Substation Engineering Lead: Design, PM & Growth

Leidos Inc; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Lead Substation Engineer to join our team in delivering substation design and related engineering services. You will guide project scope, develop drawings, and ensure compliance with industry standards, while coordinating with clients and internal teams.

The role emphasizes strong communication, leadership, and technical excellence, with occasional on-site work and collaboration across offices to solve complex power delivery challenges.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with eight (8+) years of substation design experience.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with internal teams and clients.
• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure and work in a team environment.
• Self-starter who can work independently with minimal direction.
• Strong analytical skills and proven problem solving in both team and independent settings.

Responsibilities

• Experience in executing substation physical and/or P&C projects.
• Interact with internal team and clients to meet project needs.
• Perform quality control checks on substation physical and P&C design projects.
• Read and design substation drawings (one-line, three-line, schematics, wiring, plan-section, conduit, grounding).
• Create and check bill of materials for substation physical and P&C.
• Quality control checks design.
• Provide complete project lifecycle support from scoping to final design and implementation.
• Apply National Electrical Safety Code minimum requirements to design processes.
• Work with client standards to implement design.
• Collaborate with a designer/drafter to create required drawings for each project.
• Support construction activities.
• Occasionally attend site visits at customer locations.
• Occasionally visit the Framingham Leidos office for team collaboration.

Skills

Substation design

Project leadership

Client communication

Team collaboration

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

WinIGS

CDEGS

CAD tools

Job description

Leidos is seeking a Lead Substation Engineer to join our team in delivering substation design and related engineering services. You will guide project scope, develop drawings, and ensure compliance with industry standards, while coordinating with clients and internal teams.

The role emphasizes strong communication, leadership, and technical excellence, with occasional on-site work and collaboration across offices to solve complex power delivery challenges.