Senior Substation Electrical Engineer

Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 134,300 - 169,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage

Company Sponsored Life Insurance

Discounted Gym Membership

401(k) Retirement Plan

Generous PTO + Paid Holidays

Job summary

Milhouse Engineering and Construction, Inc. seeks a Senior Substation Electrical Engineer in Chicago, Illinois. The ideal candidate will lead protective system designs, physical layout designs, and calculations for high voltage substation projects. With a strong focus on quality, you will drive projects to completion, manage project resources, and produce high-quality deliverables. Ideal candidates will have a degree in electrical engineering, a P.E. license, and significant experience in substation design. Competitive salary and extensive benefits are provided.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in protection & control or substation design engineering.
• P.E. license required.
• Experience with power system studies such as short circuit and coordination studies.

Responsibilities

• Lead protective system designs and calculations for high voltage substation projects.
• Support project resource teams and manage project subordinates.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and client specifications.

Skills

Protection & control design

Substation design engineering

Project management

Communication skills

Knowledge of codes and standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

ACAD

MicroStation

Revit

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Overview

The Senior Substation Electrical Engineer is an integral resource to our Power Substation leadership (and supporting team) as you lead programs and a team of engineers on Milhouse projects. You will lead protective system designs, physical layout designs, and calculations, as well as coordinate with other disciplines on substation projects.

Your main responsibilities can include creating electrical protection & control and/or physical layout design deliverables for a range of Substation projects. Focus will be on the delivery of substation automation systems for our high voltage substation projects. Typical projects include working within multi-disciplinary teams to assist in developing efficient and reliable solutions for intricate substation projects. A key component of your role will be to act as the team’s quality lead on reviewing all design efforts to ensure it aligns with the client and Milhouse standards.

What you will do

• Apply clients’ standards, guidelines, specifications, practices and procedures or appropriate industry standards in preparing design drawings as well as coordinate design activities to ensure installation and operations comply with all specifications, codes, and client requirements.
• Deliver the assigned projects on time, within budget and meet agreed scope.
• Regularly communicate and coordinate project activities with internal team members and build relationships with clients
• The design and delivery of green and brown field high voltage electrical substation project.
• Support the development of P&C one line diagram, AC/DC schematics, control panel layout and wiring diagram, station service AC/DC distribution diagram, bill of material, cable schedule, etc.
• Lead all quality assurance efforts on behalf of the team
• Manage project subordinates and/or other project/discipline resources to quality, schedule, and budget requirements.
• Creating and enforcing project quality plan.
• Prepare proposals, contract amendments, change order documentation, and claim documentation.
• Ability to consistently work independently and present high quality of work.
• Lead project resource teams assigned to support projects.
• Maintain positive working relationships between the client and prime consultants.
• Provide documented scope, schedule, deliverables, and budgets.
• Provide progress reports, project milestones, scope changes, budget forecasting/analysis, and schedule updates to the team.
• Monitor cost accounting, invoicing, and closing out of projects.
• Ability to manage / lead several simultaneous projects.
• Work with team to ensure all required deliverables are prepared, submitted, and tracked.
• Coordinate with finance group to confirm invoicing and receiving payments on a timely basis.
• In charge of QA/QC on assigned projects.
• Provide project status information to the Managers and team.
• Assist management as directed.
• Ability to roll up sleeves and support project execution as needed

Who you are

• Four-year bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from an ABET accredited institution
• 13 - 20 years of protection & control / substation design engineering experience
• P.E. required
• Local utility agency experience preferred
• Project management experience preferred
• Distribution experience is a plus
• Proven ability to consistently produce high quality of work
• Ability to consistently work independently
• Advanced presentation, written, verbal communication skills
• Knowledge of applicable codes and standards
• Familiar with discipline specific design software and design management systems
• Familiar with Grounding Calculations
• Memberships and active participation in discipline specific professional organizations such as IEEE
• Experience with power system studies such as short circuit and coordination studies.
• Experience with preparing relay settings
• Familiarity with applicable IEEE / EIC codes and standards
• Understanding of CAD software
• Ability to estimate, plan, and schedule substation projects
• Ability to support proposal activities
• Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Word, and Excel as well as ACAD or MicroStation and Revit

Benefits and commitments

• Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage – Details available on request
• Company Sponsored Life Insurance and Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Coverages
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Competitive Base Salary
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Professional Development Incentives – including bonuses for earning your P.E. License
• Milhouse University (Cross-Functional Training)
• Employee Education & Development Program
• Generous PTO + Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Extracurricular Sports Teams
• Employee Recognition Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Transit Benefits Program
• Charitable Events and Activities

Salary: $134,300 - $169,200 a year

The actual base pay depends upon many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. While we provide a range, we are open to applicants who are outside of this range.

Milhouse is a pay transparency non-discrimination organization committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace. We ensure that all employees are compensated fairly and without bias, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.