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Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: SolveNow Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-01
Job specializations:
  • Engineering
    Electrical Engineering
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 125000 - 150000 USD Yearly USD 125000.00 150000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design About the job Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design
The Opportunity

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

  • Function as a technical lead substation design engineer
    . Substation design encompasses and transmission level voltage classes
  • Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design
  • Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and workli>
  • Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
  • QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers
The Team

Client provides complete engineering, procurement, and construction new asset and operating asset services in the>

  • Substations
  • HVDC/FACTs
  • Minimum Qualifications
    • Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
    • Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
    • All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Substation Design experience Physical and Protection & Controls (P&C)
    • Project Lead experience Leading teams as technical leader/SME and mentor. Supporting as point of contact for clients and coordinating with internal/external teams.
    • Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects (QA/QC)
    • Professional Engineering (PE) License
    • Drive For Results
    • Priority Setting
    • Planning
    • Delegation
    • Directing Others
    • Conflict Management
    • Informing
    • Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams
    • Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline
    Key Responsibilities
    • Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Client policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks
    • Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Client quality program relative to assigned tasks
    • May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Client quality program
    • Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
    • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
    • Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
    • Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
    • Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
    • Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
    • Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria
    • Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
    • Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

    Project Coordination:

    • Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects

    Client Focus:

    • Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
    • Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
    • May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

    Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

    • Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
    • Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)
    • Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
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