Senior Electrical Project Engineer – HV Substations​/Remote U.S

Senior Electrical Project Engineer – Substation Projects

Job Summary: Responsible for leading and coordinating all technical aspects of the substations and balance of plant on large and complex substation projects. Lead the team, provide clear direction, ensure goals are met. Identify key internal and external stakeholders and drive effective communication.

Location: Remote, U.S. only

Travel: Up to 20%, including occasional international travel.

License Requirements: Professional Engineering license in the United States (or demonstrating his/her plan to get PE license within a certain period) and willing to review and seal your work and the work of others under your supervision.

Project Focus: California-based substation projects.

• Lead engineering activities for assigned substation projects including schedule development and updates, design safety planning and tracking, design reviews, design optimization, on-time delivery, risk management, quality assurance, and quality control.
• Perform and/or lead the complete HV physical outdoor design of substations: arrangement of high-voltage equipment, layout of LV/MV equipment within control buildings, general substation arrangement and layout plan, construction details.
• Develop and oversee engineering deliverables such as single-line diagrams, high-voltage bus layouts, cable and conduit layouts, wiring layouts, auxiliary power systems, grounding systems, control building layouts.
• Perform or oversee required engineering studies, calculations, and bills of material development; manage combined project BOM and MDL from multiple sources.
• Write and/or review high-voltage equipment technical specifications; support sourcing activities including vendor quotation reviews.
• Direct and coordinate engineers, designers, CAD operators, and other technical contributors to meet project requirements for scope, cost, quality, and schedule.
• Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders—Project Engineering Directors, Managers, Project Managers, sourcing teams, customers, support organizations.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for customers and project managers.
• Lead technical change control and engineering risk management throughout project execution.
• Support oversight of engineering subcontractors: scope definition, schedule adherence, hours and budget tracking, change management, quality control, customer coordination; ensure customer engineering critical-to-quality (CTQ) requirements are achieved.
• Support proposals and tenders: engineering hour estimates and major equipment application.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university (BSEE preferred).
• Valid Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in the United States (or demonstrating his/her plan to get PE license within a certain period) and willing to review and seal your work and the work of others under your supervision.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Transmission & Distribution substation engineering, including work for: electric utilities renewable energy power plants substation project applications.
• Demonstrated experience as an Electrical Project Engineer on substation projects, including primary/outdoor physical substation design and associated engineering studies.
• Strong knowledge of HV equipment used in AIS and GIS substations.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20%, including international travel, in accordance with company travel guidelines.
• Must be authorized to work remotely within the U.S.; projects are based in California.

• Deep knowledge of North American high‑voltage substation standards and practices (IEEE, ANSI, NEC, NESC, local grid codes).
• Strong understanding of high‑voltage equipment safety, application, sizing, and integration.
• Ability to develop sound engineering design packages even when customer specifications are limited or incomplete.
• Working knowledge of EPC and/or Engineering Equipment Package (EEP) project execution.
• Understanding of civil and structural design requirements related to substations.
• Practical knowledge of engineering calculations and equipment selection for primary and…