Lead Substation Engineer – Technical Project Lead

Leidos Engineering has an opportunity for a Lead Substation Engineer – Technical Project Lead. Leidos is seeking an experienced substation engineering leader to serve as the technical lead for complex high-voltage and EHV substation EPC projects. In this role, you will own the overall technical delivery of projects from conceptual design through detailed engineering, procurement, construction support, and energization. You will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams spanning substation physical, protection and control, SCADA/communications, relay settings, civil/structural, and related disciplines. You are not expected to be the subject-matter expert performing every discipline's detailed design; Rather, you will provide the technical leadership, engineering judgment, coordination, and oversight necessary to deliver an integrated, constructible substation design.

This position will be part of our unique and fast-growing EPC Solutions group, which sits within our Power Delivery Solutions division that provides consulting services to both public-owned and investor-owned electric utilities. These consulting services provide clients with overall project management tasks in the areas of comprehensive engineering design of electrical transmission and distribution, substation and transmission line projects nationwide.

As a Lead Substation Engineer – Technical Project Lead, you can expect to:

• Serve as the overall technical lead for HV and EHV substation EPC projects, with responsibility for the integrated technical solution and engineering deliverables.

• Lead multidisciplinary engineering teams including substation physical, protection and control, relay settings, SCADA/communications, civil, structural, geotechnical, and other supporting disciplines.

• Establish the project's technical approach, design basis, engineering execution strategy, and interdisciplinary requirements.

• Provide technical leadership and ownership of substation physical and protection & control design, making and driving key technical decisions, resolving design issues, and ensuring an integrated, constructible solution across all engineering disciplines.

• Coordinate technical interfaces between engineering disciplines, equipment suppliers, construction teams, clients, and project management.

• Identify and resolve cross-discipline design issues and make or facilitate key technical decisions affecting safety, constructability, cost, schedule, quality, and performance.

• Oversee engineering from conceptual design and scope development through IFC design, procurement, construction support, testing/commissioning, and energization.

• Serve as a primary technical point of contact with the client and communicate technical recommendations, risks, alternatives, and decisions.

• Lead technical reviews and ensure appropriate QA/QC is performed across the engineering package.

• Mentor engineers and develop future project technical leads.

• Understand and apply industry standards, applicable state and federal safety codes, regulatory compliance requirements, and construction codes to projects.

• Create equipment, material, construction, and testing and commissioning specifications.

• Perform quality control (QC) reviews and lead QC review meetings on applicable engineering deliverables produced by junior staff, peers, and remote offices on small, medium, and large projects while adhering to the PDS quality management standard.

• Provide technical oversight, direction, and support for project teams.

• Assure proper documentation of project technical data.

• Coordinate with project managers to successfully deliver projects to our clients.

• Work directly with clients on project-related issues.

• Direct and/or participate in client meetings and job-site visits to collect and deliver design and engineering information.

• Identify and resolve project-r...