Lead Substation Project Engineer

Leidos•Louisville, KY

2d•$107,900 - $195,050•Hybrid

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Lead Substation Project Engineer to join their team. This role offers a fast-paced, diverse work environment with flexible work hours and arrangements. Managers encourage career development and growth opportunities, including Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Professional Engineer (PE) License, formal mentorship programs, developmental leadership training, technical upskilling opportunities, and continuing education & learning resources. The position involves executing substation physical and P&C projects, performing quality control checks, creating and checking bill of materials and estimates/schedules, completing project lifecycle support, working with client standards, collaborating with designers/drafters, and providing engineering support during construction. Successful candidates must comply with quality control and safe work practices, and maintain compliance with project scope, schedule, and budget. This role is part of a design team comprised of engineers, designers, and CAD technicians.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with six (6+) or more years of related substation design experience.
Demonstrate Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.
Ability to meet deadlines under pressure situations.
Collaborator and leader who can work effectively in team environment.
Self-starter who works independently with minimal direction.
Strong analytical skills and proven problem solver in both team and independent environments.
Experience supervising a team of engineers, designers, or drafters.
Experience collaborating with EPC firms or other project developers.

Nice To Haves

Engineer Intern (“EI” or “EIT”) professional certification.
Professional Engineer (“PE”) License.
Experience with bus calculation
Experience with relay settings
Experience with grounding studies/lightning protection and lighting studies.
Experience with AC and DC calculations
Experience with WinIGS or CDEGS
Experience working on CAD tools.
Master’s degree in related field.
Field testing/commissioning experience.

Responsibilities

Performing quality control checks on substation physical and P&C design projects.
Expected to read and design substation design drawings such as one-line drawings, three-line drawings, schematics, wiring, plan-section drawings, conduit and grounding drawings.
Create and check bill of materials for substation physical and P&C
Create and check estimates and schedules for various projects
Complete project lifecycle support from scoping to final design and energization.
Working with client standards to implement design.
Working with a designer/drafter to create the required drawings for each project.
Providing engineering support during construction.
Comply with quality control and safe work practices and maintain compliance with project scope, schedule, and budget.