Transmission & Structural Department Leader (Electric Transmission Engineering)

Location: Hybrid in Lakewood, Colorado, with other listed locations in Orlando, Houston, Petoskey, Wilkes-Barre, Fort Worth, and San Diego. The position can also be remote, with preferred offices in Grand Rapids, Houston, Fort Worth, Denver, San Diego, Orlando, and Wilkes-Barre, United States.

Salary: minimum $200,000 per year; negotiable based on location, skills, experience, and certifications.

Company

hirify.global provides environmental consulting and sustainable engineering services across water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

What you will do

• Develop and execute the Transmission & Structural Department strategy aligned with Energy Services, Power Delivery, and company growth objectives.
• Lead operations across offices and client programs, including forecasting, staffing, resource sharing, delivery oversight, budgeting, utilization, margins, backlog, collections, and financial performance.
• Oversee project portfolio health, delivery risks, client escalations, quality concerns, corrective actions, design standards, and QA/QC expectations.
• Lead business development, capture planning, proposals, scope and fee strategy, contract negotiations, commercial risk reviews, and strategic utility and energy-sector relationships.
• Expand integrated services with substation, distribution, geotechnical, environmental, survey, permitting, project controls, and construction support teams.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers, designers, modelers, project managers, technical specialists, and Group Leaders while providing senior technical guidance on complex work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil, structural, electrical, or mechanical engineering, or a closely related field.
• Professional Engineer license in at least one U.S. state, with the ability to obtain additional licenses as needed.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in electric transmission engineering and design, including leadership of multidisciplinary teams, departments, or large programs in a utility, EPC, or A/E consulting environment.
• Experience with operational and financial leadership, including budgeting, staffing, utilization, project margins, forecasting, and business development accountability.
• Experience building client relationships, leading major pursuits, negotiating scope and commercial terms, and growing backlog.
• Strong knowledge of overhead and underground transmission engineering, including line routing, PLS-CADD, PLS-POLE, PLS-TOWER, sag-tension and clearance analysis, structure loading, steel pole and lattice tower design, foundation design, material specifications, and construction support.
• Knowledge of utility requirements and industry standards, including NESC and client-specific standards.
• Ability to establish QA/QC discipline, manage technical and commercial risk, and deliver complex work across multiple offices and project teams.
• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and interpersonal skills, with experience developing people and building collaborative teams.
• Ability to create, implement, and execute a national strategic growth plan for the Transmission & Structural Department.

Nice to have

• Experience with IEEE, ASCE, ACI, AISC, and applicable state requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work environment with hybrid and remote work options.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid parental leave, paid time off, and holidays.
• People-focused culture emphasizing well-being, collaboration, continuous learning, professional development, diversity, and inclusive teams.