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Lead Engineer - Substations

LaBella Associates

Rochester, NYJob$75–120K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$75–120K/yr
Location
Rochester, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

PE LicenseBachelor's degree

Job overview

LaBella Associates is hiring a Lead Engineer - Substations for its Program Management Services Division, based at a client’s office. The role leads engineering performance across project phases, develops conceptual designs based on Avangrid standards, and provides technical leadership and guidance to engineers and contractors. Candidates need 5–10 years of functional-area engineering experience, a bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology, and a PE.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project EngineeringEngineering AnalysisEngineering DesignConceptual DesignAvangrid StandardsCodes and StandardsTechnical LeadershipMentoringContractor Direction

Qualifications

5+ Years Engineering ExperienceBachelor's in Engineering or Engineering TechnologyPE License

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

We are currently hiring a Lead Engineer - Substations in LaBella’s Program Management Services Division at our client’s office.

The Program Management Services Division at LaBella provides comprehensive management services for complex projects and multi-year capital programs. Project teams are established to provide a customized mix of business consulting, project management, financial control and monitoring, administrative, and technical support services.

Salary Range: $75,000 - $120,000

The specific salary offered may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location.

Responsibilities

  • Project engineering performance and overseeing including all phases such as: scoping and budgeting, conceptual engineering, contract management and design, engineering design, construction and closeout.

  • Perform standard and complex engineering analyses, designs and calculations.

  • Responsible for leading and creating new conceptual designs based on Avangrid Standards and overseeing the work of external detailed designer ensuring consistency among all the operating companies.

  • Ensure all engineering designs implemented by the company meet applicable company, local, state, and national codes and standards.

  • Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.

  • Provide technical leadership in most complex projects that have a wide impact on the business. Mentor develop and support team in technical skills.

  • SME for team.

  • Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best practices.

  • Work independently with little supervision

Requirements

  • 5-10 years of engineering experience in the functional area

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or engineering technology

  • PE required

Benefits

Body, mind, and wallet-LaBella’s benefits support a holistic approach to your health and wellness, creating the foundation for physical, mental, and financial well-being. Our benefit offerings cover the must-haves (healthcare and retirement), the just-in-cases (insurances and employee assistance programs), and the cherry-on-tops (fitness reimbursements, year-end incentive pay, and tuition assistance). Visit our website for more details on benefits listed below.

  • Flexible Work Schedule

  • Health/Dental Insurance

  • 401k Plan with Employer Match

  • Paid Parental Leave

  • Short & Long Term Disability

  • Profit Sharing

  • Paid Time Off

  • Leadership Development Program

  • Fitness Reimbursement

  • Tuition Reimbursement

  • Referral Bonus Program

  • Wellness Program

  • Team Building Events

  • Community Service Events

  • LaBella is committed to facilitating a culture where diversity, equity, and inclusion are respected, valued, and celebrated by implementing thoughtful, practical, and innovative strategies that support our employees and serve the communities in which we reside. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws.

  • LaBella Associates does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting professionals or agencies, nor do we accept resumes from any source that does not reference a specific, open position. LaBella Associates will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes submitted by recruiting professionals or agencies that do not have a current placement fee agreement with LaBella Associates. All initial communication with recruiting professionals or agencies must go through human resources.

How this job compares

Set against the 1,232 open Lead Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–120K/yr
  • New York median$120–179K/yr61 salary ranges
  • US median$126–215K/yr949 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $98K, is 35% below the New York median midpoint ($150K) — in the lowest quarter of Lead Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 67 open Lead Engineer jobs in New York and 1,232 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — less than three in four Lead Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 1,081 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 790 of the 1,232 open Lead Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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