Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

SolveNow Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in St. Louis, MO is seeking a Lead Electrical Engineer specializing in substation design. The role includes overseeing project deliverables, mentoring junior engineers, and interfacing with clients. Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and have at least 8 years of related experience. Preferred qualifications include substation design experience and a Professional Engineer (PE) license. This position offers opportunities for advancement and involvement in complex engineering challenges.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years related work experience.
• All candidates must complete pre-employment onboarding.
• Substation Design Experience - P&C and/or Physical preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance on engineering standards and codes.
• Prepare complex engineering deliverables for projects.
• Assist with project coordination and client focus.

Skills

Technical specialist

Project scheduling

Mentoring

Client interaction

Quality Assurance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Job description

About the job

Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design. The Opportunity: In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical specialist or as a lead substation design engineer. Substation design encompasses distribution, sub-transmission and transmission level voltage classes
• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings
• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s Degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Minimum of 8 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design Experience - P&C and/or Physical
• Professional Engineer (PE) License; or in pursuit of obtaining PE License
• QA/QC and Substation (HV) project lead experience
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity And Building Effective Teams
• Advanced knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Standards:
  • Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and policies
  • Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
  • Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
• Quality/Continuous Improvement:
  • Independently applies knowledge and complies with quality program relative to assigned tasks
  • May be responsible for ensuring compliance with quality program
  • Provides related guidance and direction to others
  • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Engineering Production:
  • Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects
  • Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
  • Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work
  • Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
  • Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
  • Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
  • Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
  • Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project
• Project Coordination:
  • Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• Client Focus:
  • Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on moderately complex projects and may determine the key clients in some instances
  • Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects
  • May offer other services to the clients
  • Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities
• Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:
  • Serves as a technical specialist and has knowledge and skill set to provide consultation and guidance to project teams in a particular practice area
  • Typically supports multiple projects on the complex technical challenges
  • Actively fosters knowledge management and provides mentoring
  • Develops and applies advanced engineering concepts and approaches to unique engineering problems
• People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):
  • Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
  • May participate in career planning, and learning and development
• Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):
  • Implements resource management strategy
  • Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline
• Administrative:
  • Administrative responsibilities may include office administration
  • Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
  • Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
  • May approve timesheets and expense reports

Job location

Electrical Engineer • St Louis, MO, United States