Lead Substation Engineer

DLB Associates is a premier engineering and consulting firm specializing in innovative, mission-critical solutions across hyperscale data centers, advanced infrastructure, and high-performance building systems. With over four decades of expertise, we partner with some of the world’s most influential companies to design and optimize environments that demand precision, scalability, and resilience.

Join us and be part of a team where your voice matters, your work makes an impact, and your growth is a shared priority.

Position Title: Lead Substation Engineer

Position Location: Remote - work virtually from anywhere in the United States

Job Summary

DLB is expanding its utility and substation engineering services and is seeking a Lead Substation Engineer to help establish, grow, and technically lead this service. This role is responsible for the end-to-end engineering delivery of medium- and high-voltage substations across utility, renewable, data center, and industrial markets, from concept through construction and commissioning.

The Lead Substation Engineer will provide technical direction, make final engineering decisions, and represent the firm with clients, utilities, and partners. This position is both hands-on and strategic, blending detailed engineering execution with mentorship, quality oversight, and support of business growth.

The Lead Substation Engineer is self-directed on day-to-day work and receives high level instruction on new projects, tasks, or assignments. Will execute and lead teams and projects, tasks or assignments of complex scope.  May coordinate activities of other personnel.

The Lead Substation Engineer will communicate and operate in line with organizational goals and values, as well as departmental objectives.

Essential Functions

Substation Engineering Technical Leadership (40%)

Serve as the lead engineer and technical authority for substation projects, independently directing engineering execution with minimal oversight. Independently perform advanced engineering work through leading and overseeing the design, analysis and engineering of medium to high voltage electrical systems (including substations), ensuring compliance with customer requirements, utility requirements, industry standards, codes and regulations

Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate substation designs seamlessly into larger electrical systems, including grid infrastructure and power distribution networks

Act as the primary decision-maker for engineering approaches, design standards, and technical risk management.

Lead projects as engineer of record (or support EOR), taking full responsibility for technical accuracy, constructability, and code compliance.

Establish, implement, and enforce engineering standards, design criteria, and quality expectations for substation work.

Lead Substation Engineering Design Activities (25%)

Independently lead and perform detailed design for:

Substation one-line, three-line, and AC/DC schematics

Physical layouts, elevations, and equipment arrangements (AIS/GIS)

Bus configurations (ring bus, breaker-and-a-half, double bus, etc.)

Grounding systems and electrical safety designs

Protection & control philosophies, relay schemes, and coordination

Control house layouts, panel arrangements, and cable routing