Portfolio Technical Director - Substation (North America)

Role overview Provide technical leadership for high-voltage substation projects across North America, guiding system design from bid development through project delivery. The role owns the quality and robustness of technical solutions across ACIS and FACTS portfolios, integrating engineering workstreams with customer requirements, project goals, and safety expectations.

Responsibilities - Set technical strategy and coordinate workstreams to produce consistent, integrated system designs. - Lead solution development during inquiry-to-order and order-to-remittance phases, ensuring designs are modular, scalable, and suited to customer needs. - Partner with project engineering leaders on technical goals, engineering cost, schedules, and resource plans. - Advise project and application engineers and bid managers on integration, interfaces, and change management. - Lead root-cause analysis and lessons-learned reviews; manage technical risks, opportunities, and mitigation plans. - Define design quality plans and portfolio and project gate reviews, and ensure safety-by-design processes such as HAZID, HAZOP, and HAZCON are followed.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an accredited institution. - At least 15 years of broad engineering experience, including 10 or more years on large, complex high-voltage substation projects. - Current authorization to work in the United States or Canada and willingness to travel up to 20%, including occasional international trips. - Strong systems integration and technical interface management skills. - Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly and influence stakeholders across global, matrixed teams.

Nice to have - Master’s degree or PhD in engineering and a Professional Engineer license in the United States or Canada. - Project technical lead experience and knowledge of ACIS, FACTS, HVDC, GIS, AIS, circuit breakers, transformers, protection and control, SCADA, EMS/PMS, or related grid systems. - Experience coordinating with power generation, wind, power conversion, or battery storage teams; leadership grounded in inclusion and team development.

Benefits and work setup - Remote position with relocation assistance; travel up to 20%. - Listed U.S. base pay range is $153,100–$229,700, with geographic adjustments and discretionary annual bonus eligibility. Benefits include health coverage, retirement contributions, paid leave, and tuition and family assistance.