Your impact
Your primary responsibilities will focus upon providing his position will partner with a multi-discipline team to develop designs of electrical substations to support the safe and reliable delivery of electricity across the United States and Canada. Opportunities may include, but not limited to:
- Addressing complex challenges faced by major utilities in North America through innovation
- Development of substation physical design including yard layout plans, sections and details; grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, and associated bills of material.
- Developing substation protection and control designs through the development of drawings including panel arrangements/layouts, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC schematics, DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring.
- Performing or overseeing quality review for all aspects of substation design
- Development of substation related project proposals including development of estimates of resources necessary to delivery high quality designs to clients
- Development of equipment specifications and design criteria
- Providing engineering support for clients through the construction phase to commissioning
- Performing field visits and walk-downs and validating necessary compliance documentation.
- Technical lead for single- or multi-discipline professionals to ensure project success.
- Presenting proposals and design deliverables to clients, permitting authorities, public interest groups, etc.
- May serve as the initial primary point of contact for clients, ensuring high levels of satisfaction while addressing issues or concerns promptly.
- Facilitates client, subcontractor, or vendor meetings and conducts client presentations to showcase services and capabilities.
- Advocates on client's behalf by actively engaging the firm to address client needs, and recommend strategic actions to optimize business development
- Works with a cross functional team to both support the sales and proposal preparation process for new contracts and the committed high-quality delivery of those services to the client.
- Participate in industry conferences, seminars, trade shows, and networking events to promote company services and stay updated on industry innovations and advancements.
Here's what you'll need
- Bachelor's or Advanced Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering or related engineering discipline
- At least 10 years of experience in design or consulting for the utility industry
- Demonstrated familiarity and ability develop and perform QA/QC of design calculations, construction drawings, and specifications for substation designs
- Strong communication and technical writing skills
Preferred qualifications include:
- Professional Engineer License or the ability to obtain a license within one year
- High voltage (greater than 100 kilovolt) substation planning and design experience
- Familiarity and experience with CADD platforms such as Autodesk or Bentley products
- Familiarity and experience with substation or collection stations which integrate renewable energy projects including wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and other technologies to the Transmission or Distribution grid
- Bulk Power distribution Substation and/or Smart Grid designs for integration of distributed energy resources (DER) including Energy storage systems (ESS)
- Familiarity and/or experience with relay and protection, SCADA controls, and/or power system automation
Preferred Geographic Locations and Licenses (not required):
- Texas, California, New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont
