Director, Engineering in Bloomington, Minnesota at Geronimo Power, LLC

Position

Director, Engineering

Location

Geronimo Power HQ (Bloomington, MN)

About Us

Geronimo Power (formerly National Grid Renewables) develops, owns and operates large-scale power assets throughout America’s Heartland, including solar, wind and energy storage. As a farmer-founded and community-focused business, Geronimo Power equips landowners and rural communities with sustainable revenue to ignite local economic growth. Geronimo Power is a portfolio company managed by Brookfield Asset Management. To learn more about Geronimo Power, visit geronimopower.com or follow the company on LinkedIn.

About This Role

The Director of Engineering is a critical leadership role responsible for advancing Geronimo Power’s engineering capabilities in support of our growing renewable energy portfolio. This role leads the strategy, design, and execution of utility scale renewable projects in areas of civil, foundation, electrical, substation and transmission infrastructure, ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in alignment with business objectives.

This role directly supports Geronimo Power’s ability to scale its renewable portfolio by accelerating interconnection readiness, improving cost and schedule certainty, reducing design and construction risk, and enabling timely commercial operation of utility-scale projects.

As a senior leader, you will build and lead a high-performing engineering organization, drive innovation and continuous improvement, and partner cross-functionally to enable successful project development, construction, and operations. This leader plays a key role in shaping engineering strategy, enhancing execution speed, and strengthening Geronimo Power’s position as a leader in clean energy development.

This role is expected to lead internal engineering resources and external consulting partners in support of a multi-project portfolio that includes civil, grading, foundation, collector systems and substations, generator tie line, transmission interconnection infrastructure, protection and control systems, metering, SCADA integration, and construction-phase technical support.

Responsibilities

Leadership & Culture

• Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team of engineers and technical professionals
• Foster a community-first, high-accountability culture grounded in collaboration, trust, and continuous improvement
• Establish clear expectations, build team capability, and drive performance outcomes aligned to company goals
• Champion safety, inclusion, and employee development across all engineering activities
• Build organizational capability through workforce planning, succession planning, coaching, and effective use of internal and external technical resources
• Establish clear team objectives, operating rhythms, design review processes, and standards that improve throughput, accountability, and consistency across the engineering function

Engineering Strategy & Execution

• Oversee the planning, design, and execution of transmission and substation projects across the development lifecycle
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet regulatory, safety, quality, and operational requirements
• Drive engineering standards, scalability, and consistency across projects
• Identify and implement process improvements that increase speed, reduce cost, and enhance quality
• Lead engineering strategy for project constructability, collector substations, gen-tie lines, transmission interconnection facilities, protection and control systems, grounding, SCADA, and metering to support utility-scale renewable generation projects
• Support generator interconnection strategy by partnering with Development, Regulatory, Transmission Planning, and external stakeholders to review system impact studies, facility studies, interconnection agreements, and transmission-owner requirements, ensuring engineering design is aligned with applicable utility, ISO/RTO, and project requirements
• Drive repeatable engineering standards and governance that reduce design rework, improve constructability, and increase schedule reliability across the portfolio
• Oversee technical support through construction, commissioning, energization, and turnover to operations, ensuring smooth execution and issue resolution in the field

Project & Business Leadership

• Develop and manage project budgets, schedules, and resource plans
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks impacting cost, schedule, or quality
• Provide technical leadership in substation design, optimization, and constructability
• Partner with Development, Construction, Operations, Finance, and Regulatory teams to ensure alignment and execution
• Translate engineering decisions into business value by improving capital efficiency, reducing interconnection and execution risk, and supporting on-time project advancement to targeted COD milestones
• Lead consultant and EPC engineering oversight, including scope development, technical review, performance management, and alignment to cost, schedule, and quality expectations
• Serve as a senior technical decision-maker for constructability, scope optimization, and engineering tradeoff decisions affecting portfolio performance

Innovation & External Engagement

• Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory developments
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies and solutions to enhance competitiveness
• Build and maintain strong relationships with utilities, regulators, EPC partners, and suppliers
• Represent Geronimo Power in industry forums, technical working groups, and external engagements
• Represent Geronimo Power with utilities, transmission owners, consultants, and market/industry stakeholders to build and maintain credibility, support project advancement, and influence practical engineering solutions
• Monitor changes in utility requirements, code standards, and grid integration practices and proactively incorporate those changes into engineering strategy and project execution

What You’ll Bring

Experience & Education

• 15+ years of experience in electric utility engineering with a focus on high-voltage transmission and substation projects
• Proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited program (Master’s preferred)
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) license required
• Experience supporting utility-scale renewable energy projects, including transmission interconnection and substation engineering through development, detailed design, construction, and commissioning
• Experience working with utilities, transmission owners, consultants, and where applicable ISO/RTO stakeholders (for example, MISO, PJM, SPP, ERCOT, or similar market structures)

Technical & Business Expertise

• Deep expertise in substation and transmission engineering, design standards, and construction practices
• Strong understanding of utility engineering standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NEC, NESC, ANSI)
• Experience with project controls, cost estimation, contract management, and scheduling
• Demonstrated ability to manage departmental budgets and optimize resource allocation
• Strong knowledge of protection and control, physical substation design, grounding, metering, SCADA, and transmission interconnection facility requirements
• Ability to assess engineering, interconnection, and constructability tradeoffs and make sound recommendations that balance commercial, technical, and operational priorities

Leadership Capabilities

• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect engineering decisions to enterprise value
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and manage complex, fast-paced project environments
• Skilled communicator with the ability to influence across internal teams and external stakeholders
• Track record of driving strategic initiatives, innovation, and operational excellence
• Demonstrated ability to build scalable engineering processes, mentor senior technical talent, and lead organizational change in a growth-oriented environment

Success in This Role Looks Like

• Transmission and substation engineering deliverables are completed with high quality and on schedule across the project portfolio
• Engineering standards reduce rework and improve consistency, constructability, and speed to execution
• Interconnection and transmission-owner requirements are incorporated early and effectively, reducing downstream project risk
• The engineering team is engaged, high performing, and scaled appropriately to support business growth
• Cross-functional partners view Engineering as a strategic enabler of project advancement, cost certainty, and successful commercial operation

What You’ll Get

• Competitive compensation and performance-based incentives
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off and holidays
• Tuition assistance and ongoing professional development
• Employee assistance program (EAP) and wellness resources
• Pet insurance and employee discount programs

Pay Range for the posted level: $160,000 – 240,000 plus target annual bonus opportunity of 35%. Actual compensation may vary based on experience, skills, and demonstrated market-relevant expertise

Our Commitment

Geronimo Power is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and energized to do their best work. We believe strong teams and strong communities drive better outcomes.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants.