Manager Renewable Engineering

Position Purpose

Leads MGE's Renewable Engineering function, providing technical and people leadership for renewable generation, distributed energy resources, battery storage, electric vehicle infrastructure, and related grid-edge technologies. Oversees planning, engineering, execution, and lifecycle support to ensure projects are safe, reliable, cost-effective, customer-focused, and aligned with MGE's clean energy goals.

Core Responsibilities

Note: This is not an all-inclusive listing.

• Leadership and Team Development: Lead Renewable Engineering staff, set expectations, coach performance, develop technical capability, and promote a strong safety culture.
• Technical Oversight: Provide engineering leadership for renewable generation, DER, battery storage, EV infrastructure, and grid-edge projects, including standards, specifications, design criteria, performance reviews, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.
• Project Execution: Manage utility-scale and customer-facing projects through planning, budgeting, regulatory support, permitting, procurement, construction, commissioning, operations support, and closeout.
• Strategy and Regulatory Support: Support long-range planning, technology evaluation, regulatory filings, project approvals, vendor evaluations, contract strategy, and compliance with safety, environmental, interconnection, reliability, and Company requirements.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Partner with internal teams and represent MGE with customers, contractors, consultants, agencies, regulators, community partners, and industry groups.

Behavioral Competencies

Note: These are in addition to MGE's Core Competencies.

• Strategic Mindset - Translates renewable energy, electrification, storage, and grid modernization needs into practical engineering strategies.
• Manages Complexity - Balances technical, regulatory, financial, operational, and customer considerations to guide sound decisions.
• Develops Talent - Builds team capability through coaching, feedback, development opportunities, and knowledge sharing.
• Plans and Aligns - Prioritizes work, resources, timelines, and stakeholders to deliver on organizational goals.
• Tech Savvy - Applies current and emerging renewable, DER, storage, EV, controls, and grid technologies.
• Drives Results - Delivers safe, reliable, high-quality outcomes through execution, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Skills

• Renewable generation, DER, storage, EV infrastructure, and grid-edge technology leadership - Advanced
• Utility-scale project management, construction oversight, commissioning, and lifecycle support - Advanced
• People leadership, coaching, performance management, and technical team development - Advanced
• Engineering standards, design review, technical problem solving, power systems, interconnection, controls, communications, and SCADA concepts - Proficient
• Regulatory, environmental, safety, reliability, code, and compliance requirements for renewable and utility projects - Proficient
• Vendor management, budgeting, forecasting, stakeholder engagement, customer communication, Microsoft Office, project management, and engineering tools - Proficient

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Renewable Energy, Power Systems, or related engineering discipline required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) registration in Wisconsin, ability to obtain, advanced degree, or related renewable energy, power systems, or project management training preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of ten years of progressive engineering, utility, renewable energy, DER, power systems, or related experience required.
• Five or more years managing complex utility, renewable generation, DER, infrastructure, or capital projects required.
• Experience leading engineers, technical staff, consultants, contractors, or cross-functional project teams preferred.
• Experience with renewable generation, solar, wind, battery storage, EV infrastructure, DER integration, interconnections, SCADA, communications, power systems, regulators, customers, vendors, or contractors preferred.

Work Location

• This hybrid role is based at our Madison, WI headquarters. While three days onsite is the minimum, team collaboration and business needs may require additional in-office presence.

Pre-employment will require satisfactory completion of a background check and drug screen.

We are an AA/EOE employer and consider all qualified candidates without regard to protected status.