{"id":1335170,"url":"https://alion.io/job/grda-manager-substation-and-protection-engineering","title":"Manager - Substation and Protection Engineering","company":{"id":1755477,"name":"GRDA","domain":"grda.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/grda","size_band":"201-500","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Tulsa, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":79000,"max_usd":151000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":2941},"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-24T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-24","last_verified_at":"2026-09-29T13:12:11Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":6,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":6},"description":"This job posting will remain open until 11:59 p.m. on the date listed below.\nOctober 08, 2026We deliver affordable, reliable ELECTRICITY, with a focus on EFFICIENCY and a commitment to ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. We are dedicated to ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, providing resources and supporting economic growth. Our EMPLOYEES are our greatest asset in meeting our mission to be an Oklahoma Agency of Excellence.\nThe Manager, Substation and Protection & Control Engineering provides leadership, direction, and management for GRDA’s Substation and Protection & Control Engineering functions. The position is responsible for developing personnel, managing engineering resources, overseeing project execution, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality engineering designs supporting the Authority’s transmission, generation, and substation assets.The Manager establishes priorities, allocates engineering resources, coordinates multidisciplinary projects, and fosters a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence. While maintaining sufficient technical knowledge to provide engineering oversight, the position relies upon subject matter experts within the department to provide discipline-specific technical leadership. This is an unclassified, exempt position.\nEssential job functions include, but are not limited to:\nLeadership\nProvide leadership, supervision, coaching, mentoring, and performance management for Substation and Protection & Control Engineering staff.\nEstablish departmental priorities, assign work, balance workloads, and ensure engineering resources are effectively utilized.\nPromote employee development through mentoring, training, succession planning, and performance feedback.\nBuild a culture emphasizing safety, accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.\nConduct performance evaluations, establish employee goals, and provide regular feedback regarding individual and team performance.\nProject Delivery\nDirect the execution of substation and protection engineering activities supporting capital projects, maintenance initiatives, and system improvements from planning through construction support.\nMonitor project schedules, budgets, milestones, and engineering deliverables to ensure successful project completion.\nCoordinate engineering activities with internal and external stakeholders.\nIdentify project risks, resource conflicts, and schedule impacts and develop mitigation strategies.\nCoordinate and oversee engineering services performed by consultants, contractors, and external engineering firms to ensure compliance with project requirements and GRDA engineering standards.\nMaintain accountability for the quality, timeliness, and completeness of engineering deliverables produced by the Substation and Protection & Control Engineering teams.Technical Oversight\nProvide technical leadership and engineering oversight of substation and Protection & Control designs, ensuring compliance with applicable engineering standards, utility practices, regulatory requirements, and GRDA design standards.\nOversee assigned engineering compliance activities, ensuring appropriate technical personnel fulfill responsibilities associated with NERC Reliability Standards, GRDA engineering standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.\nRepresent GRDA, as appropriate, in regional organizations concerning substations, Protection & Control, and related topics.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nSkills, Knowledge, Qualities:\nDemonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary engineering teams.\nAbility to prioritize multiple concurrent projects and allocate engineering resources effectively.\nStrong organizational and project management skills.\nAbility to build collaborative working relationships across departments.\nExcellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict resolution skills.\nAbility to coach, mentor, and develop engineering professionals.\nAbility to evaluate technical recommendations and apply sound engineering judgment in decision-making.\nKnowledge of electric utility project development and engineering workflows.\nKnowledge of substation and Protection & Control engineering principles, practices, standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.\nEducation, Training, Experience:\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution is required.\nMinimum eight years of progressively responsible engineering experience, preferably in electric utility transmission, substation, or Protection & Control engineering.\nMinimum three years of supervisory, project management, or engineering leadership experience.\nCertificates, Registrations, Licenses:\nValid Oklahoma driver’s license.\nProfessional Engineer (PE) registration in Oklahoma is preferred.\nPhysical/Mental Requirements & Working Conditions:\nAbility to walk, climb stairs, crawl, work from ladders and elevated platforms.\nMust not have a fear of heights, confined spaces, or working around high-voltage equipment.\nAbility to lift, move, and carry weights of up to 30 pounds on an irregular basis.\nMust possess the mental, visual, and auditory acuity necessary to maintain attention to visual and auditory detail.\nManual dexterity is required for operation of test equipment and small tools and for the installation, adjustment, and repair of control devices.\nWork is primarily performed in an office environment, with outdoor excursions for design, testing, and troubleshooting of equipment as necessary.\nRepair work may be performed outdoors and/or indoors in high-noise and high-temperature environments, including possible work in confined spaces.\nEmergency repair work may be required during inclement weather and at any time of year.\nOther information:\nThis is an exempt position.\nThe position reports to the Director, Power Systems Engineering.\nThe position supervises Substation Engineering and Protection & Control Engineering personnel.\nThis position will primarily be located at the Engineering & Technology Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.\nTravel may be required to specific work sites and substation locations throughout the northeastern quarter of Oklahoma.\nCompensation will be commensurate with 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