Senior Substation Engineer

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose!

At Verdantas, we’re redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting-edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people-focused culture, prioritizing the well-being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data-driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don’t just solve problems;

we help shape a more sustainable future.

Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world.

We are seeking an experienced
** Substation Engineer
** to help us with our growing workload. The candidate should be self-driven and detail-oriented and thrive on taking ownership, quickly adapting to challenges, and solving problems. The position is
** hybrid
* * and located at our
** Wilmington, DE
** office.

At Verdantas, our Power team is transforming the electric utility industry through innovative, impactful projects. We lead the way in decommissioning and repurposing coal-fired plants, ensuring environmental compliance and sustainable redevelopment. Our expertise spans power delivery system upgrades—from transmission lines to substations—while integrating advanced engineering and environmental strategies to meet regulatory demands and boost reliability. We also drive digital transformation in utility asset management with cutting-edge 3D modeling and laser scanning.

** Join us to power the shift toward cleaner, smarter energy solutions. Apply today and make a lasting impact.
**** What You'll Do:
*** Develop project plans, including project scope of work and WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) for complex multi-discipline-based substation Engineering projects and EPC projects
* Manage Substation project execution, including project scope, schedule, budget, and project resources, including external vendors, consultants, and contractors
* Effectively track and stabilize projects, implement solutions to obstacles, and ensure client goals are achieved
* Attend client meetings and communicate concerns and changes with the client to ensure a positive relationship and growth opportunities
* Prepare and review preliminary designs
* Prepare proposals, including budgetary estimates
* Lead the development of plans, specifications, studies, estimates, material lists, and other deliverables
* Ensure team adherence to QA/QC program
* Prepare job postings, conduct interviews, hire, onboard, train, and mentor engineers
* Provide constructive and timely performance evaluations
* Perform project-related preliminary and pre-commissioning inspection site visits, including periodic travel to meet clients throughout North America to develop business
* Read, interpret, and review technical drawings, schematics, isometrics, process & instrumentation diagrams, specifications, and system operating procedures
* Develop and review bidding and construction documents, including drawings, specifications, and scopes of work
* Apply knowledge of engineering principles to research, design, and evaluate products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet project requirements and generate technical reports
* Confer with the design team to incorporate design information and client standards into the construction documents
* Prepare/review technical reports and correspondence for project designs and studies
* Drive safety initiatives
* Responsible for operational efficiency, including minimizing outstanding WIP and A/R by ensuring client milestones, budgets, and expectations are met
* Prepare/review and/or monitor complex schedules to ensure the timely completion of the project work
*…