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Senior Project Lead Engineer

Houston, Texas, United States of America💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead engineering projects for substation design, protection and controls, and power system studies up to 69kV.

Role type

Senior Project Lead Engineer (Power Systems & Protection)

Builds

Substation design packages, protection and control system designs, and power management systems

Domain

Power infrastructure, electrical engineering, protection and controls

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Protection and controls engineering, relay coordination, power system studies, protective relay configuration, substation design, industry standards compliance, technical leadership, vendor coordination

Preferred skills

Power management systems (PMS) implementation, SCADA-based monitoring, Professional Engineering (PE) designation

Technologies

SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB platforms, ETAP, SKM PowerTools, EasyPower, PSCAD

Responsibilities

Lead and support engineering projects ensuring delivery within scope and schedule; Create and review substation and electrical building integration design packages; Lead customer technical meetings and interdisciplinary coordination; Serve as technical lead for Protection and Controls providing guidance and oversight; Develop and review protection and control system designs including relay selection and settings; Perform and review power system studies (short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash, load flow); Coordinate multi-discipline vendors and subcontractors

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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