Chief Engineer - Electrical
Enchanted Rock Management
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Job Description
What You'll Do
We are seeking an exceptionally accomplished, visionary, and highly strategic Chief Electrical Engineer to provide executive technical leadership and direction for all electrical engineering aspects across ERock. In this paramount role, you will be the ultimate technical authority, responsible for defining the long term electrical engineering vision, driving groundbreaking innovation, and ensuring the highest standards of technical excellence and safety for our distributed generation and microgrid solutions. You will oversee the strategic development and implementation of electrical designs across all voltage levels (HV, MV, LV), ensuring robust utility integration, advanced protection schemes, and the cultivation of a world class electrical engineering team. This position demands a deep and broad understanding of power systems, a proven track record of technical leadership, and the ability to shape the future of our technology.
Key Responsibilities
- Providing executive technical leadership and strategic direction for all electrical engineering functions, aligning technical strategies with overall company objectives and market demands.
- Defining and championing the long-term technical roadmap for electrical systems, ensuring ERock remains at the forefront of distributed energy technology, innovation, and intellectual property development.
- Serving as the ultimate technical authority and strategic advisor on all complex electrical engineering matters, guiding critical design decisions, problem solving efforts, and technical risk mitigation.
- Overseeing the strategic development and implementation of electrical designs for high voltage (HV), medium voltage (MV), and low voltage (LV) systems, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and safety.
- Driving advanced strategies for seamless generation integration with utility grids, including complex interconnection agreements, grid stability analyses, and compliance with evolving regulatory frameworks.
- Leading the development and deployment of cutting edge protection and control systems, including advanced relay applications, substation automation, and cybersecurity for critical infrastructure.
- Conducting and overseeing highly complex power system studies (e.g., transient stability, harmonic analysis, electromagnetic transients) to ensure system integrity and performance.
- Mentoring, developing, and empowering a high performing electrical engineering organization, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous professional development.
- Cultivating strong collaborative relationships with executive leadership, product development, project management, sales, and external stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives.
- Representing ERock as a technical expert at industry conferences, regulatory bodies, and with key utility partners and clients.
- Ensuring absolute compliance with all national and international electrical codes, standards, and safety regulations (e.g., NEC, IEEE, UL, IEC, NESC) across all engineering activities.
- Substation design expertise is highly valued, contributing to the strategic planning, design, and review of utility and customer owned substations.
Required Qualifications
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Most days open with a job packet or a service route. You review the scope, pull materials, and set up a safe work area. Service electricians spend the day diagnosing dead circuits, replacing breakers, adding outlets, and correcting wiring that failed an inspection. You test voltage, trace faults, and confirm every connection is tight and grounded.
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Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area (Electricians).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX Metro Area. Median is about $28.45/hr.
Becoming a Licensed Electrician in Texas
Electrical work is licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. You start as a registered apprentice and log thousands of paid hours under a licensed electrician. With enough documented hours you test for journeyman, and after more experience you sit for the master electrician exam. A master can hold or serve as the responsible party for a contractor license. Specialties like low-voltage and sign electrician have their own licenses. Every step ties to hours and a passing exam, so track your time from day one.
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- 1 Apprentice Electrician $47,237/yr
Register with the state and log paid hours under a licensed electrician.
- 2 Journeyman Electrician $59,176/yr
Pass the exam and wire installs and service with limited supervision.
- 3 Master Electrician $73,715/yr
Top tier. Design systems, pull permits, and oversee journeymen.
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Bid projects and lead crews on commercial and industrial jobs.
- 5 Electrical Contractor $84,469/yr
Hold the contractor license and run your own electrical business.
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