Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

SolveNow Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Chicago is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer specializing in substation design. The role involves developing electrical design deliverables and ensuring project quality through mentorship and QA/QC oversight. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and a minimum of 5 years of related experience. Preferred qualifications include substation design expertise and project leadership skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment focused on client satisfaction and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
• Professional Engineering (PE) License preferred.

Responsibilities

• Function as a technical lead substation design engineer.
• Develop electrical design deliverables including protection and control design.
• Mentor junior engineers and perform QA/QC on projects.

Skills

Substation Design experience

Project Lead experience

Quality Assurance

Conflict Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

About the job Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical lead substation design engineer. Substation design encompasses and transmission level voltage classes
• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and workli>
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers

The Team

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Substations

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Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design experience Physical and Protection & Controls (P&C)
• Project Lead experience Leading teams as technical leader/SME and mentor. Supporting as point of contact for clients and coordinating with internal/external teams.
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects (QA/QC)
• Professional Engineering (PE) License
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Key Responsibilities

• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Clientpolicies and procedures relative to assigned tasks
• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Client quality program relative to assigned tasks
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Client quality program
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)
• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required