Leidos · 2 weeks ago
Lead Substation Physical Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$108K/yr - $195K/yr
8+ years expLeidos is a trusted and technology-focused solutions provider, seeking a Lead Substation Physical Engineer to join their Atlanta, GA team. The role involves leading the design of high voltage utility substation projects, performing engineering studies, and mentoring junior engineers.
ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Perform conceptual and detailed HV and MV Substation Physical/Electrical design for medium to large scale utilities/substations (including basic layout, electrical arrangement, one line, three line drawings, plan-section, grounding, AC and DC system drawings)
Perform advanced engineering studies and calculations
Perform Quality Control reviews on medium to large substation physical design projects
Create and review bill of materials for substation physical projects
Develop and review proposals, and scopes of work for substation physical projects
Develop and provide advanced technical presentations to the team to assist with staff technical development
Be involved in client interaction (including site visits) with a drive for customer satisfaction
Provide leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with the internal teams and clients to meet project objectives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, civil or related degree with eight (8+) plus years of Substation physical design experience
Leadership experience in executing substation projects
Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs
Ability to lead bids and proposal effort for utility clients
Ability to perform quality control checks on substation design projects
Act as a supervisor for one to six direct reports
Ability to read and design substation physical drawings such as one line drawings, three line drawings, plan-section drawings, foundation, grounding drawings
Ability to read and design substation protection and control drawings such as one-line drawings, three line drawings, AC/DC schematic drawings and wiring design
Ability to create and check bill of materials for substation physical
Act as a key contributor to the develop substation physical application documents to define design scope, philosophies, methodologies, and criteria for medium and high-voltage substation projects
Experience with grounding studies/lightning protection and lighting studies
Ability to attend site visit at customer location
Preferred
Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) License
Master's degree in related field
Experience with QA/QC
Working knowledge of protection and control design
Experience with BUS calculations
Experience with WinIGS or CDEGS
Experience with SDS AutoCAD Electrical software
Benefits
Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement
Company
Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly addressing the world’s most vexing challenges in national security and health.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2025-02-20Post Ipo Debt
2013-09-17IPO
Leadership Team
James Carlini
Chief Technology Officer
Theodore Tanner
Chief Technology Officer
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