# Lead Substation Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $107,900.00 - $195,050.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

We are looking for a Lead Substation Engineer to join our team. As a Lead Substation Engineer, you will be responsible for executing substation physical and/or P&C projects, performing quality control checks, and creating and checking bill of materials.

Responsibilities:

- Experience in executing both substation physical and/or P&C projects

- Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs

- Performing quality control checks on substation physical and/or 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/or 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 Walled Lake, MI Leidos office for collaboration with the team

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with four (4+) or more years of related substation design experience (Lead Level)

- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with eight (8+) or more years of related substation design experience (Senior & Principal Level)

- 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 Have:

- 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

What We Offer:

- Competitive salary ($107,900 - $195,050 per year)

- Flexible work hours and work arrangements

- Career development and growth opportunities

- Formal Mentorship programs

- Developmental Leadership training

- Technical Upskilling Opportunities

- Continuing Education & Learning Resources

## Skills

### Required
- substation design
- electrical engineering
- quality control
- project management
- communication

### Nice to have
- protection and control design
- bus calculation
- grounding studies
- lightning protection
- WinIGS or CDEGS
- CAD tools

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