Job Summary:
Leads the full engineering lifecycle—from system planning and asset engineering through design delivery and new customer integration—serving as the primary technical enabler for O&M, Capital Programs, and Grid Modernization, and unifying disciplines such as Planning, Asset Engineering, Design Engineering, Customer Connections, Grid Modernization & Technology, Protection & Control, Technical Standards, and Environmental & Permitting to ensure all engineering decisions support a safe, reliable, and resilient grid while providing the technical foundation needed for Operations to maintain and restore the system and for enterprise leaders to execute asset strategy and deliver capital programs. This position reports to the Chief Operations Officer (COO).
Job Description:
Directs enterprise T&D system planning — including the Planning Basis document, capacity studies, and interconnection assessments — ensuring all capital and O&M investment decisions rest on validated engineering criteria and technical justification that support the COEO’s 10 year SAMP and 5 year RIBA processes.
Owns the enterprise asset engineering strategy — lifecycle criteria, condition assessment, RUL analysis, and risk-based prioritization across all T&D asset classes — anchoring the COEO’s asset management framework in engineering-grade data.
Leads engineering design delivery for all capital programs, NFC and federally funded, ensuring designs are construction-ready, standards-compliant, and fully supported through construction and as-built closeout.
Directs engineering for new customer connections and DER/rooftop solar interconnection, establishing service design standards and connection policy that balance customer commitments with system reliability and protection coordination.
Owns protection philosophy, SCADA/distribution automation engineering, and control systems strategy, ensuring all protection and control assets are engineered, tested, and commissioned to safeguard system integrity.
Leads grid modernization and technology engineering — AMI, DER integration, Volt/VAR optimization, and smart grid architecture — advancing LUMA’s energy transition and grid interoperability objectives .
Establishes and governs LUMA’s Engineering Standards Library and technical governance framework — design review boards, technical authority levels, and standards deviation processes — ensuring enterprise-wide compliance with NERC/FERC, IEEE, NEC, and PREB requirements.
Directs engineering support for environmental permitting and federal funding compliance, ensuring technical documentation and as-built records meet agency, FEMA/DOE, and audit requirements on schedule.
Oversees engineering support to Operations — technical work instructions, major outage response, and QA/QC acceptance criteria — ensuring O&M execution meets engineering standards and the COEO’s work planning requirements.
Advises executive leadership and board members to influence high-stakes decisions and governance.
Leads multiple VPs or large-scale programs across departments or business areas.
Influences executive alignment and models leadership behaviors to drive cultural transformation and stakeholder trust.
Aligns enterprise-wide budgeting with strategic priorities to ensure financial sustainability and shareholder value.
Oversees performance governance and ensures metrics drive long-term organizational outcomes.
Champions and models enterprise-wide adherence to governance, compliance, and ethical standards to uphold organizational integrity and regulatory alignment.
Leads and supports organizational strategies for the restoration of critical services and emergency preparedness to ensure business continuity and community trust.
Embraces and leads additional strategic responsibilities as needed to advance enterprise objectives and organizational resilience.
Supervisory responsibilities: Ye s
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Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical…