Lead Engineer, Electrical Planning and Design
Listed on 2026-03-01
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer, Engineering Design & Technologists
Lead Engineer, Electrical Planning and Design National Grid
January 20, 2026
OverviewAbout Us
National Grid is hiring Lead Controls and Integration Engineer for our Electrical Planning and Design department in Syracuse, NY Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live.
The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry. To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business.
Description
Job Purpose The Control & Integration (C&I) Department at National Grid supports the Substation, Transmission and Distribution departments with capital project engineering and design. We support multiple projects by engineering SCADA solutions and network designs for system devices to communicate with each other and communicate with our transmission and regional operation control centers. We provide the ability for our control centers to see and record metering data, device status and elements, device health, and allow for the remote control of substation equipment.
Our group specifies the required equipment that we use for the substation controls and provides network diagrams and configuration sheets for our technicians to configure the devices. This work is done in the form of preliminary engineering, where our specifications and devices are provided for design. We provide detailed design review of engineered drawings that are developed by substation designers. We also supply network mapping and HMI configurations for digital substations.
The lead engineer position will provide software configuration and troubleshooting support for technicians when required.
As a lead engineer, you will also be given leadership roles that involve working with engineering/design firms to provide additional resources to our group. You will oversee program work and have the ability to train and help organize training of our internal engineers on standards and methods of work.
Key AccountabilitiesFunctional Role for Substation Controls Projects
- Perform controls engineering for electric transmission and distribution substations and customer sites for control, metering, and instrumentation projects.
- Develop and document substation communication topology/architecture.
- Develop dataflow mapping for IEC
61850 project configuration. - Prepare list of control, status, and metering points used for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and associated scaling instructions.
- Develop requirements for the operation of Remote Terminal Units (RTUs), Digital Display Meters (DDMs), revenue meters, annunciators, communication processors, control switch relays, and connections to other Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) in electrical substations.
- Provide network mapping configurations for digital substation relays and station controllers.
- Prepare control & integration equipment lists including part numbers.
- Implement QA/QC for project deliverables.
- Provide technical leadership on a multi-disciplined project team.
- Prepare written reports detailing engineering recommendations.
- Coordinate with design consultants and internal design staff.
- Review drawings associated with projects, including manufacturers’ equipment.
- Manage consultants’ work, ensuring compliance and technical adequacy against approved standards.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory requirements such as cyber security (NERC-CIP).
- Develop subject matter expertise with commonly used control, metering, and instrumentation equipment.
- Support operations personnel to troubleshoot problems related to substation control, metering and/or instrumentation systems.
- Support storm restoration efforts in a field role as needed or required.
- Support onboarding and training of new C&I engineer…
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