Principal Engineering Design

Group Manager, Substation Engineering
This leadership role oversees a talented, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality physical substation designs for utilities and EPC partners. The Group Manager provides strategic direction for complex transmission and distribution projects, ensures technical excellence across all design deliverables, and drives a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive engineering culture in a growing national substation group.
Lead and inspire a team of substation engineers, providing clear technical guidance and leadership across physical and protection and control (P&C) design projects.
Deliver high-voltage substation physical designs that meet client requirements, industry standards, and project schedules for utilities and EPC partners.
Provide strategic oversight of project resources, including staffing, budgets, schedules, and priorities, to ensure successful execution of a portfolio of substation projects.
Guide engineers through complex transmission and distribution projects, helping them develop strong systems thinking and technical depth.
Manage performance, professional development, and career growth for a national substation engineering group, including goal setting, coaching, and regular feedback.
Supervise a team of approximately seven engineers, ensuring effective workload distribution, technical support, and alignment with project and business objectives.
Own quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) for substation design packages, reviewing and approving drawings, specifications, and documentation for technical accuracy and completeness.
Review general arrangements, grounding plans, bus configurations, and other key substation design elements to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient solutions.
Partner with tenured leadership on business development activities, supporting proposals, client presentations, and relationship-building to grow the substation practice.
Collaborate on recruiting initiatives to attract, hire, and retain top engineering talent for the substation group.
Champion a culture of learning, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, encouraging knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and adoption of best practices.
Proven experience in high-voltage substation design, including general arrangements, grounding plans, and bus configurations.

• Strong experience in substation engineering management, with the ability to supervise and develop a team of engineers.
• Deep understanding of utility industry standards and their application to substation design and project delivery.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in Electrical Engineering, with either a bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience performing QA/QC on engineering design packages, drawings, and specifications.
• Ability to oversee and coordinate multiple concurrent substation projects while maintaining high technical standards.
• Proven mentorship and leadership abilities, with a track record of helping engineers grow in both technical depth and systems thinking.
• Strong organizational and planning skills, with the ability to manage resources, schedules, and priorities effectively.

Experience working with multidisciplinary teams on transmission and distribution projects.
Prior responsibility for supervising a group of engineers, ideally in a national or geographically dispersed team structure.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.
Demonstrated passion for innovation in substation engineering, including exploring new tools, methods, or design approaches.
Track record of building collaborative, inclusive team environments that support learning and knowledge sharing.
This role operates in a 100% remote work environment, supporting a growing national substation engineering group.
Team members collaborate virtually across projects and disciplines, using digital tools and communication platforms to coordinate design activities, QA/QC reviews, and client interactions.
The position emphasizes a culture of learning, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, with regular remote meetings, mentoring sessions, and opportunities for professional development.
Dress is typically business casual and appropriate for virtual client and team interactions, with flexibility to align with personal preferences and meeting requirements.
This is a Permanent position based out of Pittsburgh, PA.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
This is a fully remote position.
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