Engineering Director plans and directs all aspects of engineering activities and projects within an organization. Ensures all engineering projects, initiatives, and processes are in conformance with organization's established policies and objectives. Being an Engineering Director utilizes best practice engineering methods and provides expert technical guidance for engineering initiatives. Incorporates components, materials, and tools that result in cost-effective and quality output. Additionally, Engineering Director manages overall engineering budget and costs. Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline. Typically reports to top management. The Engineering Director manages a departmental sub-function within a broader departmental function. Creates functional strategies and specific objectives for the sub-function and develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. To be an Engineering Director typically requires 5+ years of managerial experience. Deep knowledge of the managed sub-function and solid knowledge of the overall departmental function. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
New Leaf Energy seeks a Director of Interconnection Engineering to lead our utility engineering team and facilitate the development of our solar, energy storage, and wind projects nationwide. Reporting to the Senior Director of Grid Integration, this challenging role requires a unique blend of experienced team leadership, power system expertise, creative problem-solving ability, and strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
Our preference is that this position is based in Lowell or Boston, MA, but could be based out of our Oakland, Latham, or Chicago office for the right candidate. We value in-person collaboration and offer a hybrid work environment. Hybrid employees work in the office at least two out of every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and are free to work from the office or from home on other days.
About the Role
This position will require successful leadership and development of our talented team of electrical engineers in order to deliver high quality engineering support and consulting services to multiple internal stakeholder groups throughout the project development lifecycle. You will also need to build and maintain strong relationships with your counterparts at electric utilities across New Leaf’s markets and negotiate the best outcomes possible for New Leaf’s projects when necessary.
In order to be successful in this role you must have a continuous improvement mindset and be able to effectively lead the engineering team to perform within our fast paced and constantly changing industry. Strong candidates should also be able to represent and advocate for New Leaf’s portfolio projects and proactively lead engagement and collaboration with electric utilities to solve engineering challenges where needed.
On a daily basis, you will be responsible for managing the engineering team operations and also assure timely execution of both short term and individual goals. You will need to collaborate across multiple company departments (Project Finance, Development, Design, etc) and ensure that team objectives and deliverables are well aligned with the goals of the broader organization.
In this role you will:
Desired Qualifications:
While no one individual will possess them all, the successful candidate will bring many of the following experiences, skills, and attributes. If you’re unsure of whether you meet enough of the qualifications below but believe that your experience and skill set is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply!
Compensation
New Leaf Energy compensates all employees in three ways: market-competitive base salary, plus above-market variable compensation, plus an equity-like program such that all employees experience the benefits of ownership. We use a data-driven and transparent methodology to calibrate compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable, guided by the New Leaf Energy compensation manual, which is available to all employees.
Under our compensation framework, the likely base salary range for this position is $150,600 - $174,000. The on-target annual cash bonus associated with this position is an additional 30% percent of base salary. Your actual salary may be above, in, or below this range, depending on your location and experience. Our office locations in Lowell, Boston, Oakland, and Chicago all carry geography-based upward adjustments to the base pay range.
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