Substation Engineer

Haydon Healy; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Haydon Healy is seeking an engineer specialized in substation engineering design based in Portland, Oregon. The role involves creating design documents, performing calculations, and applying engineering software. Candidates should have at least 4 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.

Hands-on experience with high voltage substations and effective communication skills are essential. The position may require occasional travel for project-related duties.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years of experience in substation engineering design.
• Familiarity with electrical relays in the electric power utility industry.
• Knowledge of engineering standards like NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE, and ANSI.

Responsibilities

• Create design documents and drawings for substation projects.
• Perform relay burden, load flow, and short circuit calculations.
• Review project schedules to ensure timely project completion.
• Travel to job sites for hands-on experience in substation construction.

Skills

Substation design

Electrical schematics design

Relay coordination

AC/DC fundamentals

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Engineering software

Word processing software

Spreadsheet software

Email software

Job description

Performs engineering work with a focus on substation engineering design including physical and/or protection & control practices. Requires knowledge of substation systems from 34.5kV to 500kV with familiarity with basic principles related to the engineering design or high voltage substations

Duties & Responsibilities

Employee may be called upon to perform any/all of the following functions:

• Work within a project team to create all design documents and drawings for a project, including creating wiring diagrams from schematics, generating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision
• Perform Engineering support tasks such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit calculations with minimal supervision
• Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies with minimal supervision
• Review project Schedules and work with a project engineer to ensure projects remain on schedule
• Properly use the document management sytem
• Apply corporate standard engineering practices
• Communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineer, customer representatives, and others as needed
• Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work
• Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party
• Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications / Experience

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degrees, from an accredited university. Experience in substation design; successful candidates will have at least 4 years experience in substation engineering design with more senior level positions requiring 9 years or more in hands on engineering design

• Familiarity with electrical relays currently utilized in the electric power utility industry
• Experience in application of relays and metering in an electrical substation at 138kV and above
• Experience in the design of electrical schematics for relay applications and control systems
• Experience in the design of connection drawings and cabling
• Relay coordination experience is a plus
• Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals
• Knowledge and understanding of three phase power systems
• Knowledge and understanding of per-unit mathematics and symmetrical components
• Knowledge and understanding of substation components and their functions
• Knowledge of design documents and drawings necessary to complete a projects
• Knowledge of engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
• Knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet, and e-mail software
• Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc