Lead Substation Engineer 2 - Grid
$134,546–$205,557 year
HybridHouston, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Conduct substation modifications and upgrades by creating calculations, document designs, and specifications for HV and EHV facilities. Prepare relaying philosophies, select relay and control equipment, and oversee I/O assignments and connection diagrams. Guide junior and senior engineers in protection and controls design, coordinate with project managers and clients, and perform independent reviews of calculations and drawings. Investigate and troubleshoot engineering issues while analyzing single line and schematic diagrams for client and peer review. Mentor less experienced engineers and lead teams in applying modern tools and automation to improve workflows and reduce rework.
Required Qualifications
- This position requires a 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.
- There is the potential for you to travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.
- This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of spending three days a week in the office, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days.
Desired Qualifications
- A Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree is preferrable.
- A degree from an ABET accredited engineering program.
- 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.
- Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs, is valued but not required.
- 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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