Electrical Designer | Protection & Controls | REMOTE

Selectek, Inc.; Bremen (GA); Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Selectek, Inc. is seeking an experienced Electrical Designer for a remote, full-time role, focusing on high voltage substations. You will support both front-end sales and back-end project management, developing substation design, protection and controls, and testing support.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of experience, proficiency with protection schemes, relays, SKM/ETAP, AutoCAD Electrical, and strong communication skills to coordinate with clients and teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in electrical design for substations.
• Experience with protection and control design and relays.
• Ability to communicate clearly with clients and teams.
• Familiarity with design quality control and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Write and review equipment specifications and data sheets for proposals and projects.
• Develop protection and control schemes and relay coordination studies.
• Support pre-bid and customer meetings with technical input.
• Oversee subcontractor electrical design efforts and QA.
• Create and maintain design quality control metrics.
• Design substations, grounding systems, and LV AC/DC systems.
• Perform short circuit studies and relay settings documentation.
• Provide field support and EPC oversight during testing.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Teamwork

Switching Experience

Safety Training

Tools

AutoCAD Electrical

SKM Power Tools

ETAP

Job description

Electrical Designer Remote Position | Full-Time | $70 – $100K, depending on experience

Summary: The Electrical Designer is responsible for supporting both front end sales efforts and back-end project management support for high voltage EPC substations. The Electrical Designer will have an active role in developing substation electrical design, protection and controls design, and providing testing support throughout project duration. This position will also include electrical engineering service support in the role of consultation and design for various customer bases. The IDEAL candidate will have extensive experience in protection and control design, power system studies, coordination, and electrical engineering reports associated with substations.

Job Duties:

• Write and Review equipment specification/data sheets for proposal and project support.
• Write technical relay, protection and communication scopes of work for proposals.
• Support Pre-bid meetings and customer meetings.
• Provide engineering expertise to either design or oversee subcontractor’s electrical design efforts.
• Maintain a system for evaluating design quality control and metrics for long term management of design group (internal or external).
• Design substation and various grounding systems.
• Design protection and control schemes based off customer and system needs.
• Design low voltage AC and DC Systems used for control buildings and substation equipment.
• Develop and understand relay settings of various relays and communication equipment most used in substations.
• Provide short circuit studies, relay coordination studies with proper technical documentation.
• Provide technical documentation and calculations for various studies and reports during a project.
• Provide working knowledge of SKM Power Tools and/or ETAP and provide long-term guidance on Electrical Engineering Software Packages.
• Use software to evaluate and determine design criteria for all EPC and Engineering Service work.
• Provide electrical support for project management team.
• Work in the field to provide technical support, EPC oversight, and consultation to Testing Contractors.
• Review electrical design prints and provide oversight for correction and quality control.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years' experience
• Strong communication skills
• Teamworking ability
• Switching Experience
• Safety Training
• AutoCAD Electrical is highly preferred