Substation Engineering Lead – Physical

AECOM

Substation Engineering Lead specializing in utility substation design in the power delivery industry at AECOM. Responsible for providing technical input, quality control, and client communication.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team.
Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for substation scopes.
Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others.
Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
Develops estimates of technical efforts for projects.
Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.
Prepares technical specification sections.
Provides input for the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.
Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers and may determine the key clients in some instances.
Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work.
Remove any impediments that are obstructing the engineering team from achieving its goals.
Works to advise Management about how to maximize ROI for the team.
Attending all client technical review meetings.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Minimum 6 years of relevant high voltage substation design (physical) experience.
Professional engineer license (PE)
Experience with use of AutoCAD and/or Bentley MicroStation
Experience with use of CDEGS, WinIGS

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life
AD&D
disability benefits
paid time off
leaves of absences
voluntary benefits
perks
flexible work options
well-being resources
employee assistance program
business travel insurance
service recognition awards
retirement savings plan
employee stock purchase plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

high voltage substation designdesign calculationstechnical specificationsengineering budget developmentquality control reviewproject estimation

Soft Skills

technical advisoryinterdisciplinary collaborationclient communicationproblem-solvingteam support

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineeringProfessional engineer license (PE)