Job Description

RCS Staffing is placing an Engineering Supervisor – Substation with a leading transmission and substation engineering firm. This is a direct-hire opportunity for an experienced substation engineer ready to step into a supervisory leadership role — managing a team of engineers, designers, and CAD technicians while continuing to perform responsible charge engineering duties and serve as a technical authority on complex substation design. You will own both people and project outcomes, driving team performance, client satisfaction, and business profitability.

OVERVIEW OF YOUR ROLE As Engineering Supervisor – Substation, you will provide supervisory and engineering leadership to a skilled substation electrical engineering and design team. You will carry direct supervisory responsibility for engineers, designers, CAD technicians, and administrative staff — coaching, developing, and motivating your team while managing project schedules and meeting revenue and profitability goals. This role blends hands-on technical leadership (responsible charge engineering, complex design oversight) with people management, client relationship stewardship, and contributions to recruiting, business development, and strategic planning.

YOU WILL Lead and Develop Your Team

• Directly supervise a team of substation engineering and design professionals — engineers, designers, CAD technicians, and administrative staff.
• Motivate, reward, and develop individuals using effective leadership techniques and management systems; ensure team members have the training, tools, and support to optimize their performance.
• Coach, train, and mentor the engineering and design team; provide honest and constructive feedback, assist in setting priorities, and create opportunities for personal and professional growth.
• Carry out personnel programs including performance appraisals, training, employee recruiting, and succession planning; ensure adherence to standards of conduct. Drive Project and Technical Excellence
• Perform project management activities and responsible charge engineering duties on assigned client projects, including sealing designs.
• Ensure cost and utilization goals are met through effective planning, organizing, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities.
• Provide technical direction to project teams on complex multi-discipline substation projects; develop and maintain engineering standards, work practices, and systems.
• Maintain current knowledge of industry codes, standards, and best practices (NESC, IEEE); develop awareness of emerging tools and applications to drive continuous improvement.
• Perform and oversee grounding studies, bus calculations, lightning protection studies, and substation lighting/illumination studies. Manage Client Relationships and Business Growth
• Manage customer relationships and actively enhance the firm's reputation with utility clients.
• Assist in recruiting efforts, business development, and strategic planning initiatives.
• Administer and ensure adherence to corporate safety policies; carry out administrative duties in accordance with company policy.

YOU ARE THE IDEAL CANDIDATE IF YOU HAVE

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Civil Engineering (Electrical preferred) from an ABET-accredited institution.
• 7+ years of engineering practice with 5–7 years specifically in substation engineering.
• Active Professional Engineer (PE) license with an NCEES record — required for this position.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, supervise, and develop a team of engineering and design professionals.
• Strong project management skills — experience managing schedules, budgets, utilization, and revenue/profitability goals.
• Excellent communication skills and a customer-oriented approach; proven ability to build and maintain client relationships in the utility industry.
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple priorities and provide leadership across a team.

IT'S A BONUS IF YOU HAVE

• PE registration in multiple states and/or an NCEES record facilitating multi-state licensure.
• 8–10 years of electrical utility substation design experience (as an employee, contractor, or consultant) with working knowledge of substation design at 69kV and above.
• Deep technical competency across all aspects of utility substation design — general arrangement, equipment layout (breakers, transformers, cap banks, reactors), foundation design, grounding, lightning and shielding protection, relays and controls.
• Ability to complete detailed bills of material and ensure delivery of complete design packages (drawings, BOMs, conduit lists, construction specifications) within budget and on time.
• Experience supporting recruiting, business development, or strategic planning at a supervisory or management level.

ABOUT OUR CLIENT Our client is a leading transmission and substation engineering and design firm serving electric utilities across the United States. Their substation engineering team delivers high-quality work on a wide range of projects — from conventional utility substation construction and modifications to battery energy storage and solar collector substation programs. Leaders here manage technically complex, high-visibility programs with direct impact on grid reliability and the energy transition.

WHO WE ARE RCS Staffing is a certified Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) specializing in the recruitment of professionals for best-of-class companies throughout the United States. Since 1994, RCS recruits top talent for direct hire, temp-to-perm and contract staffing positions and provides customized payroll services. Our Recruiting Specialties consist of all Engineering Disciplines, Project Management, Project Controls, Information Technology, Energy Efficiency and Business Professionals.

RCS is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. RCS recruits, hires, and promotes for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, genetic information or age. All terms and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, work assignment, availability of facilities and privileges of employment are administered on the same basis of equality.