Substation Engineering Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Oversee engineering and design efforts for substation and switchyard components in significant transmission initiatives.

• Collaborate with internal teams, manage external engineering consultants, and engage with project stakeholders.

• Organize facility design tasks, encompassing engineering scope, budget, and timeline.

• Coordinate interactions with transmission line, civil/structural, environmental, and construction groups.

• Evaluate detailed design submissions, calculations, and studies to ensure adherence to technical standards, safety, constructability, permitting, land requirements, customer specifications, and execution needs.

• Manage both primary and secondary substation engineering deliverables, including protection and control systems, SCADA, communications, one-lines, equipment specifications, physical layouts, grounding, lightning protection, and cable/conduit designs.

• Provide engineering assistance for project development, interconnection studies, permitting, landowner coordination, equipment procurement, commissioning readiness, and risk mitigation.

• Participate in site assessments to evaluate suitability, constructability, access, laydown requirements, and tie-in/outage considerations.

• Collaborate with equipment suppliers and manufacturers for technical and commercial alignment.

• Enhance knowledge of HVDC converter station and substation technologies and share insights with the engineering team.

• Prepare and revise facility CAPEX estimates.

• Conduct technical due diligence and fatal flaw analyses for development opportunities and acquisitions.

• Recommend and implement lessons learned and standardization for ongoing improvement.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Engineering.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.

• 5+ years of experience managing substation engineering design; 8+ years preferred.

• Familiarity with substation design, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.

• Skilled in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.

• Experience with power system and/or protection tools such as ASPEN OneLiner, ETAP, PSCAD, or SEL software preferred.

• Familiarity with grounding analysis tools such as CDEGS preferred.

• Project execution experience in FACTS/STATCOM or HVDC projects preferred.

• Active involvement in CIGRE or IEEE preferred.

• Operational experience with high voltage facilities preferred.

• Registered Professional Engineer preferred.

• Capacity to learn HVDC development and substation technologies.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and lead external teams.

• Strong interpersonal, organizational, communication, writing, presentation, prioritization, computer, and data management skills.

• Capability to collaborate effectively in a small, non-hierarchical organization.

• Ability to handle deadline pressure, ambiguity, uncertainty, and project changes.

• Willingness to travel up to 25%.

• Commitment to Grid United’s values of ingenuity, tenacity, humility, and grace.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary.

• Bonus incentive plan.

• Long-term incentive plan.

• Health benefits.

• 401(k).

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Equal opportunity employer dedicated to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

• Positive social impact and dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

• Work alongside experienced industry leaders.

• Opportunity to contribute to large-scale transmission projects.