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Brooksource lists this Lead Responsible Engineer opportunity in mays landing, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
We are seeking a Substation Engineer to support early-stage engineering for new customer load requests and grid growth initiatives across industrial, commercial, and large-scale infrastructure projects. This role focuses on front-end engineering during the earliest phases of a project, including planning-level studies, conceptual design development, and technical scope definition.
You will serve as a technical lead and key point of coordination between customers, Transmission Planning, and internal execution teams. Once projects are approved and scoped, detailed design and construction will be executed primarily through external engineering and operations partners, with this role remaining involved in an upstream advisory capacity.
Key Responsibilities
Lead early-phase engineering efforts for new load requests and substation development projects
Partner closely with Transmission Planning to support technical decisions around:
Substation location and siting
Voltage levels and system configuration
Integration with existing transmission infrastructure
Perform planning and feasibility studies to support project development (e.g., load, facilities, and planning-level evaluations)
Substation layout concepts and structure placement
Transformer sizing and configuration recommendations
Feeder, supply, and transmission tie-in concepts
Create and refine early design deliverables such as:
Preliminary bills of material / equipment lists
Support outage planning and constructability considerations at a conceptual level
Package study results and technical recommendations for internal stakeholders and external customers
Refine scope for project approval and support development of bid requests for external engineering partners
Transition approved projects to external execution teams for detailed design and construction
Provide upstream technical support during execution to ensure alignment with original scope and design intent
Manage a portfolio of approximately 5–10 substation projects at a time
Typical project size around ~50 MW (varies based on customer need and system requirements)
Mix of greenfield substations and brownfield rebuilds/extensions
Early-phase initiation can span several months up to one year depending on project complexity
Required Qualifications
Experience supporting substation engineering, transmission planning, interconnection, or power systems engineering in a utility or consulting environment
Strong understanding of electrical system configuration, load growth drivers, and planning-level engineering studies
Ability to develop and communicate conceptual designs and technical recommendations
Comfortable working cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and interfacing with customers on technical topics
Familiarity with early design deliverables such as one-lines, layouts, and preliminary equipment scoping
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting both greenfield substation builds and brownfield rebuilds/extensions
Understanding of utility engineering handoff processes to external design/construction partners
Field exposure and ability to support substation scoping and follow-up visits
Work Model
In-office: 2 days per week at one of the following office locations:
Mays Landing, NJ
Newark, DE
Edison Place, DC
Field: Approximately 1 day per week at substations for scoping and follow-up visits
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Worksite address
mays landing, NJ, 08330, US
Who can apply
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