Equagen · 1 month ago
Director of Substation Engineering
Raleigh, NC
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
10+ years expEquagen is an engineering, consulting, and manufacturing firm specializing in medium & high-voltage substations. The Director of Substation Engineering will lead the substation design team, overseeing engineering projects and ensuring technical excellence and strategic growth within the division.
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Responsibilities
Lead and manage a multi-discipline engineering team (P&C and Substation Physical)
Define technical standards, workflows, and resource allocation
Mentor lead engineers, establish design review protocols, and enforce QA/QC procedures
Coordinate closely with Equagen’s panel manufacturing, testing, and commissioning teams
Oversee project execution, budgets, schedules, and risk management
Provide technical assistance to business development and proposal teams
Lead design and review of substation P&C systems including protective relaying, SCADA, RTUs, and communications
Develop and approve one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, control schematics, wiring diagrams, and panel layouts
Define relay settings philosophy and supervise relay coordination and protection studies using ASPEN OneLiner, ETAP, or CYME
Specify and evaluate protection relays (SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB, etc.), CT/PT ratios, and isolation schemes
Oversee factory acceptance testing (FAT) of control panels and provide technical expertise to testing and commissioning team during of site acceptance testing (SAT) at substations
Ensure NERC, IEEE, ANSI, and utility standard compliance for all protection systems
Coordinate P&C interfaces for BESS, renewable interconnections, and collector substations
Lead signal list management, I/O mapping, and relay-to-SCADA integration
Support development of test plans, commissioning procedures, and as-built documentation
Oversee design of substation layout, bus arrangement, grounding, raceway, and conduit plans
Review equipment sizing, protection zones, and fault-level calculations
Provide oversight for construction packages, IFC drawings, and material take-offs
Approve 3D BIM coordination and design automation workflows in collaboration with CAD/BIM teams
Partner with executive management to develop and execute growth strategies
Provide technical input for proposals, bid evaluations, and project pursuits
Collaborate with Business Development on client relations, pre-bid engineering, and estimation
Represent Equagen in client meetings, technical conferences, and industry forums
Develop internal training programs for emerging engineers
Ensure PE oversight and compliance with professional licensure requirements
Maintain QA/QC audits and lessons-learned systems for continuous improvement
Implement design safety reviews and compliance with NFPA 70E, NEC, NESC, IEEE, and IEC standards
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (Minimum)
10+ years of substation engineering experience, with strong background in P&C design
2+ years in a manager-level role
Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in at least one U.S. state (multi-state preferred)
Expert knowledge of protection relays, logic design, and automation protocols (DNP3, Modbus, IEC 61850)
Proficiency in ETAP, ASPEN, SKM, CYME, or similar tools
Experience with utility and EPC clients
Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-discipline collaboration skills
Benefits
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
401(k) with company match.
Paid time off and continuing education support.
Relocation assistance and professional license reimbursement.
Company
Equagen
Equagen is an engineering and design firm that serves the power, industrial, oil and gas, residential, and commercial sectors.
51-200 employees
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