Lead Substation Engineer — Protection & Relaying

Sargent Lundy; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Paid time off

401(k)

Job summary

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Lead Substation Engineer to apply expertise in protective relaying and controls for HV/EHV substations. You will lead design efforts, review calculations and drawings, and mentor junior staff across projects.

You will coordinate with clients, vendors, and project teams to ensure timely, compliant delivery while advancing your professional growth through our Communities of Practice and field verifications.

Qualifications

• This position requires a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree.
• 12 or more years experience designing substations at 138kV and above.
• PE license.
• Experience with serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
• Experience in relay calculations documentation.
• Proficiency with design tools such as SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, CDEGS, or vendor software.

Responsibilities

• Work on a wide range of substation modifications and upgrades to support client requirements and reviews including creating calculations, document designs, and specifications.
• Prepare relaying philosophies, including selecting relay, control, and communications equipment, developing SCADA and telecommunication concepts and configurations, and overseeing the preparation of I/O assignments and connection diagrams.
• Guide junior and senior-level engineers and designers in protection and controls engineering design efforts, including providing guidance with the coordination of detailed design phases for all aspects of the engineering work.
• Support challenging assignments that include investigating, trouble-shooting, and solving a wide variety of engineering issues.
• Perform analysis and design of single line diagrams, substation relaying & metering diagrams (i.e. A.C. schematic diagrams), and D.C. Schematic diagrams.
• Prepare engineering studies for client and peer review.
• Perform independent reviews of work performed by others including calculations and drawing preparation.
• Coordinate and provide guidance to other engineers, project managers, client personnel, and suppliers to ensure a complete and timely design.
• Perform reviews of existing facilities to propose upgrades and replacements, and present findings and recommendations to clients and peers.
• Develop your career via peer-learning through sharing of knowledge with other experienced engineers by way of Sargent & Lundy’s systems of process and associated “Communities of Practice.”
• Provide guidance as a mentor in the development of less experienced engineers.
• Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.

Skills

Substation design

Relaying design

Leadership

SCADA concepts

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

SKM

ETAP

ASPEN

CDEGS

Job description

Sargent & Lundy is seeking a Lead Substation Engineer to apply expertise in protective relaying and controls for HV/EHV substations. You will lead design efforts, review calculations and drawings, and mentor junior staff across projects.

You will coordinate with clients, vendors, and project teams to ensure timely, compliant delivery while advancing your professional growth through our Communities of Practice and field verifications.