Lead Substation Project Engineer

Leidos

1d•Remote

About The Position

Leidos is seeking a Lead Substation Project Engineer to join their team. This role is fully remote but requires occasional travel for client meetings and in-office collaboration. The company offers a fast-paced, diverse work environment with flexible work hours and arrangements, and encourages career development through various programs and resources. The position involves executing substation physical and P&C projects, performing quality control checks, and supporting the complete project lifecycle from scoping to final design and implementation. Successful candidates must comply with quality control and safe work practices, and maintain project scope, schedule, and budget. This role is part of a design team and works with client standards to implement design.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with eight (8+) 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.

Nice To Haves

Engineer Intern (“EI” or “EIT”) professional certification.
Professional Engineer (“PE”) License.
Working knowledge of protection and control design
Experience with bus calculation
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 Quality Control Checks Design.
Complete Project Lifecycle Support from Scoping to Final Design and Implementation.
Applying the Minimum Requirements of the National Electrical Safety Code to the Design Processes
Working with Client Standards to Implement Design.
Working with a Designer/Drafter to Create the Required Drawings for Each Project.
Construction Expected to occasionally attend site visit at customer location
Expected to occasionally visit the Framingham Leidos office for collaboration with the team
Successful candidates must comply with quality control and safe work practices and maintain compliance with project scope, schedule, and budget.