# Lead Substation Protection and Control Engineer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Allentown, PA
**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 seeking a Lead Substation Protection and Control Engineer to join our Substation Engineering organization. As a future leader, you will play a valuable part in designing high-voltage utility substation projects and interacting with other electric utility disciplines. You will have the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to act as a key contributor to substation protection and control design projects, lead and mentor a diverse team of engineers, designers, and drafters, and take complete ownership of each project.

**Work Schedule:**

- Hybrid: 1-3 days a week on site at our client's office in Allentown, PA

- Remote: 2-4 days a week

**Responsibilities:**

- Act as a key contributor to substation protection and control design projects

- Lead, mentor, and grow a diverse team of engineers, designers, and drafters

- Take complete ownership of each project, including management of financials, resources, and design

- Liaise, lead, coordinate, and collaborate with external clients

- Continually improve and maximize quality

- Effectively and professionally communicate with clients

- Contribute to the definition of design scope, philosophies, and design methodologies

**Growth Opportunities:**

- Participate in leadership training

- Career advancement and leadership opportunities

- Attend technical training to expand your skills

- Work on projects ranging from distribution to transmission level voltages

- Support your journey to obtain and maintain your P.E. license

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

- Eight or more years of direct experience in substation protection and control design

- Ability to lead substation design projects by aligning engineering execution with program management

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) license

- Master's degree in a related field

- Experience leading a project team

- Some experience in substation physical design

- Field testing/commissioning experience

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- substation protection and control design
- project management

### Nice to have
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
- Master's degree in related field
- project team leadership
- substation physical design
- field testing/commissioning

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