Lead Substation Physical Engineer

Description

Are you ready for your next career challenge? We are in search of a Lead Substation Physical Engineer to join our diverse and fast‑paced Atlanta, GA organization. As a core team member, you will be interacting with other electric utility disciplines, playing a valuable part in leading and designing high voltage utility substation projects. Our recognition as an industry leader is confirmed by the latest national rankings by Engineering News‑Record (ENR) ranking Leidos within the Top 10 T&D Firms, and Top 10 Power Firms.

Candidates are able to support remotely but must be able to relocate to or live within the United States.

Must be willing to attend staff meetings and site visits in the Atlanta, GA metro area.

• Perform conceptual and detailed HV and MV Substation Physical/Electrical design for medium to large scale utilities/substations (including basic layout, electrical arrangement, one line, three line drawings, plan‑section, grounding, AC and DC system drawings)
• Perform advanced engineering studies and calculations
• Perform Quality Control reviews on medium to large substation physical design projects
• Create and review bill of materials for substation physical projects
• Develop and review proposals, and scopes of work for substation physical projects
• Develop and provide advanced technical presentations to the team to assist with staff technical development
• Be involved in client interaction (including site visits) with a drive for customer satisfaction
• Provide leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
• Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with the internal teams and clients to meet project objectives

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, civil or related degree with eight (8+) plus years of Substation physical design experience.
• Leadership experience in executing substation projects
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interact with the internal team and clients to meet project needs.
• Ability to lead bids and proposal effort for utility clients
• Ability to perform quality control checks on substation design projects.
• Act as a supervisor for one to six direct reports
• Ability to read and design substation physical drawings such as one line drawings, three line drawings, plan‑section drawings, foundation, grounding drawings.
• Ability to read and design substation protection and control drawings such as one-line drawings, three line drawings, AC/DC schematic drawings and wiring design
• Ability to create and check bill of materials for substation physical
• Act as a key contributor to the develop substation physical application documents to define design scope, philosophies, methodologies, and criteria for medium and high‑voltage substation projects.
• Experience with grounding studies/lightning protection and lighting studies.
• Ability to attend site visit at customer location

• Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) License
• Master’s degree in related field
• Experience with QA/QC
• Working knowledge of protection and control design
• Experience with BUS calculations.
• Experience with WinIGS or CDEGS
• Experience with SDS AutoCAD Electrical software.

• With opportunities for both technical and non-technical training
• By working with different types of projects ranging from distribution to transmission level voltages
• By participating in our mentorship program
• By gaining knowledge in electrical power calculations and NESC

Pay Range $ - $. The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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.

August 13, 2025