Director of Natural Gas Engineering Services - REMOTE WORK

Director Of Natural Gas Engineering Services Orbital Engineering, Inc. is currently seeking a Director of Natural Gas Engineering Services for a remote work role within our Utility Services team. Orbital Engineering's Utility Services team partners with investor-owned utilities to support their electrical and natural gas engineering and operations programs. This role involves managing the operational aspects of our Natural Gas Engineering Program for utility clients across the country. Responsibilities include tracking deliverables, creating management strategies, and monitoring contract milestones through performance reports. Key duties encompass preparing client proposals, issuing formal notices, generating billing documents, addressing contract compliance issues, staying informed about policy changes, and presenting updates to senior leadership. The role also includes coordinating tasks, setting priorities, mentoring staff, and guiding our Departmental leadership team. This team manages employees across Orbital's nationwide natural gas engineering and operations programs. They handle engineering, calculations, inspections, designs, and operational support for natural gas projects. Additionally, staff support GIS data analysis, prepare notifications, work orders, invoices, and financial reports using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The ideal candidate is a high-achieving, critically thinking, analytical, and experienced self-starter with strong leadership, excellent written and oral communication, customer service abilities, and the skill to build and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships. Orbital culture emphasizes safety, communication, accountability, professionalism, integrity, and respect. Essential functions include overseeing national teams that support client natural gas programs and projects, ownership of the Natural Gas Department's safety, operational performance, revenue, and financial performance, establishing annual operating plans and growth targets aligned with corporate objectives, expanding current client relationships and cultivating new ones, developing and implementing national sales strategies, contract management responsibility, regular coordination and attendance at meetings, delivering presentations to key decision makers, monitoring compliance with contract performance measures, generating invoicing, communicating with the contracting partner, preparing and approving proposals, maintaining superior customer service, and travel up to 30%.Other duties may change at any time with or without notice. Qualifications include a bachelor's degree in engineering, business, project management, or a related field, minimum of ten years' experience in natural gas program management, or gas utility design experience with at least five years' experience in a relevant leadership role, master's degree preferred, professional engineering (PE) license preferred, experience with analyzing data, financial reporting, data inventory management, and program auditing, ability to negotiate and develop relationships with contracting parties, proven ability to efficiently manage multiple tasks, ability to collaborate in cross-functional work teams, exceptional analytical and decision-making skills, ability to lead staff, demonstrated experience in business development, proficiency with Microsoft Office software applications, and the ability to pass a post-offer drug and alcohol test. This is a remote position. Compensation is based on market data and internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's location. Salary range is $140,000-238,000 annually (based on experience, qualifications, and location). Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; a 401(k)-retirement savings plan; supplemental insurance options; company-paid life and AD&D insurance; company-paid short-term disability coverage; and a generous paid time off program. About Orbital: Powered by People, Driven by Solutions Since 1969, Orbital has been specializing in project development, project execution, and asset management for the heavy industrial sectors and utilities. Our regional offices, hands-on mentality, and world-wide integrated teams provide an ability to leverage subject matter experts and industry best-practices wherever a project may lie geographically. Our focus steadfastly remains on finding and delivering the best solution, regardless of where that team sits across our organization. At Orbital, our power is our people. Equal Opportunity Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.