Senior Substation Electrical Engineer 2 - Grid

Sargent & Lundy is a company specializing in engineering services, and they are seeking a Senior Substation Electrical Engineer to work in a project team environment. The role involves detailed electrical design and project management of high voltage substation projects, including troubleshooting and solving electrical engineering issues.

Responsibilities:

• Take an active role in project conceptualization, work planning, and project execution
• Work on challenging assignments that include investigating, trouble-shooting, and solving a wide variety of electrical engineering issues
• Prepare reports that present technical and project information in a clear and concise manner and meet client requirements and S&L formats
• Develop your career via peer-learning through sharing of knowledge with other experienced engineers by way of S&L’s systems of process and associated 'Communities of Practice.'
• In addition, you may have the opportunity to travel to client sites as needed

Requirements:

• This position requires a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree
• 7 or more years experience in the design of Medium Voltage Power Systems
• Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple projects under budget and time constraints
• Experience tracking project information such as: schedules and expenditures against budgets, preparing status reports and client interface
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Experience in reviewing design drawings created by others
• Proficiency with MS Office applications
• A Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree is preferrable
• A degree from an ABET accredited engineering program
• 3 or more years experience in the design of substations 138kV and above
• Ability to prepare substation grounding calculations, direct stroke shielding calculations, battery & charger sizing calculations, etc
• Physical layout and protection & controls experience
• Ability to work with Designer to develop substation single line diagrams, relaying & metering diagrams, DC schematic diagrams, substation plan & sections, grounding plans, etc
• Familiarity with ANSI/IEEE/NEMA standards as they relate to substation design. This includes the National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI – C2)
• PE license
• AutoCAD experience
• Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs, is valued but not required
• Additional learning, such as a minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows