Lead Engineer

🔥 16 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $123.2k - $159.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Ulteig

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1944

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏗️ Construction

Consulting • Logistics • Construction

Ulteig is a North American infrastructure engineering, technical services, and consulting firm that delivers design, digital tools, and advisory services for critical lifeline sectors. The employee-owned company supports public and private clients on power and utility-scale renewable energy projects, transportation planning and infrastructure, and water sector work—offering engineering design, SCADA/EMS solutions, project-development services, and decision-support software to help manage complex, multidisciplinary projects.

📋 Description

• Support Ulteig's growth in subconsultant partnerships • Report directly to the Technical Manager-Subconsultants • Serve as Project Technical Lead on subconsultant-based projects • Lead development of scoping documents, estimates, schedules, substation drawings, specifications, and reports • Ensure deliverables are complete, accurate, and aligned with sound engineering practices and client standards • Apply standard engineering techniques and procedures on moderately complex projects • Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of assigned project work • Make design recommendations, adaptations, and modifications for utility substations • Perform engineering calculations • Resolve design problems through field investigation or observation, detailed design work, and quality-control review of design calculations • Coordinate project design aspects and communicate work with team members • Provide technical guidance to engineers and subconsultant partners • Lead multidisciplinary substation projects from estimating and proposals through detailed design, commissioning, and construction support for energization

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required • ABET accredited program or equivalent required • PE License strongly preferred; ability to obtain within 1 year required • 6+ years of experience in the Power Engineering field • Effective leadership and mentoring skills • Oversight, leadership, and quality review of subconsultant engineering design and project scheduling • Excellent verbal and written communications, time management, interpersonal, and organizational skills • Ability to lead complex substation projects with a multidisciplinary team from estimating and proposals through detailed design, commissioning, and construction support • Prior experience with physical, protection & control, and/or civil/structural design of electrical power substations required • Ability to review and produce substation design drawings • Ability to perform AC & DC substation studies a plus • Experience using ground grid modeling software a plus • Knowledge of substation protection and control schemes a plus • Knowledge of basic relay settings, NEC, NESC, and RUS design guide a plus • Proven experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access • Valid driver's license and ability to meet company driving standards • Openness to applying evolving technology and AI tools • Permanent authorization to work in the US • Willingness to travel 10–15%

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace • Employee Ownership • Competitive Pay • Comprehensive Benefits Package • Collaborative Environment • Innovative Culture • Flexible working schedule • Remote, hybrid, or in-office work options • Work-life balance and separation between home and work life • Tools necessary to be productive • Consideration of relevant military experience