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As a Team Lead of Substation Engineering, you will manage a team of engineers, drafters, and designers. Your primary responsibility is ensuring the accurate, timely, and quality completion of physical engineering scopes assigned to the team. Additionally, you will be responsible for professional development, performance management, and assisting in the development and enforcement of the department’s Standard Best Practices (SBPs).

Salary Range: $100,000 - $165,000 / year

The salary range above is based upon the Denver, Colorado labor market.

This opportunity is available to both local / in-office (Lakewood, CO) and full-time remote candidates.

• Oversee a team producing detailed physical design packages.
• Manage and coordinate design activities, project planning, team-level scheduling, and optimization.
• Work with Director to develop and maintain Workload Forecasting, ensuring an accurate active project list, milestone dates, and estimate to complete (ETC) hours.
• Exemplify ownership and accountability over your team’s project portfolio, planning, and taking action to improve and maintain team performance.
• Oversee the team’s weekly budgets and track project finances to maintain fiscal responsibility.
• Address and mitigate project risks to prevent escalation and ensure continuity.
• Understand NEI processes, best practices, standards, and policies thoroughly and provide guidance to your team as required.
• Keep the team informed about the latest developments and ensure adherence to established standards.
• Assess team strengths and weaknesses, ensuring continuous development through training and coaching.
• Maintain expert-level knowledge of NEI's QA/QC processes and guide the team through these processes, ensuring compliance on every project.
• Support business development, assist with marketing tasks, and support the development of project proposals as needed.
• Support the client relationship to ensure ongoing satisfaction and collaboration.

• Supports the detailed physical design and engineering for all aspects of electric power substation, including general arrangement, elevations, conduit plan and details, trench plan and details, illumination plan and details, bus and connection details, lightning protection design, bill of materials, fence plan, and construction specifications.
• Review the engineering design work of team members for general quality, accuracy, and adherence to NEI and/or client standards and processes.
• Analyze assigned scopes and develop engineering cost estimates, schedules, and assumptions to support change orders in coordination with the project manager.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues within the team to ensure project continuity.
• Support equipment and construction specification development, review vendor submittals and respond to client RFIs.
• Attend safety training and adhere to all safety rules and guidelines.
• Strong understanding of all code and compliance, including NESC, IEEE, ANSI, and client-specific standards.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Education: Bachelors in civil, electrical or mechanical engineering from an accredited institute.
  • Experience: 8+ years of relevant engineering experience.
  • Licensure: FE/PE preferred.
  • Possesses effective written and oral communications skills
  • Strong technical writing and communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to mentor others
  • Authorization to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis

• Hybrid or fully remote work model depending on location and project needs 

• Travel typically ranges from 15–25% and varies by project 

• Combination of office-based work and periodic field engagement 

NEI offers a comprehensive benefits and total rewards package that include medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life insurance and long-term disability; a 401(k) with employer matching; paid time off; paid holidays; and paid parental leave. Benefits eligibility and details may vary by role and location and will be provided during the interview process. 

We are a proud equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information. NEI Electric Power Engineering participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your completed Form I-9 to confirm your work authorization in the United States.