Project Engineer IV - Substation

Booth & Associates; The Woodlands (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Booth & Associates in The Woodlands, TX seeks a lead Substation Engineer to supervise a small team of engineers and CAD designers. You will seal major work and manage client relations and business development with select clients.

Responsibilities include overseeing physical layout and protection/control packages, relay settings programming, field support, commissioning, and drawing reviews. Experience and PE license required; 8+ years preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (required).
• 8+ years of applicable experience.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE).

Responsibilities

• Supervise and schedule work of engineers, designers, and CAD operators.
• Serve as Customer’s point of contact to manage projects and customer satisfaction, and future business opportunities.
• Proficient in substation engineering areas: physical layout, protection/control, relay settings, field support, commissioning, relay testing.
• Support a strong safety culture by following established safety standards and best practices.
• Perform and direct the preparation of complex project documents including specifications and bid documents.
• Perform and direct complex drawing reviews to ensure plans clearly represent the design intent.
• Supervise training of division Project Engineers I and II.
• Perform basic functions of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Interface well with employees at all levels and perform other related duties.

Skills

Team leadership

Substation engineering

CAD design

Relays & protection

Project coordination

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Description

Lead small team of engineers and CAD designers (~5 members) in General/Physical Layout and Protection & Control packages of substation design projects. The candidate will be the sealing engineer for the majority of work produced by the team and also manage customer relations and business development with select clients. This position reports to the Divisional Manager.

Job Type

Full-time

Location

Texas Office, Woodlands area.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and schedule work of engineers, designers, CAD operators on candidate’s assigned team.
• Capability to be Customer’s Point of Contact to manage existing projects and customer satisfaction, as well as future business and upcoming project plans.
• Proficient in multiple areas of substation engineering such as physical layout design, protection/control design, relay settings programming, field support, substation commissioning, relay testing.
• Support and contribute to a company-wide safety culture by following established safety standards, policies, and best practices, helping to ensure a safe environment for employees, clients, and the public.
• Performs and directs project design. This includes tasks such as performing engineering calculations; using computer design software and referencing appropriate engineering procedures and design manuals.
• Performs and/or directs the preparation of complex project documents including specifications and bid documents.
• Performs and directs complex drawing reviews such as checking and marking up full plan sets to ensure the plans are a clear, concise, and thorough graphical representation of the intent of the design.
• Supervises work and assists in training of division Project Engineers I and II.
• Performs basic functions of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Must interface well with employees at all levels.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
• The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering required.
• Eight plus years of applicable experience required.
• Licensed Professional Engineer.