The Team Leader supports the vision and strategic objectives for the Physical team, leading direct reports to deliver project scoping, conceptual design, and estimating services for substation transmission capital programs.
Responsibilities
Make SAFETY our number one priority using a “Safety First” mentality and leading by example.
Manage the development and performance of direct reports, ensuring the delivery of detailed project scopes, conceptual design packages, and accurate cost estimates.
Lead in applying substation physical engineering expertise to support project development and scoping.
Produce conceptual design packages, and delivering accurate cost estimates that meet customer expectations.
Apply substation engineering expertise to support and perform QA/QC of direct reports.
Lead engineers, designers, and other technical professionals supporting electrical engineering scopes for data centers and mission‑critical infrastructure projects.
Compensation
$100,000—$165,000 USD
Responsibilities
Lead, manage, mentor, and develop engineers, designers, and other technical professionals
Maintain accountability for the accurate, timely, and quality completion of engineering and design scopes
Establish clear expectations and support employee development through coaching, feedback, training, performance management, individualized development planning, and succession planning
Assess team strengths, development needs, and technical capabilities and coordinate appropriate training, mentoring, and work assignments
Foster a collaborative, accountable, inclusive, and high‑performing team environment focused on quality, safety, professional growth, and continuous improvement
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
Lead overall technical direction for complex substation projects from pursuit through design, construction, and commissioning.
Responsibilities
Serve as overall technical leader for assigned substation projects and pursuits
Lead physical design for AIS and GIS substations, including greenfield installations, expansions, and brownfield modifications
Lead substation designs for voltage classes ranging from distribution/sub-transmission through 230 kV, 345 kV, 500 kV, and 765 kV
Lead multidisciplinary design teams across substation physical, protection and control, civil, structural, geotechnical, SCADA/telecommunications, and other disciplines
Establish project technical approach, design basis, discipline interfaces, deliverable strategy, and execution plan
Senior leadership role focused on deepening a strategic data center relationship, delivering complex power infrastructure programs, and driving account strategy and growth across North America.
Lead and scale SEH’s electric utilities business across the Midwest, defining strategy, building technical capabilities, driving revenue growth, and leading a high‑performing team.
Compensation
Base compensation is expected to be in the range of $125,000 and $175,000 based on skill set and experience.
Responsibilities
Build the Business
Develop and execute a 3‑year growth plan
Identify and prioritize new service lines
Establish a clear roadmap for capability expansion
Develop/review P&C engineering and design packages for EPC and private-client projects, including substations, data centers, generation, BESS and other large-load facilities, including one-lines, three-lines, AC/DC schematics, relay logic, wiring diagrams, interconnection diagrams and panel drawings.
Develop and review protection philosophies and schemes for transformers, buses, feeders, transmission lines, capacitor/reactor banks, generators and other electrical equipment.
Develop and review protective relay settings and coordination, including overcurrent, differential, distance, breaker-failure and communications assisted protection.
Perform and review short-circuit, equipment-duty and protection coordination studies required to support the design.
Coordinate P&C design with substation physical, electrical studies, SCADA/communications, metering, civil/structural and other engineering disciplines.
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