Closing Date to Apply: This position is open until filled. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. The position may close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified candidates has been established.

Salary: $154,144 - $269,032
Midpoint: $211,588

Grant PUD posts the full salary range for each position. The midpoint is provided as a reference point and is not a guaranteed starting pay. Starting pay is based on job-related factors such as qualifications, experience, skills, internal alignment, and organizational needs. Most new hires are typically placed between the minimum and midpoint of the range.

Benefits: This link below will provide you with Grant PUD's benefit that may be available if hired, different employee types are eligible for different benefits.

Grant PUD - Unified Insurance Program (uip-wa.org)

Grant County PUD will administer a background check as part of the hiring process, if selected for this position.

Applicants meeting minimum qualifications may be further evaluated based on preferred qualifications and job-related criteria. Only the most qualified candidates will be referred for further consideration.

The District may use the applicant pool and results from this recruitment to fill additional vacancies in the same classification for up to six (6) months following the recruitment closing date, consistent with District policy and applicable law.

Position Summary

The Engineering Manager of Telecommunications and Fiber provides strategic leadership, technical direction, and operational oversight for the District's telecommunications infrastructure supporting both enterprise and operational technology (OT) environments, including a wholesale fiber business. This role leads a multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for the planning, design, implementation, and lifecycle management of critical communication systems, including fiber networks, transport systems, voice platforms, and utility communication infrastructure.

Reporting to senior leadership, this position is accountable for aligning telecommunications and fiber engineering activities within the District's operational, safety, and reliability objectives across power production, power delivery, and customer services. The Engineering Manager supports long-term strategy, capital planning, and modernization initiatives while ensuring adherence to engineering standards and compliance with regulatory and cybersecurity requirements.

This role partners across departments to deliver reliable, scalable, and high-availability communication systems that support safe, efficient, and continuous operations across the District.

Essential Functions

Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following representative duties, knowledge, and skills. This is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by incumbents of this class; employees may be assigned duties which are not listed below; reasonable accommodations will be made as required. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement and is subject to change at any time by the employer. Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide leadership and direction to a multidisciplinary telecommunications engineering organization spanning network, OT communications, voice, infrastructure, and systems/standards.
• Establish priorities, allocate resources, manage performance, accountability, workforce planning, and succession development.
• Oversee engineering practices, including standards, policies, design review, technical documentation, configuration control, and change management processes.
• Lead long-term telecommunications and fiber strategy across IT, OT, Voice, and transport systems, including capital planning, lifecycle management, and modernization initiatives.
• Ensure communication systems deliver high levels of reliability, performance, resilience, and cybersecurity, including redundancy, failover, and disaster recovery capabilities.
• Manage budgets, capital programs, and large-scale infrastructure investments to ensure alignment with strategic and operational objectives.
• Oversee vendor and contractor relationships, including contracts, procurement, pricing negotiations, and performance management.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, cybersecurity, and internal standards, including NERC/CIP and electric system reliability requirements.
• Partner with compliance, security, and operations leaders to ensure communication systems support required security boundaries and critical infrastructure needs.
• Serve as a technical advisor on complex or high-impact engineering issues affecting enterprise and operational systems.
• Collaborate with leadership, Enterprise IT, Power Production, Power Delivery, Operations, Customer Solutions, Fiber, Shared Services, and external partners.
• Provide oversight and direction for major programs and projects, ensuring effective coordination with project management, construction, and operational teams.
• Promote a culture of safety, continuous improvement, innovation, accountability, and systems thinking across the engineering organization.
• This position requires NERC CIP access, and incumbents must meet and maintain eligibility with the established criteria in the Grant PUD Personnel Risk Assessment Procedure.
• Demonstrated commitment to Grant PUD's mission, vision, values, strategic plan, and Grant PUD / IBEW Local 77 Code of Excellence. The incumbent should be familiar with these organizational priorities and behave in a way that aligns with these expectations.
• Understand and adhere to compliance requirements for this position that may include laws, regulations, security guidelines, Grant PUD policies & Procedures.
• In this position, if needed to operate a GPUD vehicle for business purposes, please refer to the Vehicle/Asset Usage Policy, IS-TA-POL-001.
• Actively participate in all aspects of our safety program, including but not limited to:
  • Following all safety policies and procedures.
  • Alerting supervisors and coworkers to unsafe or hazardous working conditions.
  • Reporting any unsafe incidents or close calls within 24 hours to your supervisor; and
  • Accepting feedback from supervisors and coworkers regarding your own safety performance.
• Actively support programs and actions that improve our Safety Culture by:
• Supporting the presence of safety in your department (e.g. include safety messages in business conversations; begin meetings as appropriate with a safety minute).
• Ensuring supervisors are monitoring the safety actions of their teams (such as completing safety training, reporting incidents timely, etc.).
• Being viewed as a safety champion by stopping work if necessary, promoting safety activities (Continuous improvement team processes, Safety & Health Improvement Plan (SHIP) activities, etc.).
• Acknowledging compliant safety behaviors and good safety performance from members of your team(s).

Required Qualifications (Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications):

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering or closely related field; OR 2 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• Eight (8) or more years of progressively responsible experience in telecommunications, network engineering, or operational technology (OT) communications, including three (3) years of leadership or supervisory experience managing engineering or technical teams.

Preferred Qualifications (Education, Experience, Licenses & Certifications):

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Industry certifications such as CCNP/CCIE, JNCIP/JNCIE, PMP, or equivalent.
• Experience in electric utility, public utility district (PUD), or critical infrastructure environments

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of:
  • Telecommunications systems (fiber, IP networks, radio, voice) and OT communications (SCADA/EMS).
  • Network architecture, transport technologies (e.g., MPLS, DWDM), and high-availability design.
  • Cybersecurity principles and applicable regulations (e.g., NERC CIP, FCC, IEEE).
  • Engineering standards, lifecycle planning, budgeting, and vendor management.
• Skills in:
  • Leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
  • Strategic planning, project and budget management.
  • Problem-solving and implementing scalable technical solutions.
  • Communicating effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Cross-functional collaboration and vendor coordination.
• Ability to:
  • Provide technical leadership and align systems with organizational goals.
  • Ensure reliability, resilience, and security of communication systems.
  • Manage multiple priorities and make sound operational decisions.
  • Interpret regulations and adapt to evolving technologies.

Physical Requirements

• Position may be eligible for hybrid work arrangement: ☒Yes • No
• Majority of work is performed in a standard office setting.
  • Will perform work onsite at the locations of the assigned Business Units
• Typical shift of employees in this position: ☒8 hours • 9 hours • 10 hours • 12 hours

*For a full list of requirements, the applicant/incumbent should refer to the Physical Capacity Evaluation (PCE).

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions for this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other functional areas