Substation Engineer

Description

• Work within a project team to create all design documents and drawings for a project, including creating wiring diagrams from schematics, generating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision
• Properly use the document management system
• Supervise project activities
• Review project Schedules and work with a project engineer to ensure projects remain on schedule
• Perform Engineering support tasks such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit calculations with minimal supervision
• Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc.
• Apply corporate standard engineering practices
• Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies with minimal supervision
• Communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineer, customer representatives, and others as needed
• Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party
• Apply engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work
• Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design

Requirements

• Knowledge of engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
• This position requires minimal physical effort.
• Experience in the design of connection drawings and cabling
• Familiarity with electrical relays currently utilized in the electric power utility industry
• Knowledge and understanding of per-unit mathematics and symmetrical components
• Must be able and willing to travel overnight for trainings and/or meetings as required (10%)
• Knowledge and understanding of three phase power systems
• Must be able to endure prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day
• Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals
• Knowledge of design documents and drawings necessary to complete a projects
• Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Experience in application of relays and metering in an electrical substation at 138kV and above
• Relay coordination experience is a plus
• Knowledge and understanding of substation components and their functions
• May occasionally lift up to 25 pounds at a time.
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics for relay applications and control systems
• Knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet, and e-mail software

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance