
Engineer 1- P&C
Mount Laurel, NJJob$70–85K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Provides substation protection and control design, engineering, technical support, and oversight for a transmission substation engineering and design team. The work supports utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems, and solar collector substations, with an emphasis on safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering services.
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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.
Duties & Responsibilities
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Ability to understand protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment
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Ability to design protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor and transformer protection schemes and associated settings
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Ability to understand SCADA communication design
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Quickly develop a basic understanding of protection and control design for utility substation and transmission line equipment facilities through 500kV, including one lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA
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Ability to perform studies and create reports for coordination, voltage drop, fault current, and insulation coordination
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Ability to perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards
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Ability to interpret written specifications and implement them on engineering drawings
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Ability to check designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards
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Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines
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Visit sites, advise on P&C engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction
Requirements
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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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0 to 2 years’ experience as a practicing engineer
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Understanding of basic engineering theories and principles
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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Understanding of basic practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations
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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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Good written and oral communication skills
Desired Qualifications
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Received a passing grade on the Engineering Fundamentals Exam
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Understanding of basic principles of project management
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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 $70,000.00 and $85,000.00.
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: 26003837
How this job compares
Set against the 1,074 open Substation Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70–85K/yr
- New Jersey median$89–156K/yr40 salary ranges
- US median$134–220K/yr827 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $78K, is 40% below the New Jersey median midpoint ($128K) — in the lowest quarter of Substation Engineer salary ranges in New Jersey.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 43 open Substation Engineer jobs in New Jersey and 1,074 across the US. 6% 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 no prior experience — less than three in four Substation Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 8 years, across 989 postings).
- Education
- 603 of the 1,074 open Substation Engineer jobs (56%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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