Substation Design Manager

Description

• Diligently ensure compliance with safety regulations, conducting safety inspections, and identifying potential hazards to mitigate risks and maintain a safe working environment for all personnel.
• Participate in project estimating and economic analysis.
• Manage consultants' work, ensuring compliance and technical adequacy against approved.
• Perform engineering calculations and studies to support project scope.
• Promote a proactive safety culture by encouraging open communication, reporting unsafe conditions, and suggesting improvements to safety practices.
• Review drawings associated with projects, including manufacturers' equipment.
• Substation Design includes the creation of substation construction drawing packages, developing bill of materials and the procurement of minor materials.
• Perform conceptual and detailed high voltage and medium voltage Substation Physical/Electrical design for substations (including basic layout, electrical arrangement, one line, three-line drawings, plan-section, grounding, AC and DC system drawings)
• Coordinate with design consultants and interface with internal design staff.
• Provide detailed technical scope and cost estimate documentation for use by both internal and external design resources.
• Prepare comprehensive written and oral reports of technical problems, investigative findings, and engineering recommendations.

Requirements

• Drawings in specified formats shall include elementary diagrams, relay one-line diagrams, connection diagrams, panel layout diagrams, and circuit schedules. Materials shall include relays, communication and monitoring systems, panel meters, control house panels, cables and associated wiring materials).
• Experience and or knowledge with power analysis software is ideal (i.e. SKM, Etap, EasyPower, etc.)
• Proficient in Microsoft Projects, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Rigid bus calculations
• Past project experience working with large utilities.
• Proven experience in Substation Design should include: general arrangement, electrical equipment, plans, elevation and section views, Equipment cable trays, cable design, conduit fill calcs, rigid bus calcs, grounding and conduit layouts, control schematics, wiring diagrams
• Prior PG&E Estimating Experience
• Experience with Greenfields and Brownfields
• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
• Familiarity with grounding studies and/or lightning protection is a plus
• Can work remotely from Northern California, with travels to Pleasanton, Bay Area and Fresno.
• Eight (8) years of professional experience within substation design and engineering for electrical utilities
• General knowledge and application of IEEE Standards as they pertain to substations

Benefits

• Paid Parental Leave
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• 401K (Traditional and Roth with Company Match)
• Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care Spending Account
• Tuition Reimbursement, Parking and Transit Reimbursement, and Pet Insurance
• Paid Holidays and Flexible PTO
• Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability, and Life Insurance

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance