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Lead Electrical Engineer - 765kV EHV Substation Design

Solvenowinc · solvenowinc.com
Overland ParkLead / Manager5+ yrs
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765kV EHV substation electrical design engineer.

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34 d ago · posted 2026-10-03
Location
Overland Park, Kansas

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The Opportunity In this role, you will have the opportunity to: • Function as a technical specialist in a lead substation design role encompassing EHV 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 work/resource planning meetings • Lead other engineers and interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors • Hold responsibility for the overall execution and quality of substation projects as a leader within a team environment • QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers 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 • EHV Substation Design Physical & 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 EHV substation design projects • Professional Engineering (PE) License • Written Communications • Drive For Results • Priority Setting • Planning • Delegation • Directing Others • Conflict Management • Informing • Listening • 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 Engineering Standards: • Perform EHV substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement • Perform EHV substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement • Developing Scoping documents for EHV substation projects • Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Customer policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks Quality/Continuous Improvement: • Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Customer quality program relative to assigned tasks • Responsible for ensuring compliance with Customer quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews • Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts Engineering Production: • 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 • Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports • Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings Client Focus: • Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors • 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: • May be recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry • Responsible for the design of a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s) People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring): • Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required • Mentor less experienced engineers and direct reports • Provide constructive feedback to direct reports on performance

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