Lead HV Substation Engineer – Hybrid, PE

Rg Vanderweil.Com; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderweil Engineers, a nationally recognized MEP/FP-focused engineering firm, seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer for high-voltage substations with 12+ years of experience. The role covers design through record drawings, oversees protection and control, and requires PE licensure. Hybrid work arrangement across multiple U.S.

office locations, including Atlanta. You will mentor engineers, lead client meetings, coordinate with multiple disciplines, and ensure QA/QC on deliverables while advancing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
• PE license required; ability to obtain additional state registrations as needed.
• 12+ years of progressive utility / high-voltage substation engineering experience
• Substation physical design and protection & control experience.
• EHV experience strongly preferred.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary substation projects and stamping/reviewing engineering deliverables.
• Mentoring engineers/designers
• Client-facing, proposal/scoping, presentation, and technical decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical engineering for high-voltage substations from conceptual and preliminary design through final design, IFC, construction support, and record drawings.
• Provide senior technical oversight for substation physical design (one-lines, general arrangements, equipment layouts, bus arrangements, grounding, conduit/cable systems, station service, AC/DC systems, batteries/chargers, auxiliary power, and equipment specifications).
• Provide technical oversight of protection & control design (philosophies, three-lines, AC/DC schematics, relay/control panel requirements, wiring/interconnection drawings, metering, SCADA/controls interfaces).
• Serve as PE-of-record / stamping authority for assigned projects and establish QA/QC processes.
• Lead technical reviews for greenfield/brownfield/substation projects and complex energized facilities.
• Lead client technical meetings, scope definition, proposal development, and change-order support.
• Direct and mentor electrical engineers and designers; set work plans and development paths.
• Coordinate with Structural, Civil, Transmission, Protection, SCADA/Controls, Telecommunications and other disciplines.
• Support field investigations, existing-condition verification, construction-phase engineering, RFIs, submittals, energization, and as-built documentation.

Skills

Leadership

PE License

High Voltage Substations

Mentoring team

Client liaison

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Vanderweil Engineers, a nationally recognized MEP/FP-focused engineering firm, seeks a Lead Electrical Engineer for high-voltage substations with 12+ years of experience. The role covers design through record drawings, oversees protection and control, and requires PE licensure. Hybrid work arrangement across multiple U.S.

office locations, including Atlanta. You will mentor engineers, lead client meetings, coordinate with multiple disciplines, and ensure QA/QC on deliverables while advancing