Electrical Senior Project Engineer - Substation

Affiliated Engineers, Inc; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. seeks a Senior Electrical Project Engineer to lead power systems design for substations, utility coordination, and protection schemes. The role involves mentoring staff, coordinating with clients and partners, and delivering innovative substation solutions across critical markets.

You will oversee medium/high voltage designs, SCADA integration, and energy storage systems while collaborating with a multi-disciplinary team in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• BSEE from an ABET accredited program is required.
• Professional engineering licensure and ability to obtain licensure in multiple states.
• 10+ years of MV/HV power distribution, generation or transmission design experience.
• Proficiency in power engineering design programs and SCCAF.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Lead power systems design on assigned projects and coordinate with teams.
• Maintain client and project partner relationships throughout the lifecycle.
• Coordinate with Utility Companies for interconnect and compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers and delegate tasks effectively.
• Develop innovative design solutions for diverse markets.

Skills

Power systems design

MV/HV distribution

Protection & relaying

SCADA design

DER integration

Battery energy storage

Microgrids

Client relations

Team leadership

Power modeling software

SCCAF

Microsoft Office

Education

ABET-accredited BSEE

Professional engineering licensure

Tools

Power systems modeling

SCCAF

Microsoft Office

Job description

As a Senior Electrical Project Engineer - Substation Power Systems, you will help us empower our clients to achieve energy-efficient building solutions, save global environments, and create a better, greener future for all.

Here’s why we need you:

In this role, you will build and maintains relationships with clients and project partners and will be responsible for the overall power systems design process on assigned project. AEI projects may require experience in some or all of the following expertise: substation design, utility coordination, relaying and protection, switchgear automation, dynamic load analysis, SCADA design, Vdc distribution, DER and renewable energy generation, battery energy storage systems, microgrids, and campus distribution for medium and high voltage. You will develop innovative and unique design solutions to align with project, client and project partner needs and leads the team in implementing solutions in the power, mission critical, manufacturing, automotive, higher ed, pharmaceutical, federal, and institutional markets.

Expertise of our most successful Senior Electrical Project Engineer:

• BSEE from an ABET accredited program.
• Professional engineering registration required. Ability to obtain licensure in various states as needed.
• 10+ years of experience designing MV or HV power distribution, and/or generation, and/or transmission systems.
• Proficiency in computer operation for power engineering design programs (power systems modeling, SCCAF).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work well in a team environment, including carrying out appropriate follow-through with others, mentoring, delegating work, and giving and receiving constructive feedback. Communicates well with clients, project partners and with individuals at all levels in the organization.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

• Experience in medium and/or high voltage substation design.
• Expertise in relaying, protection, and metering design incorporating microprocessor-based devices. Familiarity with programming and testing practices in support of start-up and acceptance testing.
• Expertise in switchgear/substation automation sequence of operations.
• Expertise in facilitating SCADA implementation.
• Experience coordinating with Utility Companies for point of demarcation, interconnect agreements, design standards compliance, etc.
• Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and renewable energy generation.
• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) technology.
• Grid scale Photovoltaic (PV) technology.