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About the job

Employment Type: Full-Time

FSLA: Salary/Exempt

Division: Arch Energy

Department: Arch Energy

Reports to:

Supervisory Duties: No

The Lead Substation Engineer provides technical leadership and oversight for high-voltage substation projects supporting utility-scale solar and battery energy storage developments. This role is responsible for coordinating substation design, procurement, testing, construction support, and energization activities while ensuring quality, safety, reliability, and compliance throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities / Essential Functions

Lead physical and electrical design for AIS and GIS substations, switching stations, gen-ties, and interconnection facilities.

Direct protection and control design, including relay schemes, AC/DC systems, SCADA, RTU, metering, telecom, and related interfaces.

Manage EOR deliverables, design reviews, comment resolution, and utility coordination.

Coordinate with utilities, transmission owners, OEMs, engineers, commissioning teams, and construction personnel.

Perform design reviews to ensure technical accuracy, constructability, quality, and compliance.

Review technical studies, including grounding, lightning protection, relay coordination, short-circuit, arc-flash, and load-flow studies.

Develop and review equipment specifications and support procurement activities.

Plan and witness factory acceptance testing (FAT) for major substation equipment.

Provide field engineering support, site inspections, QA/QC reviews, and issue resolution during construction.

Support testing, commissioning, energization, and project turnover activities.

Identify and mitigate technical risks, design conflicts, and schedule impacts.

Develop standards, specifications, templates, and best practices.

Mentor engineers and designers and provide technical leadership across projects.

Ensure engineering deliverables satisfy EPC contracts, utility standards, and interconnection requirements.

Key Skills

High-voltage substation design and engineering

AIS and GIS substation systems

Protection and control systems

Relay schemes and coordination

SCADA, RTU, telecom, and metering systems

Design review and quality control

Utility and stakeholder coordination

Equipment specification and procurement support

Factory acceptance testing and commissioning

Technical leadership and mentoring

Risk management and problem-solving

Strong written and verbal communication

Required Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited program.

8+ years of high-voltage substation engineering experience in an EPC, utility, owner, OEM, or consulting environment.

Experience serving as a discipline lead or technical lead.

Experience with 115 kV or higher substations.

GIS substation experience strongly preferred.

Experience coordinating EOR packages, design reviews, testing, and energization activities.

Hands-on experience supporting or witnessing FATs for substation equipment.

Knowledge of IEEE, NESC, NEC, NFPA 70E, ANSI/NETA, IEC, and utility standards.

Proficiency with AutoCAD, MicroStation, Bluebeam, or similar platforms.

Familiarity with grounding software and relay-setting/testing tools.

Ability to travel to project sites, OEM facilities, utility meetings, and engineering offices as needed.