Senior Substation Engineer 2 - Grid
$100,019–$152,807 year
HybridElkridge, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Lead project conceptualization, work planning, and execution for high voltage substation projects while investigating and troubleshooting electrical engineering issues. Prepare technical reports meeting client requirements and S&L formats, 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. Lead teams in applying automation and AI tools to improve workflows and reduce rework. Work three days in-office with remote flexibility, with relocation support available depending on location.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science Engineering degree
- 7 or more years 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
- In addition, you may have the opportunity to travel to client sites as needed
- 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
- Dependent upon your location, this opportunity offers a generous relocation package
Desired Qualifications
- A BSEE degree is preferable
- 3 or more years 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
- 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
- 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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