Lead Electrical Design Engineer

Insight Global; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the power sector is seeking a Lead Electrical Substation Design Engineer. This role involves leading project teams, ensuring technical accuracy, and maintaining client relationships remotely. Candidates must hold a degree in Electrical Engineering and have over 12 years of design experience, including high voltage and renewable energy systems.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Qualifications

• Requires over 12 years of experience in Substation Design.
• Registered Professional Engineer in the U.S. required.
• Experience with renewable energy facilities, including solar and wind farms.

Responsibilities

• Assigns and outlines work while advising on technical problems.
• Coordinates with Clients to define project direction and provide status.
• Reviews technical documents to ensure compliance with requirements.

Skills

Communication

Technical accuracy

Client relations

Design expertise

Analytical skills

Education

University degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

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Base pay range

$140,000.00/yr - $185,000.00/yr

Our client is seeking a Lead Electrical Substation Design Engineer for our Power Division. The candidate will work remotely with a group located across the United States and Canada.

Responsibilities:

· Assigns and outlines work, advises on technical problems, and reviews work for technical accuracy and adequacy.

· Coordinates with Clients define project direction, provide status reports, and obtain information required by the team.

· Leads a team of technical experts to complete projects that meet client requirements while respecting budgets,

· Reviews and prepares technical documents to ensure accuracy and compliance with technical requirements.

· Prepares proposal writeups and estimates based on client Request for Proposals (RFPs).

· Develops, approves, and co-ordinates work schedules to ensure that objectives of cost, quality, and time are met.

· Requires effective working relationships with colleagues, officials, and associates for the purpose of discussing design problems, explaining design features and specifications, and other project control criteria.

· Establishes and maintains client contacts to seek or provide technical information related to the immediate project.

· Analyses problems, organizes investigations, and determines specific design criteria.

· Makes commitments on acceptance of projects, completion dates, resources and staff required to meet objectives.

· Is required to have knowledge of related disciplines/fields of engineering.

Requirements:

· University degree in Electrical Engineering.

· Over 12 years of working experience in Substation Design as well as medium voltage and high voltage system design.

· The candidate will have to be a registered Professional Engineer in the United States.

· Possess experience in the study, technical knowledge, and design expertise of electrical distribution systems and industrial controls for a broad range of industries, with a heavy emphasis on utility substations.

· Possess knowledge in the design of medium and high voltage power distribution and transmission, including load flow, short circuit and grounding studies, transformer sizing and cable sizing.

· Possess experience in preparing layouts, elevation views, installation details, grounding, lighting, cable trays and conduit layout drawings is required.

· Possess experience with protection, control and metering systems.

· Possess exceptional communication skills (client relations, team project communications, and proposal and report development).

· The ideal candidate will have experience in preparing technical specification of the electrical equipment, evaluation of proposals, and will be able to review vendor drawings.

· The ideal candidate will have knowledge of design of renewable energy facilities such as solar and wind farms.

· The ideal candidate will have experience with HVDC projects.

· The ideal candidate will have experience conducting projects using a 3D design software.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services

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