Senior Substation Physical Engineer

Senior Substation Physical Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Substation Physical Engineer to join our team. Candidates will work on projects for electric utilities at voltages from 12kV up to 500kV, applying knowledge of digital logic design, AC and DC circuits to design substation electrical projects.

• Experience in executing substation physical projects.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.
• Perform quality control checks on substation physical design projects.
• Read and design substation physical drawings such as one-line drawings, three-line drawings, plan-section drawings, foundation and grounding drawings.
• Create and check bill of materials for substation physical projects.
• Attend site visits at customer locations.
• Comply with quality control and safe work practices; maintain compliance with project scope, schedule, and budget; and work with a design team of engineers, designers, and CAD technicians, implementing client standards.

• Senior-Level: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with four (4+) or more years of related substation physical design experience.
• Lead-Level: Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or related degree with eight (8+) or more years of related substation physical design experience.
• Experience with grounding studies/lightning protection and lightning studies.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.
• Ability to meet deadlines under pressure situations.
• Collaborator and leader who can work effectively in team environment.
• Self‑starter who works independently with minimal direction.
• Strong analytical skills and proven problem solver in both team and independent environments.
• High level of computer competency.
• Willingness to travel to project / client sites and Portland, OR office as needed.

• US Citizen and able to pass a DOE Background check.
• Engineer Intern (“EI” or “EIT”) professional certification.
• Professional Engineer (“PE”) License.
• Working knowledge of protection and control design.
• Experience with bus calculation.
• Experience with WinIGS or CDEGS.
• Master’s degree in related field.

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.