Engineering Advisor

About Us

QISG leverages Quanta’s comprehensive resources to deliver collaborative solutions for our partners' energy infrastructure needs. We use in-house talent, expertise and resources to plan, design, engineer, manage, conduct maintenance on and construct projects.

Our turnkey service capabilities provide our customers with efficiency, consistency, attention to detail and safe execution. The QISG team brings together Engineering, Safety, Quality, Material Procurement, QA/QC, Right-of-Way Acquisition, Scheduling, Environmental Planning, Permitting, Title and Land Management expertise that ensure outstanding results for our clients.

About this Role

Every moment of every day, people all over the world rely on electricity provided by Quanta Services and its customers. With its highly skilled and innovative workforce, Quanta is the largest specialty contractor in North America that powers modern life. Find your future with us by being a part of something bigger – leading the energy transition in building a better world for generations to come.

 

We encourage and inspire our people to embrace opportunities within our corporate office and 200 operating companies providing solutions for the utility, renewable energy, electric power, industrial, and communications industries worldwide.

 

Quanta’s culture is about creating an environment where all employees can be themselves, are valued, and have an equal opportunity to succeed. When you join our team, you join a dynamic culture in which career development is encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is valued.

 

Position Overview

The Engineering Advisor is an enterprise-level technical authority who provides strategic, high-impact advisory support across transmission and substation engineering programs. This role leverages extensive industry experience to guide executive leadership, engineering organizations, and project teams on the most complex technical, execution, and risk-related challenges facing the business.

 

Operating as a trusted advisor, this role influences engineering strategy, governance, and technical direction across the organization without direct day-to-day people management responsibilities. The Engineering Advisor plays a critical role in safeguarding technical integrity, driving consistency, and enabling successful delivery of large-scale, high-risk infrastructure programs.

What You'll Do

Executive Technical Advisory & Leadership

• Serve as a technical advisor for transmission and substation engineering activities
• Provide expert guidance to executive leadership on complex technical, constructability, and delivery challenges
• Advise on enterprise-level engineering risk, technical governance, and decision-making
• Serve as an escalation point for critical technical issues across major programs and regions

Engineering Governance & Standards Leadership

• Guide development, interpretation, and enforcement of engineering standards, policies, and best practices
• Influence enterprise quality assurance and quality control strategies
• Identify systemic technical risks and recommend proactive mitigation measures
• Lead or support lessons-learned initiatives and technical improvement programs

Program & Portfolio Advisory Support

• Provide advisory oversight across multiple large, complex transmission and substation programs
• Participate in executive design reviews, project risk assessments, and constructability evaluations
• Advise on change management, claims support, and technical dispute resolution
• Support projects during critical phases, including pursuit, design development, construction, and closeout

Strategic & Business Advisory Support

• Partner with executive leadership to shape long-term engineering strategy and technical capability development
• Support business development and pursuit strategy with senior-level technical insight
• Evaluate emerging technologies, delivery models, and industry trends for strategic adoption
• Collaborate with Operations, Safety, Quality, Project Controls, Supply Chain, and Finance leaders to align technical strategy with business objectives

Mentorship, Influence & Industry Leadership

• Provide mentorship and coaching to senior engineers and technical leaders
• Influence engineering culture through knowledge sharing, technical guidance, and leadership by example
• Represent the organization in high-level technical forums, industry committees, and client engagements
• Serve as a trusted technical voice with clients, regulators, and industry partners