Power Engineering Protection and Controls Lead Engineer

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a highly motivated Lead Protection & Controls Engineer to join our Power Delivery team. This individual will provide technical leadership for the design, integration, and implementation of protection, control, SCADA, communications, and automation systems for medium- and high-voltage substations. The successful candidate will serve as the technical lead for protection and control projects, overseeing engineering teams, acting as the primary client interface, and ensuring the successful delivery of projects from conceptual design through commissioning.

I In this role, you will lead all aspects of protection and control engineering for utility, renewable energy, data center, and industrial power projects, with a focus on Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), AIS and GIS substations, and transmission and distribution infrastructure. You will be responsible for directing multidisciplinary design teams, serving as the primary client interface, and providing technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle. The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to clients, respond to technical inquiries, mentor engineering staff, and drive technical excellence while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with quality standards and client expectations.

Role accountabilities:

Project Leadership & Client Management

· Serve as the primary technical point of contact for clients on protection and control projects

· Engage in client meetings, technical workshops, coordination sessions, and design reviews

· Respond to client questions, technical inquiries, and engineering challenges throughout project execution

· Develop and maintain long-term client relationships while identifying opportunities for additional services

· Support project planning, scope development, estimates, schedules, and resource forecasting

· Provide technical leadership to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and to client expectations

Protection & Controls Engineering Leadership

· Lead the design and implementation of protection and control systems for substations ranging from 12 kV through 765kV

· Oversee development of protection philosophies, relay applications, settings guidance, and control system architectures

Engineering Design & Analysis

· Lead development and review of:

Protection and control one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, protection schematics, AC and DC elementary drawings, relay panel and cabinet layouts, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, communication architecture diagrams, interlocking and control narratives, relay settings philosophies and sequence of operations documents.

Qualifications & Experience:

· Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution

· Professional Engineer (PE) license required

· 12+ years of experience in electric utility, consulting, or power delivery engineering

· Extensive experience with substation protection and control systems

· Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and complex design projects

· Strong knowledge of protective relays, SCADA systems, communications protocols, and utility standards

· Experience interfacing directly with clients and leading technical discussions

Preferred Qualification

· 15+ years of protection and controls engineering experience

· Experience with major utility clients and transmission owners

· Expertise with SEL, GE, Siemens, ABB, Schweitzer, and similar protection platforms

· Experience with IEC 61850 process bus and station bus applications

· Familiarity with NERC PRC standards and utility compliance requirements

· Experience supporting renewable generation, battery energy storage, data center, and transmission interconnection projects

· Previous experience serving as Engineer of Record or Technical Lead for major substation programs

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP,  401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.  We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $136,400 - $204,600.

 Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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