Manager, Design Engineering, Salt Lake City, UT, or Portland, OR #113775

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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 leade