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Engineer - Substation

Avangrid

Rochester, NYFull-time$91–110K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$91–110K/yr
Location
Rochester, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Professional Engineering License, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Engineer - Substations performs electrical engineering for high-voltage substation construction, including project planning, scope development, estimating, economic evaluation, alternatives analysis, and equipment specification. The role plans and coordinates engineering projects, conducts equipment and protection analyses, supports maintenance personnel, and contributes to design standards, capital budgets, and system planning studies. The position is office-based five days per week and requires a BSEE and relevant experience.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Substation Maintenance, requiredField Engineering, requiredSubstation Testing, requiredPlanning, requiredOperations, requiredEngineering Design, requiredEngineering Analytics, requiredModeling and Calculation, requiredConstruction, requiredBusiness Case Development, requiredEngineering Documentation, requiredDocumentation Interpretation, requiredEngineering Review, requiredRegulatory Compliance, requiredStatistical Process Control, nice to haveCommunication, nice to haveProblem-Solving, nice to haveAnalytical Skills, nice to haveProject Management, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, required2+ Years Relevant Experience, requiredProfessional Engineering License, required

Benefits

401(k) Match
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance

Full job description

Engineer - Substations Location: Rochester, Binghamton, Brewster or Mechanicville, NY Reports to: Manager - Projects Unit Work Type: Office, 5 Days

The salary range for this position is based on experience level ranging from Rochester, Binghamton or Mechanicville: $90,500 to $109,500 plus up to 16% bonus Brewster: $96,000 to $120,500 plus up to 16% bonus

What We Offer: Competitive benefits and growth opportunities Generous performance‑based bonuses 12% 401(k) match Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance Tuition reimbursement Professional development and clear career advancement pathways For more information please visit: Benefits - Avangrid

Job Summary Performs electrical engineering for the construction of high voltage electrical substations including project planning and development of scope, estimating, economic evaluation, analysis of alternatives, and specification of equipment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plans and coordinates larger scale engineering projects, scheduling and cost tracking, and coordination support for various Company departments and customers.
  • Performs moderately complex engineering analysis to determine equipment ratings, insulation coordination, grounding, and lightening protection requirements.
  • Provides technical expertise for the substation maintenance technicians and electric field operations substation maintenance personnel to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of energy related services.
  • Helps plan the design and construction standards, determine installation and operating requirements, and helps evaluate new products and vendors. Provides equipment application and maintenance recommendations.
  • Performs additional activities as requested: maintenance program development, maintenance specifications, equipment assessment, technical support, maintenance practice development and equipment specs for substation equipment (power transformers, circuit breakers, instrument transformers, disconnect switches, regulators, etc.).
  • Provides preliminary designs and estimates in support of capital budget plans and System Planning studies.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree, BSEE, in an engineering discipline from an ABET (or equivalent) accredited university/college required and 2+ years of relevant experience required
  • Experience in engineering including electric substation maintenance and field engineering work.
  • Demonstrated substation maintenance and test experience is required.
  • Professional Engineering license in applicable state.
  • Theoretical Engineering knowledge: Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g., sym. Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model
  • Practical Engineering Experience/Application: Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization, develop business case and defend in front of stakeholders)·
  • Engineering documentation: Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation, review, and approve engineering work done by others·
  • Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment: Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC, etc.)·

Preferred Qualifications

  • Statistical Process Control (SPC) 1 or 2
  • Good interpersonal and communications skills
  • Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Knowledge of project management.

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Company: NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP Mobility Information Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

At Avangrid we provide fair and equal employment and advancement opportunities for all employees and candidates regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran who is unable to use our online tool to search for or to apply for jobs, you may request a reasonable accommodation by contacting our People and Organization department at [email protected].

Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

Job Posting End Date: December-1-2026

How this job compares

Set against the 10,352 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$91–110K/yr
  • New York median$96–141K/yr293 salary ranges
  • US median$107–168K/yr6,769 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $100K, is 17% below the New York median midpoint ($120K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 400 open Electrical Engineer jobs in New York and 10,352 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience — less than three in four Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,623 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,634 of the 10,352 open Electrical Engineer jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 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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