
Engineer 4- P&C
Mount Laurel, NJJob$130–160K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Provides substation protection and control engineering, design, technical support, and oversight for utility substation and transmission projects, including battery energy storage and solar collector substations. The role leads discipline work, performs responsible-charge engineering, and manages project schedules and budgets. It also supports proposal development, cost estimating, and business development.
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Full job description
Position Overview: Provide substation protection and control design, engineering, technical support, and oversight to a transmission substation engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems for projects including a wide range of utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems and solar collector substations. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible charge engineering duties, and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development, project cost estimating, and business development efforts.
Duties & Responsibilities
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Advanced understanding of protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment
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Expert in design of protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor and transformer protection schemes and associated settings
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Create processes to improve all parts of a P&C design, including P&C one- and three-lines, AC/DC schematics, panel drawings, and wiring diagrams
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Advanced understanding of SCADA communication design
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Ability to lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity
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Expert in the principles of project management
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Through understanding of substation design to include equipment arrangements
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Create quality control checklists for substation P&C design project scopes, estimates, budgets, one lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA
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Ability to create and report on studies for voltage drop, fault current, and insulation coordination.
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Perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards
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Ability to write specifications and implement them on engineering drawings
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Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters
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Experience creating processes for design accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards
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Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients
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Visit sites, advise on physical engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction
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Manage budgets and project schedules
Requirements
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8+ years’ experience as a practicing engineer
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Bachelor’s degree from an EAC/ABET accredited Engineering Program OR an approved evaluation of non-ABET credentials by NCEES OR graduation from a Master ’ s or Doctoral Program in Engineering from an institution with EAC/ABET accredited Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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Licensed Professional Engineer
Other Skills/Abilities
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Self-Motivated
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Work independently
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Team-Oriented
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Customer Oriented
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Able to manage multiple tasks and provide leadership to other team members
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Think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems
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Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
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Proficient in practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations
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Good written and oral communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in the utility industry
United Grid Solutions offers a wide variety of benefits including but not limited to Medical; Dental and Vision Insurance; Paid Time Off; 401(k); Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts; Employee and Dependent Basic Life Insurance; Employee and Dependent Basic Accidental Death & Dismemberment; Short Term Disability; Long Term Disability; Critical Illness; Accident and Whole Life Insurance; Legal Services, Identity Theft, and Cyber Security; Employee Discounts and Service Awards. All health care benefits are available upon election on day one (1) of your employment with Pike.
The compensation range for this position is between $130,000.00 and $160,000.00.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Pike Engineering is an equal opportunity employer
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled
Pike Engineering is a Non-Union Company
Requisition ID: 26003858
How this job compares
Set against the 1,036 open Substation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$130–160K/yr
- New Jersey median$89–156K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$134–222K/yr794 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $145K, is 13% above the New Jersey median midpoint ($128K) — in the middle half of Substation Engineer salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 43 open Substation Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 1,036 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New Jersey
- FirstEnergy9 open
- CDM Smith7 open
- Jersey Central Power & Light Company7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Substation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (953 postings).
- Education
- 570 of the 1,036 open Substation Engineer jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 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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