Senior Power Systems Manager - HV Substations Remote Start

Coalesce Management Consulting; Alexandria (LA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Coalesce Management Consulting seeks a senior Engineering Manager for Power Systems — High Voltage / Substation. Location: United States, remote start with site transition in the southern region. Engagement is contract/staff augmentation with long-duration execution.

The role requires 10+ years of HV power systems experience, ownership of design at 34.5 kV and above, and fluency in IEEE/ANSI standards. Responsibilities span from interconnection studies to energisation and commissioning.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in high voltage power systems engineering.
• Hands-on design authority from 34.5 kV upward; experience at 115 kV to 230 kV or above.
• Substation design ownership — not support — on large industrial facilities.
• Power quality experience on nonlinear industrial loads: harmonics, flicker, SVC or STATCOM sizing.
• Fluency in US standards and practice: IEEE, ANSI, 60 Hz systems, US utility interconnection process.

Responsibilities

• Utility interconnection and system studies — load flow, short circuit, interconnection coordination through to energisation approval.
• Main substation design — single line diagrams, bus arrangement, equipment sizing and selection, grounding to IEEE 80, lightning shielding to IEEE 998.
• Plant high voltage distribution — step-down transformers, breaker vaults, feeders, series reactors.
• Power quality — flicker assessment to IEEE 1453, harmonic analysis to IEEE 519, sizing and specification of SVC, STATCOM and passive harmonic filter systems.
• Load characterisation — furnace and drive loads, melting cycle behaviour, worst-case flicker and harmonic injection conditions.
• Protection and control — relay coordination, transformer protection, substation automation.
• Long lead equipment specification and procurement support.
• Construction oversight, commissioning and energisation.

Skills

Power systems engineering

Substation design

IEEE/ANSI standards

Front-end design authority

Field execution oversight

Education

Degree in Electrical Engineering

US Professional Engineer (PE) licence — advantageous

Job description

Coalesce Management Consulting seeks a senior Engineering Manager for Power Systems — High Voltage / Substation. Location: United States, remote start with site transition in the southern region. Engagement is contract/staff augmentation with long-duration execution.

The role requires 10+ years of HV power systems experience, ownership of design at 34.5 kV and above, and fluency in IEEE/ANSI standards. Responsibilities span from interconnection studies to energisation and commissioning.