Principal Engineer, Substation Design & Interconnection

Job Description

Job Description

Ready to lead high-voltage substation projects end to end?

At WECTEC Staffing Services (a wholly owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC), we’re seeking a Principal-level substation expert to help realize Westinghouse’s clean energy mission. We value our employees and embrace diversity across our global teams.

Your Challenge

From concept to commissioning, you’ll be the technical anchor for multiple substation efforts. You’ll collaborate remotely day to day, with occasional North America travel, and report to the onsite Manager while representing E&C in cross-functional settings.

Your Impact

• Shape early-stage engineering scope with the Early-Stage Project Manager and Development Group; help secure viable sites and compile the data and permits required to engineer and build substations.
• Guide and oversee external Engineers of Record (EOR): deliver training, perform due diligence, and enforce technical quality against interconnection agreements, scopes of work, project specifications, site-specific constraints, and industry standards (IEEE, NESC, ASCE, and related codes).
• Represent E&C’s interests internally and externally; brief leadership on progress, highlight issues, and drive risk mitigation.
• Support Transmission Services in vetting interconnection documentation—system impact, facility, reactive, and harmonic studies, and interconnection agreements—ensuring Transmission Owner requirements and E&C design are consistent, ISO-compliant, and integrated into the final design.
• Partner with ISC to develop SOWs, complete reviews/approvals, and prepare shopping carts for engineering services and materials.

Work Setup

• Remote role; some travel within North America
• 1-year contract (W-2)
• Reports to the onsite Manager

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil/Structural Engineering (preferred)
• 7+ years of high-voltage substation design/engineering experience (helpful)
• Project Engineering/Project Management experience; PMP or P.E. in a related field (helpful)

Safety First

Your success matters—and so does your well-being. Our priority has always been the safety of our people.

Why WECTEC

We provide customer-focused staffing solutions—from volume hiring to niche expertise—across technical and corporate domains, supporting international contracts in 5+ countries.

Pay & Benefits

• Estimated base: $70.00/hr to $94.00/hr, based on experience, qualifications, and skills
• Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Paid Vacations for qualifying positions

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**Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities