Engineering Supervisor (PE)

Substation Engineering Supervisor (PE)

The Engineering Supervisor oversees the day-to-day operations of a substation engineering department, providing both technical and organizational leadership. This role manages project budgets and schedules, ensures high-quality design deliverables, and serves as a primary liaison between internal teams and the customer. The Engineering Supervisor leads a team of engineers and leads, drives process efficiency, and supports business growth by executing current workflows and identifying opportunities for improvement in protection and control engineering projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and training in substation engineering, with a focus on protection and control systems, and deliver one-on-one mentorship and coaching to team leads.
• Establish, monitor, and maintain quality control standards for all design services and engineering products to ensure consistency, accuracy, and compliance with applicable standards.
• Monitor and manage project budgets and schedules using designated systems and procedures, ensuring that all projects and workflows remain on time and within budget.
• Develop and review conceptual project scopes, clearly communicate scope and expectations to multiple stakeholders, and prepare cost estimates for proposed projects.
• Hold teams accountable to project estimates, schedules, and customer deadlines, and ensure that change orders are issued in a timely and appropriate manner when project scope changes.
• Directly manage team leads and individual contributors within the department, providing guidance, feedback, and direction to support their performance and development.
• Collaborate with internal leads and customer representatives to drive and refine business processes, ensuring that workflow and workload distribution are efficient and effective.
• Prepare written technical performance reports and deliver periodic presentations to management and project teams regarding project status, budget performance, and key metrics.
• Engage with customers to understand their needs and expectations, and work with both the customer and internal teams to ensure that processes run smoothly and issues are addressed promptly.
• Distribute workflow from the customer to internal leads and oversee allocation of work to their teams, serving as the central point through which all projects are routed.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the customer on operational issues, including resolving problems and inefficiencies related to design, process, and communication.
• Resolve issues related to invoicing, resourcing, and staffing, ensuring that project teams are appropriately staffed and that billing is accurate and timely.
• Mediate and resolve disagreements between the customer and internal teams regarding processes, technical issues, and project execution, working toward mutually acceptable solutions.
• Proactively address personnel matters, including hiring, termination, promotions, demotions, attendance issues, scheduling, and performance reviews, in coordination with organizational policies.
• Drive training and development initiatives for the team through the leads, ensuring that staff maintain and enhance their technical and professional skills.
• Utilize Microsoft Office and customer-specific software and applications to manage schedules, budgets, documentation, reporting, and other project-related tasks.
• Supervise the work of the project team, providing day-to-day oversight, coaching, and support, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Essential Skills

• Extensive technical expertise in protection and control engineering, including relay settings, one-line diagrams, fault studies, and fault analysis for electric utility systems.
• Experience in substation engineering, with hands-on experience engineering and managing electric substation protection and control systems projects.
• 10 years of experience engineering and managing electric substation protection and control systems projects.
• 4 years of experience leading or supervising a technical design or engineering team.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering (PE) license, or the ability and willingness to obtain a PE license within an agreed timeframe.
• Demonstrated experience in engineering supervision and engineering management within utility or utility services environments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and customer-specific software and applications used for project management, documentation, and reporting.
• Proven ability to manage project budgets, schedules, and scope, including development of cost estimates and oversight of change orders.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage leads and individual contributors, provide mentorship, and drive team performance.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to prepare written technical performance reports and present project status, budget, and performance to management and teams.
• Ability to serve as a liaison with customers, address operational issues, and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

This is a Permanent position based out of Columbus, OH.

The pay range for this position is $50.07 - $70.10/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 19, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Salary : $50 - $70