Senior Electrical Substation Design Project Engineering Manager 2

Role overview Lead the technical design of high- and extra-high-voltage AC substations, coordinating the full engineering scope while remaining hands-on with design work. You’ll guide engineers, designers, vendors, contractors, and customer contacts to deliver integrated project packages that meet technical requirements, quality expectations, budgets, and schedules.

Responsibilities - Direct technical engineering for substation projects, including planning, standards compliance, value engineering, design reviews, and quality control. - Produce or oversee single-line diagrams, site layouts, grounding and cable routing plans, control building layouts, and equipment arrangements. - Serve as the main technical contact among customers, vendors, project managers, and engineering teams. - Coordinate internal and subcontracted contributors across disciplines to meet specifications and delivery targets. - Contribute to proposals, conceptual designs, bills of materials, technical specifications, vendor evaluations, and contractor scopes. - Support equipment selection, commissioning, and customer or stakeholder interfaces.

Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. - At least 12 years of industrial or utility high-voltage substation design experience at 138 kV or above. - Ability and willingness to travel up to 20%, including internationally. - Strong knowledge of substation design, power system calculations, equipment selection, grounding, protection, and auxiliary power systems. - Familiarity with IEEE, ANSI, NEC, and NESC standards, plus AutoCAD or MicroStation. - Strong customer communication, troubleshooting, safety, and project coordination skills.

Nice to have - Active U.S. Professional Engineer license and ability to obtain licenses in additional states; willingness to review and seal supervised drawings. - Extra-high-voltage design, renewable energy or utility transmission and distribution, field testing, commissioning, and design automation experience.

Benefits and work setup - Remote position; relocation assistance is not provided. - Listed U.S. pay range is $131,700–$219,300, with geographic adjustments and discretionary annual bonus eligibility. - Benefits include health coverage, retirement contributions and matching, tuition and adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, holidays, and paid time off.