Senior Substation Engineer — Transmission & Field Services

FirstEnergy Corp; Fairmont (WV); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

FirstEnergy Corp in the United States is seeking an Electrical Substation Engineer to help maintain a safe workplace and commission new transmission substation equipment, ensuring it is ready for operations and compliant with industry standards.

The role involves developing check-out guides, reviewing test results, creating energization and isolation plans, providing onsite field design support, and collaborating with regional teams and vendors to resolve technical issues throughout

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a safe workplace for coworkers and the community based upon developing knowledge of potential hazards, industry regulations/requirements and company practices.
• Commissioning new transmission substation equipment prior to it being released to transmission operations.
• Developing check-out guides, review and approving test results and isolation plans, and developing energization plans to minimize system risk.
• Providing limited field design services to correct minor design problems encountered during the implementation of substation capital projects.
• Providing onsite technical support to regional substation services employees during preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
• Applying engineering skills and operational knowledge in the identification and resolution of technical problems while in the field during the installation phase, testing phase, and during the design life of the substation equipment.
• Auditing preventive and corrective maintenance paperwork and test results to verify technical adequacy and regulatory completeness.
• Providing emergency technical support following substation equipment failures to support customer restoration and system reinforcement.
• Supporting the emergency plan through participation in assigned storm duties including hazard responding.
• Ability to work both independently and in unison with others including regional and plant personnel as well as other departments/sections and outside vendors.
• Communicating across multi-disciplined teams to include electrical contractors, customers,FirstEnergy regional switchmen/technicians, transmission operations, design engineering, planning/protection and project management to ensure successful and timely project completion.

Job description

FirstEnergy Corp in the United States is seeking an Electrical Substation Engineer to help maintain a safe workplace and commission new transmission substation equipment, ensuring it is ready for operations and compliant with industry standards.

The role involves developing check-out guides, reviewing test results, creating energization and isolation plans, providing onsite field design support, and collaborating with regional teams and vendors to resolve technical issues throughout