Principal Engineer - Substation

Westinghouse Electric Company; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 96,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Health Benefits

401(k) Savings Plan

Paid Vacations

Job summary

Join Westinghouse Electric Company as a Principal Engineer – Substation. This remote role involves overseeing substation projects from conception to commissioning, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

You will coordinate with project stakeholders, provide technical oversight to engineers, and support transmission services. This opportunity requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field and significant experience in substation design.

Qualifications

• 7+ years' experience in Substation design and engineering of High Voltage substation projects.
• Project Management experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with stakeholders to develop and secure substation sites.
• Provide technical oversight of external engineers.
• Support Transmission Services in interconnection documentation review.
• Assist with substation project scope creation and preparation.

Skills

Substation design

Project Engineering

High Voltage engineering

Technical oversight

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering

Job description

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At WECTEC Staffing Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

About the role

Location: Remote position. Some travel required within North America. We are looking for a Principal Engineer – Substation on behalf of our client. This is a 1-year contract assignment. (W-2) You will be responsible for all assigned substation projects from conception (Early Stage) through construction and commissioning (Execution). In the conceptual phase, you will work with the Early-Stage Project Manager to support the engineering requirements and scope with the Development Group. You will report to the onsite Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate with other project stakeholders to develop and secure a substation site, support any engineering updates, data and permits necessary to design and build the substation.
• Training, due diligence, and technical oversight of external engineers of record (EOR) for all assigned substation projects to ensure compliance with required generation interconnection agreements, scope of work documents, project specifications, site specific design requirements, IEEE, NESC, ASCE and all other applicable industry codes and standards.
• Coordination with other groups to ensure that the assigned E&C substation projects are successful. Generally responsible for representing E&C's internal and external interests on assigned projects, including presentations/briefing on current progress, issues, and risk mitigation in meetings with multiple levels of management.
• Support Transmission Services during review of interconnection documentation including system impact studies, facility studies, reactive and harmonic studies and Interconnection agreements and ensures that Transmission Owner requirements and E&C engineering design are consistent and in compliance with all ISO requirements and incorporated into the project design.
• Assist ISC with all substation project SOW creation, review, approval, and preparation of shopping carts for engineering services and materials manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering is preferred.
• 7+ years' experience in Substation design and engineering of High Voltage substation projects is helpful.
• Project Engineering or Project Management experience with

PMP or P.E. in related discipline is helpful.

Our Safety Pledge To You

If you are as committed to your success as we are committed to your safety, then this is the position for you! For us, our guiding principle has always been and will continue to be the safety of our people. It's that simple!

Why WECTEC Staffing Services?

WECTEC Staffing Services delivers customer-focused solutions, offering everything from high-volume, cost-effective staffing to specialized niche roles, while maintaining best-in-class service. Our employees bring expertise across technical and corporate functions, supporting international contracts in over five countries. We invite you to explore opportunities within our distinguished global talent network.

WECTEC Staffing Services offers competitive pay to all of our employees. Additionally, most positions qualify for benefits including the following:

• Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions

WECTEC Staffing Services continues to successfully place professional and technical resources into key roles globally.

The base salary range for this position, which is dependent upon experience, qualifications and skills, is estimated to be $70.00/hr to $94.00/hr.