Power Plant SME

Power Plant Subject Matter Expert (Electrical Engineer)

The Leidos Energy, Infrastructure, and Automation operation helps solve utilities’ complex challenges through our full life-cycle, performance-based solutions. Our services include engineering, planning, project management, construction management, and commissioning for electric power substations and transmission and distribution lines; protection and controls design; and electrification programs. Utilities consistently come to Leidos for reliable power expertise, as reflected through our work with more than 75 investor‑owned utilities and more than 100 municipals/cooperatives across the country as well as a growing number of private developers.

Location:

Fully remote but must be currently located within the United States. Commuting distance to Denver, CO or Framingham, MA is a plus.

• Perform electrical design and interconnection review of power plant, substation, and transmission projects and prepare associated reports.
• Attend power plant, substation, and transmission project meetings to confirm status of site E&IC construction and operation and maintenance.
• Manage client engagements and ongoing relationships. Clients will include private equity, infrastructure, and hedge funds, investment and commercial banks, private developers, legal and financial advisors, original equipment providers, DOE, and EIA.
• Present work product results and findings to client executives.
• Conduct business development activities both through internal collaboration and directly with clients and prospects.
• Support projects and project team members working both independently and in collaboration with other colleagues and managers.
• Develop and expand key client relationships.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering required with eight plus years of experience in electrical operation, maintenance and/or design of power generation and substation assets or similar experience, including specific knowledge of AC and DC electrical systems, controls, and protection relaying.
• Experience with or ability to apply oneself to a broad range of power generation technologies, including wind generation, solar PV generation, battery energy storage systems, and thermal generation.
• Successful track record maintaining client relations and working with clients both internal and external.
• Professional Engineering (PE) licensure is preferred.
• The job may require as much as 25 percent travel.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Direct experience with electrical equipment such as synchronous generators, excitation, inverters, motors, transformers, circuit breakers, disconnect switches, capacitor banks, and transmission lines is a plus.

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Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.