Senior Substation Plant Engineer

Switchgear Magazine; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in the United States is seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to lead technical aspects of large substation projects. The role involves coordinating engineering activities, ensuring adherence to quality standards, and managing multiple internal and external stakeholders. Candidates should have at least 10 years of experience in electrical project engineering and must hold or plan to obtain a Professional Engineering license. This position promises a dynamic work environment focused on advanced HV solutions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Transmission & Distribution substation engineering.
• Professional Engineering license in the United States or a plan to obtain it.
• Proven knowledge of HV equipment for GIS/AIS substations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate all technical aspects of substation projects.
• Accountable for engineering activities including scheduling and design safety.
• Direct efforts of engineers and designers to meet project specifications.

Skills

HV substation design

Project management

Technical communication

Risk management

Design optimization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Engineering analysis software

Job description

Responsible for leading and coordinating all technical aspects of the substations and balance of plant for large and complex substation projects. You will lead the team by providing clear direction, expectations, and reviews to ensure goals are met or exceeded. The Sr. Engineer must identify key internal & external stake holders and their needs such as technical information, execution strategy, and drive effective communications to align people for efficient work.

Job Description

• Accountable for engineering activities on the assigned project such as: schedule development & updates, design safety, planning & tracking project design reviews, design optimization, On Time Delivery, risk management, and quality control/quality assurance.
• Capable to execute on his or her own the full HV physical outdoor design of the substation works, arrangement of HV equipments and arrangement of LV/MV equipments in Control Buildings.
• Direct the efforts of engineers and designers, coordinating with sourcing and the project team on technical matters to meet project specifications, cost control, and schedule objectives.
• Interface with internal and external team members such as the Project Engineering Director, discipline PEM’s, Designers, CAD Operators, Project Managers, and support organizations.
• Responsible for the power single line drawing, plan and elevation drawings, general substation arrangement and layout, construction details, and layouts for high voltage bus, cable, high voltage equipment, conduit, cable, and wiring, auxiliary power, grounding, and control buildings.
• Must oversee if not self-perform related studies and calculations as well as development of the bills of material.
• Manage a combined project BOM & MDL from multiple sources, writing and/or reviewing High Voltage equipment technical specifications, supporting sourcing for vendor quotations and reviews
• Single point of contact for technical issues for the customer and project manager.
• Responsible for technical change control and risk management.
• Accountable with the PED for the performance of engineering subcontractors. This includes work scope definition, hours used, change management, quality control, schedule definition & adherence, and customer interface.
• Accountable for meeting customer engineering CTQ’s
• Support proposals and tenders for substation projects including estimating man hours and the application of major equipment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited university or college (BSEE preferred)
• Professional Engineering license in the United States (or demonstrating his/her plan to get PE license within a certain period) and willing to review and seal your work and the work of others under your supervision.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in Transmission & Distribution substation engineering for electric utilities and renewable energy power plants and projects experience as an Electrical Project Engineer in substation type applications, including primary (outdoor) physical substation design and required studies.
• Proven Knowledge of HV equipments for GIS/AIS substations.
• Able and willing to travel 20% including international and comply with GE travel guidelines.

Desired Characteristics

• In depth experience applying High Voltage substation North American standards & guidelines (IEEE & ANSI standards and codes such as the NEC and the NESC.), local Grid Codes, and related equipment (safety, application, sizing and integration). Moreover, the ability to engineer design packages when no clear customer specification is provided.
• Knowledge on contract and project management, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), or Engineering equipment package (EEP) project execution.
• Understanding of civil engineering and substation related structural design requirements.
• Working knowledge of applicable design calculations for primary & secondary equipment such as battery sizing & DC system component selection, power transformer and circuit breaker selection, circuit protection, control and power cable selection and rating, bus, fittings, insulator, and arrector selection, ground grid design, and lightning protection.