and strategies.
- Develop plans, processes, policies, targets and measurements to establish best practices and drive continual process improvement.
- Monitor industry standards, codes and practices to ensure the best and most cost-effective technical processes and engineering practices are applied during the engineering design process.
- Collaborate with other departments and/or organizations on the development of technical solutions for T&D capital projects.
- Coordinate with other BHE platforms on substation, protection and control, civil-structural, metering and transmission engineering design philosophies and practices.
- Oversee development and implementation of training (technical and non-technical) programs for the engineering staff.
- Manage external engineering services by effectively managing contracts, invoicing, and resources.
- Manage and allocate financial and employee resources.
- Develop and oversee annual budget, with goal of delivering at or under target.
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state local and company regulations.
- Contribute to the operations and project delivery human performance initiatives, which drive corrective action and process improvement to reduce unintended outcomes related to human performance.
- Coach and provide continual feedback to managers, employees and external engineering design firms.
- Review and evaluate external engineering design firms and prepare annual feedback through formal review process.
- Manage and allocate the annual merit and incentive budgets.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited university.
- A minimum of ten years’ experience in engineering
- A minimum of three years’ experience in people management.
- In-depth knowledge of engineering economics, design codes and standards to apply engineering principles in a complex environment.
- Management skills including the ability to establish objectives, execute policy, monitor resources, and manage the development or implementation of a system, program, or process.
- Excellent leadership skills including directing and motivating individuals who may not be direct reports.
- Excellent people skills that allow you to work effectively with diverse groups and individuals to gain the respect and trust from peers and associates.
- Demonstrated administrative, management and supervisory skills to work effectively in a broad engineering technical environment.
- Strong knowledge of state and federal safety and environmental regulations (OSHA, Title V, etc.) and applicable codes such as ANSI, NESC, NEC, ANSI, and NFPA.
- Knowledge and experience in the design, installation, operation of utility infrastructure including distribution, substation and transmission facilities from 46kV to 500kV
- Knowledge and experience with FERC/NERC/WECC compliance and reliability criteria
- Proficient with the use of personal computers including spreadsheet, database, word processing, presentation applications and SAP.
- Knowledge with distribution protection and control systems.
Preferences
- Advanced Degree in engineering.
- Licensed professional engineer.
- Supervisory experience or demonstrated leadership skills is highly desirable.
- Experience in budget preparation, analysis and cost tracking.
- Experience with process centered organizations, project management, contract administration and work planning and scheduling.
- Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.
Additional Information
Req Id: 113775
Company Code: PACIFICORP
Primary Location: SALT LAKE CITY
Department: Power Delivery
Schedule: Days
Personnel Subarea: Exempt
Hiring Range: $137,000-$ 177,300
This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 20.00% of salary.
Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit:
Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without an accommodation.
PacifiCorp is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law.
Unless otherwise required by law, all offers of employment are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check and drug screening including for marijuana. While marijuana is legal in several states, including Oregon, a positive test for positions in Oregon may disqualify a candidate. The company complies with the laws of Washington and California and only obtains and considers positive tests for marijuana in safety-sensitive positions or those covered by U.S. Department of Transportation regulations.
Career Segment: Power Systems, Contract Manager, Structural Engineer, Design Engineer, Compliance, Energy, Legal, Engineering
Compensation details: 137000-177300 Yearly Salary
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