Engineering Team Lead: Automation & Grid Protection

LUMA Energy

San Juan (PR)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

LUMA Energy seeks an engineering leader to drive design, integration, testing, and optimization of Automation, SCADA, Protection Systems, Historian, and related utility tech to ensure reliable, compliant grid operations.

The role emphasizes coaching engineers, overseeing protection studies, maintaining quality and budget adherence, and driving performance metrics for improved grid resilience and incident response.

Qualifications

  • 6 years of progressive engineering experience in a technical role.
  • At least 2 years in a leadership or senior engineering position.
  • 4 years of experience in the Utility Electrical industry.

Responsibilities

  • Supervise engineers across Automation, SCADA, Protection Systems, and Historian.
  • Provide technical coaching on protection studies and relay settings.
  • Escalate complex issues and remove obstacles to team delivery.
  • Ensure deliverables meet quality, schedule and budget targets.
  • Analyze performance metrics to drive grid reliability improvements.
  • Resource initiatives with project managers aligning skills to needs.
  • Identify training needs and develop upskilling plans for the team.
  • Ensure compliance with utility standards, labor agreements and regulations.
  • Contribute to restoration tasks and drills for service continuity.

Skills

Leadership
Project management
Stakeholder engagement
Work planning
Engineering technical knowledge
Grid automation design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

APA/CAPE
Synergi

Job description

LUMA Energy seeks an engineering leader to drive design, integration, testing, and optimization of Automation, SCADA, Protection Systems, Historian, and related utility tech to ensure reliable, compliant grid operations.

The role emphasizes coaching engineers, overseeing protection studies, maintaining quality and budget adherence, and driving performance metrics for improved grid resilience and incident response.

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