Senior Substation Engineer

Crest Industries; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Beta Engineering, a Crest Industries subsidiary, seeks a Substation Engineer to design and document high voltage substations. You will work with project teams, customers, and other engineering disciplines to ensure designs meet codes and standards.

Overnight travel to active job sites is required; a PE license and strong communication skills are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree (or higher) in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering.
• 5+ years in physical design of high voltage substations.
• PE license required.
• Strong skills in MS Word, Mathcad, Excel, and PowerPoint; good verbal/written communication.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, CDEGS, CYMCAP, LitePro, FEAP, and related tools is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Check conduit, grounding, control shelter, and electrical layouts.
• Perform grounding, conduit fill, pulling tension, and other substation calculations.
• Create and review material lists for major and minor equipment.
• Coordinate with customer representatives, PM teams, and other disciplines.
• Answer technical questions from construction managers, field staff, and customers.
• Travel to active job sites and customer offices as needed.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Mathcad

Excel

PowerPoint

Verbal & written communication

Education

Bachelor degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering

PE license

Tools

AutoCAD

CDEGS grounding software

CYMCAP

LitePro

FEAP

Southwire SAG/Ten

Alcoa

Vehicle Tracking

SAP-2000

Job description

We understand that finding the right place to work isn't easy. At Beta Engineering, we believe in cultivating a team that wins together and takes on the most challenging projects in the high-voltage industry.

We engineer, procure, and construct (EPC) projects for a variety of customers, including those in the utility, industrial, and renewable energy markets. Our work includes substations, transmission lines and more. We help our customers achieve their goals of creating a stronger power grid by reducing risks and identifying innovative solutions for their project challenges.

Our Purpose: We pursue that which challenges us, growing our community to provide critical, creative solutions that achieve extraordinary results.

Our Values: We do what we say, we turn challenges into success and we win together.

Beta Engineering is currently looking for a Substation Engineer to join their team. Substation Engineers (SE) are responsible for the design, interpretation, application and documentation of drawings and calculations pertaining to the physical design of a substation. Substation Engineers are tasked with ensuring that designs, and their applications, are completed to code and standards set forth by the appropriate authoritative bodies. In addition, SE’s are required to work with customer representatives, Project Management Teams and other engineering disciplines to ensure designs meet appropriate specifications and requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Checks conduit, grounding, control shelter, electrical arrangements, outdoor lighting and equipment vendor design packages
• Performs and checks grounding calculations, conduit fill calculations, pulling tension calculations, vehicle tracking calculations, outdoor lighting calculations, lightning protection designs calculations, substation Sag-10 calculations, flexible jumper calculations, bus design calculations, arc-flash calculations, insulation coordination calculations, and underground ampacity calculations
• Creates and checks material list descriptions for all major equipment and minor substation material
• Demonstrates integrity and ethics in all client relationships and communications
• Answers technical questions posed by construction managers, field staff, project managers, customers and their representatives
• Recognize and recommend methods to improve customer’s experience
• Perform other studies as able and required
• Travels periodically to both customer offices for project meetings and to job sites for construction visits and testing
• Manages day-to-day activities of schedule and design of projects assigned to them
• Coordinates and problem solves between design teams and departments

EXPECTATIONS

• Performs quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision
• Interacts professionally with other employees and customers
• Works effectively as a team contributor on all assigned projects
• Communicates regularly with supervisor regarding designs, concerns, studies or tests
• Desire to participate in continued education and training
• Occasional overnight travel to active job sites
• Must have clean driving record as use of company vehicles is a requirement of position
• Adhere to and practice the Beta core competencies and Beta principle
• Maintains check print set of all work they perform
• Utilizes the department resources in an effective manner to get all work accomplished on time and correctly

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering
• 5 plus years of experience in the physical design of high voltage substations is required
• PE license is required
• Strong background in Microsoft Word, Mathcad, Excel, and PowerPoint required; strong verbal and written communication skills are required
• Knowledge of all or some of the following applications are preferred: AutoCAD, CDEGS grounding software, CYMCAP, LitePro, FEAP, Southwire SAG/Ten, Alcoa, Vehicle Tracking, SAP-2000

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Will work in an office environment with minimal exposure to dust, noise, and other environmental hazards
• Overnight travel is required to an active construction site for a period of one or two weeks at a time. Ability to perform duties safely and to adhere to each job site’s safety requirements; while working on an active job site, outdoors, is a requirement

Referral Level: Professional

Eligible for Enhanced Referral

Eligible for External Referral

More information regarding The Crest Industries Family of Companies’ Internal and External Referral Programs can be found here: https://www.crestoperations.com/recruit-new

At Beta Engineering, we empower our employees to identify innovative solutions and opportunities for future growth. Recognizing that our success begins with our people, we invest in our teams through technical, team building, and leadership training.

Beta is a subsidiary of Crest Industries, and job listings are managed by Crest Operations. Crest owns and operates companies that serve industries including power delivery, manufacturing, natural resources, and specialty chemicals.

Beta Engineering is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Beta Engineering is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request information regarding reasonable accommodation, contact your Human Resource Business Partner.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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Salary range is estimated. Actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications and application of any geographic salary differential.