Lead Engineer – Transmission Production Standards

Important Application Submission Information In order to ensure your application is successfully received before the job posting expires, please submit your application by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 More than a career - a chance to make a difference in people's lives. Build an exciting, rewarding career with us – help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. The Lead Engineer is at the specialist level of the Engineering classification hierarchy. Employees at this level solve complex problems, manage work, and provide leadership to others in engineering areas of specialization, with minimal supervision and increased latitude for un-reviewed work. The Lead Engineer serves in lead roles providing guidance to others. They are also expected to have advanced skills and have the ability to work independently. This position is part of the Production Standards group located in the Duke Energy Carolinas (DEC) headquarters in downtown Charlotte, NC. This work group is responsible for the development of standards used by design engineering. This role will be responsible for leading the development of P&C Production Standards with primary emphasis on relay settings standards, protection philosophy, settings templates, calculation guidance, and standard approaches for transmission substation protection applications. P&C Design experience is beneficial, particularly where settings standards interface with panel design, wiring, drawings, equipment application, and substation project execution. The standards developed may include specifications, design guides, relay settings templates, calculation tools, protection application guidance, template drawings, CAD blocks, item numbers, compatible units (CUs), and multilevel CUs. Major responsibilities include: Lead the development of production standards used by P&C Settings and P&C Design teams for transmission substation protection applications.  Interactive team leadership and the ability to create a positive environment for all team members is critical to success within the team and for this position. Use the best available procedures, codes, standards, protection principles, and utility practices to develop relay settings standards, calculation guidance, settings templates, drawing interfaces, and material/CU standards that support consistent and efficient P&C project execution. Provide technical leadership for standardizing protection schemes, relay settings development practices, coordination study expectations, relay logic application, and settings documentation for transmission substation assets. All work assignments will be performed in a manner consistent with the Duke Energy Safety Manual as well as with Federal, State, and local laws. Demonstrated ability to meet required deadlines while simultaneously completing other tasks. Assist other engineering teams and Relay C&M teams as necessary. Experience and demonstrated written and oral communications skills, including the ability to present information, facilitate meetings and provide guidance to others including teammates and contractors. Provides engineering/technical expertise in the principles of protection system application, relay settings development, P&C standards implementation, and substation protection and control design interfaces. Technical Skills: Familiarity with Aspen Relay Database, Aspen OneLiner, CymTCC, SEL-5010, SEL-5030 AcSELerator software. Demonstrated experience developing, reviewing, or applying transmission relay settings for line, transformer, bus, breaker failure, capacitor/reactor, and other substation protection schemes. Experience performing or interpreting protection coordination studies, short-circuit studies, relay logic documentation, settings calculations, and settings change