Lead Responsible Engineer

Brooksource; Mays Landing (NJ); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consulting firm is looking for a Substation Engineer based in Mays Landing, NJ. This role involves supporting early-stage engineering for new customer load requests and grid growth initiatives. Key responsibilities include leading engineering efforts for substation projects, managing a portfolio of substation developments, and performing feasibility studies. The ideal candidate will have experience in substation engineering and strong communication skills to liaise with both internal stakeholders and customers.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting substation engineering in a utility or consulting environment.
• Strong understanding of electrical system configuration and planning-level studies.
• Ability to communicate technical recommendations effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead early-phase engineering efforts for substation development projects.
• Perform planning and feasibility studies to support project development.
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 5–10 substation projects at a time.

Skills

Substation engineering

Transmission planning

Interconnection knowledge

Electrical system configuration

Conceptual design development

Job description

We are seeking a Substation Engineer to support early-stage engineering for new customer load requests and grid growth initiatives across industrial, commercial, and large-scale infrastructure projects. This role focuses on front-end engineering during the earliest phases of a project, including planning-level studies, conceptual design development, and technical scope definition.

You will serve as a technical lead and key point of coordination between customers, Transmission Planning, and internal execution teams. Once projects are approved and scoped, detailed design and construction will be executed primarily through external engineering and operations partners, with this role remaining involved in an upstream advisory capacity.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead early-phase engineering efforts for new load requests and substation development projects
• Partner closely with Transmission Planning to support technical decisions around:
• Substation location and siting
• Voltage levels and system configuration
• Integration with existing transmission infrastructure
• Perform planning and feasibility studies to support project development (e.g., load, facilities, and planning-level evaluations)
• Substation layout concepts and structure placement
• Transformer sizing and configuration recommendations
• Feeder, supply, and transmission tie-in concepts
• Create and refine early design deliverables such as:
• Preliminary bills of material / equipment lists
• Support outage planning and constructability considerations at a conceptual level
• Package study results and technical recommendations for internal stakeholders and external customers
• Refine scope for project approval and support development of bid requests for external engineering partners
• Transition approved projects to external execution teams for detailed design and construction
• Provide upstream technical support during execution to ensure alignment with original scope and design intent
• Manage a portfolio of approximately 5–10 substation projects at a time
• Typical project size around ~50 MW (varies based on customer need and system requirements)
• Mix of greenfield substations and brownfield rebuilds/extensions
• Early-phase initiation can span several months up to one year depending on project complexity

Required Qualifications

• Experience supporting substation engineering, transmission planning, interconnection, or power systems engineering in a utility or consulting environment
• Strong understanding of electrical system configuration, load growth drivers, and planning-level engineering studies
• Ability to develop and communicate conceptual designs and technical recommendations
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and interfacing with customers on technical topics
• Familiarity with early design deliverables such as one-lines, layouts, and preliminary equipment scoping

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting both greenfield substation builds and brownfield rebuilds/extensions
• Understanding of utility engineering handoff processes to external design/construction partners
• Field exposure and ability to support substation scoping and follow-up visits

Work Model

• In-office: 2 days per week at one of the following office locations:
• Mays Landing, NJ
• Newark, DE
• Edison Place, DC
• Field: Approximately 1 day per week at substations for scoping and follow-up visits