Senior Substation Engineer 1- Grid
$84,762–$129,498 year
HybridCranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Job Summary
Lead project conceptualization, work planning, and execution for high voltage substation projects while investigating and troubleshooting electrical engineering issues. Prepare clear technical reports meeting client and S&L format requirements, and review design drawings to develop single line diagrams, relaying plans, and grounding calculations. Manage multiple projects under budget and time constraints, tracking schedules and expenditures against budgets. Work in a team environment with opportunities to travel to client sites, supported by a hybrid schedule of three office days and two remote days, plus a relocation package. Lead others in leveraging automation and AI tools to improve workflows and reduce rework.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Engineering degree
- 5 or more years of experience in the design of Medium Voltage Power Systems
- Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple projects under budget and time constraints
- Experience tracking project information such as: schedules and expenditures against budgets, preparing status reports and client interface
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Experience in reviewing design drawings created by others
- Proficiency with MS Office applications
- Ability to work with Designer to develop substation single line diagrams, relaying & metering diagrams, DC schematic diagrams, substation plan & sections, grounding plans, etc.
- Familiarity with ANSI/IEEE/NEMA standards as they relate to substation design. This includes the National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI - C2)
- PE license
- AutoCAD experience
- In this role, we expect people to be willing or able to lead others who use modern tools
- You are expected to lead others in taking engineering problems from issue to solution by setting expectations for using data and modern tools such as automation and AI to improve workflows, reduce rework, and deliver cost-effective designs
- 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
Desired Qualifications
- A Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree is preferrable
- A degree from an ABET accredited engineering program
- 3 or more years of experience in the design of substations 138kV and above
- Ability to prepare substation grounding calculations, direct stroke shielding calculations, battery & charger sizing calculations, etc.
- Physical layout and protection & controls experience
- 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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