Project Engineer

Alright, let's talk about this substation gig. It's a lead project engineer role with Leidos, and it's remote. But you need to be in the Pacific Northwest because you'll be traveling around there for clients up to 15% of the time.

What You'd Be Doing

You're the technical lead on high voltage substation projects. These aren't your standard design bid build jobs; they're EPC or other collaborative contract types where engineering and construction work hand in hand from the start.

• Leading the design work for substation physical layout. That means general arrangements, electrical plans, grounding details, raceways, shielding, and lighting for HV and EHV systems.
• Leading the protection and control design side too. You'll handle relaying one line diagrams, AC and DC schematics, metering, SCADA, station communications, automation, and security systems.
• Running engineering studies and calculations; bus spans, shielding analyses, lighting levels, conduit fill; you name it.
• The job is making sure every drawing and spec follows industry standards. We're talking NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE/ANSI codes plus any state or federal safety regulations.
• Writing specs for equipment, materials, construction work, testing procedures; the whole package needed to build and commission a substation.
• Doing quality control reviews on deliverables from junior staff or other offices. You'll run those QC meetings to keep everything tight.
• A big part of this is coordination. You're providing technical oversight for the project team while making sure all the different disciplines are talking to each other and resolving design conflicts before they become field problems.
• You'll work directly with our project managers to deliver successfully for clients. And you'll work directly with those clients too; solving issues in real time during meetings or site visits where you collect field data or present designs.
• Evaluating existing facilities to recommend upgrades or replacements is also on the table. You’ll apply value engineering principles to find solutions that are economical but still safe and constructible.
• The role starts at concept development: creating initial one lines and general layouts to support project planning.

The Essentials

Here’s what we absolutely need from day one:

• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited school.
• A minimum of eight years doing utility substation design or engineering work.
• A Professional Engineer (PE) license is required; no exceptions here.
• You have to show a genuine commitment to quality assurance in your engineering approach.
• A deep understanding of how the entire grid works; generation through distribution; and the core theories behind substation engineering itself is non negotiable.