Senior Substation Engineer

Opportunity

Essential job functions

• Assign and outline work, advise on technical problems, and review technical accuracy and adequacy.
• Coordinate with clients on project direction, status reports, and information needs.
• Lead technical experts to complete projects that meet client requirements and budgets.
• Prepare and review technical documents for accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare proposal write-ups and estimates in response to client RFPs.
• Develop, approve, and coordinate schedules to meet cost, quality, and time objectives.
• Discuss design problems and specifications with colleagues, officials, and associates and support project controls.
• Maintain client contacts for project-related technical information.
• Analyze problems, organize investigations, and establish design criteria.
• Commit to project acceptance, completion dates, and required staff and resources.
• Apply knowledge of related engineering disciplines.

Required qualifications

• University degree in Electrical Engineering.
• More than 12 years of substation design and medium- and high-voltage system design experience.
• Professional Engineer registration in the United States and/or Canada.
• Expertise in electrical distribution systems and industrial controls, especially utility substations.
• Knowledge of power distribution and transmission design, including load flow, short-circuit and grounding studies, and transformer and cable sizing.
• Experience preparing layouts, elevation views, installation details, grounding and lighting designs, and cable-tray and conduit-layout drawings.
• Experience with protection, control, and metering systems.
• Strong communication skills for client relations, teams, proposals, and reports.

Additional ideal experience

• Experience specifying electrical equipment, evaluating proposals, and reviewing vendor drawings is ideal.
• Solar or wind facility design, HVDC project experience, and experience with 3D design software are ideal.

Work environment

• Most work is performed in a professional office setting.
• Periodic travel may be required, including air travel; travel may involve limited exposure to extreme temperatures.
• The role requires remaining stationary for at least 50% of the workday and frequent use of hands and fingers with computers and standard office equipment.

Benefits

• Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and accidental death and dismemberment coverage; paid time off; a retirement plan; and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• The employer also describes market-competitive benefits, merit-based rewards, work-life balance, a collaborative team environment, and learning and development opportunities.

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