Vice President
Mission Critical & Industrials

Job Description

About the Position

The Vice President – Mission Critical & Industrials will lead NEI’s strategy, growth, and client delivery across the industrial sectors including data centers, oil & gas, mining, metals, water, wastewater, and other large-load industrial customers. This role will oversee a multidisciplinary engineering team focused on supporting the electrical power infrastructure within this market.  This role will be responsible for market development, financial performance, team health, and technical quality within the sector.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience in delivering electrical infrastructure projects within industrial environments and thrives in a collaborative, client-focused environment. This role will report directly to the CEO and serve as a key member of NEI’s executive leadership team.

Salary Range: $200,000 - $250,000 / year

The salary range above is based upon the Denver, Colorado labor market.

This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, CO) and full-time remote candidates.

Mission

To lead NEI’s mission critical and industrial market vertical with a focus on delivering high-value, end-to-end electrical power solutions to large-load industrial customers by partnering within broader project delivery teams.

Essential Responsibilities

• Build and execute the industrial market strategy to serve data centers, oil & gas, mining, water/wastewater, and other industrial customers requiring more than 50MW.
• Lead and grow a high-performing multidisciplinary engineering and design team focused on industrial customer electrical power system needs.
• Partner with EPCs, architects, general contractors, and A/E firms to integrate NEI as the preferred electrical power delivery partner.
• Manage client relationships across the industrial portfolio; serve as executive sponsor and primary point of contact for key accounts.
• Oversee P&L performance, including backlog health, revenue forecasting, gross margin, and staff utilization.
• Guide project execution standards in partnership with PMO and Engineering Office to ensure technical excellence and project efficiency.
• Define and enforce standard best practices, technical guidelines, and scalable delivery frameworks.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other Market VPs and corporate departments to ensure resourcing, client handoffs, and margin health.
• Represent NEI at industry events, conferences, and client forums.
• Contribute to strategic planning, go-to-market alignment, and firmwide initiatives.
• Provides support to business development, proposals, and marketing groups as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Must Have

• Education: BSEE, BSEET, BSCE from an accredited institution.
• Experience: 8+ years of engineering experience and 5+ years of engineering management experience
• Licensure: PE preferred
• Strong knowledge and familiarity with medium and high voltage power systems in at least one of the industrial submarket sectors.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams and defining the vision and strategy.
• Experience building out teams and new technical services.
• Experience overseeing a client portfolio and managing all project and resource management aspects.
• Proven record of managing client relationships with a demonstrated ability to develop strong relationships with clients.
• Track record of continuous improvement and education while staying aware of emerging trends and challenges in the mission critical and industrial market.
• Demonstrates effective written and oral communications skills; including good interpersonal communication and relationship building skills; ability to interact successfully at all levels of the organization; high emotional intelligence.
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Working Conditions

About NEI Electric Power Engineering

Serving Others. Enriching Environment. Improving Continually. Quality Results. Voted as a top workplace by the Denver Post for five straight years (2020 - 2024), our values have been woven into the fabric of who we are since 1982, guiding our decision making throughout the years. As an engineering services firm, NEI’s mission is to create a great organization that serves people and solves problems.

Since NEI’s founding, we have developed a culture of collaboration and accountability, both across our teams and departments, and externally with our clients across the United States. We believe in two core ideas: hiring great people and celebrating our team members’ diverse backgrounds and unique experiences; bringing in new, unique, and exciting perspectives that can only strengthen NEI as we chart our path into the future.

We are a proud equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, martial status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.

Team Member Benefits

We believe that taking care of our team members is of the utmost importance. We strive to foster a community of belonging, professional development, and industry involvement, providing our team with the benefits, tools, and support systems to excel in their roles. Out comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Employer paid team member premiums for Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• 401(k) with employer matching; 100% immediate vesting
• Annual & discretionary bonus programs
• Paid vacation and sick time
• Employer paid licensure (FE/PE), certifications, seminars, & conferences
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Eight (8) paid holidays including a floating holiday to use at your discretion.
• Annual Team Building
• Hybrid work environment with remote flexibility
• Career development, training, and coaching opportunities
• Pet insurance