Lead EHV Engineer 2 - Grid
$134,546–$205,557 year
HybridChattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Job Summary
Conduct project conceptualization, work planning, and execution for EHV substation projects up to 765kV, serving as a subject matter specialist in physical design for systems 500kV and above. Investigate, troubleshoot, and solve electrical engineering and design issues while preparing or reviewing reports and deliverables such as facility studies, equipment plans, and AC/DC system designs to meet client requirements. Lead teams in applying modern tools and automation to improve workflows and reduce rework, overseeing engineers who program scripts to automate engineering tasks. Work in a hybrid schedule with three days per week in the office, with opportunities to travel to client sites as needed.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Engineering degree
- 12 or more years experience designing substations at 138kV and above
- PE license
- Experience with serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role
- Experience in writing and providing support documentation for relay calculations
- Experience with the design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models
- Proficiency with any of the following programs: SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, CDEGS, or vendor software
- Familiarity with design codes and standards, such as NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
- Experience with various vendor protective relay equipment typically used in substation protection, including SEL, ABB, GE, Areva, and Basler
- Proficiency with MS Office applications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be able to travel to client sites as needed
- This position is based on a hybrid work schedule and will require in-office work 3 days per week
- We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position
Desired Qualifications
- A BSEE degree
- Prior experience is desirable to include in-line, bus and equipment protection, breaker, transformer and similar equipment control, RTU and data concentrator based SCADA systems, telemetering and communications (fiber optics, microwave, power line carrier, etc.)
- AutoCAD or MicroStation experience
- Construction and start-up experience
- Testing or commissioning experience
- Leaders in these roles often direct automation and process-improvement work, for example, how teams automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation and guiding when and how AI or agentic AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked
- Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs
- We also value additional learning, such as a minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows
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