Substation Engineer - Electrical

J&T; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

J&T is seeking a Physical Substation Engineer to develop efficient preliminary designs for electrical systems and components in Substation Facilities. You will lead the creation of preliminary substation electrical drawings in line with RFQ scope, ensuring constructability and design quality.

You will mentor junior engineers and take on responsibilities as Lead Engineer and Engineer of Record for projects, delivering designs including general arrangement, grounding, BOMs, and construction

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (ABET accredited).
• Experience with substation design tools and standards is required or preferred.
• Professional certifications such as FE or EIT are beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate designs of high voltage electrical substation components meeting standards and codes.
• Perform quality reviews of engineering work from peers and sub-contractors.
• Act as lead Engineer and Engineer of Record for projects.
• Design substation systems including general arrangement, equipment, layout, grounding, and BOMs.
• Prepare construction drawing packages for bids and review proposals for constructability.
• Manage project proposals, bid preparation, and schedules for substation projects.
• Assist project team during construction on electrical substation issues.
• Travel to client sites as necessary.

Skills

ETAP

WinIGS

IEEE 88/998

AutoCAD

Bentley MicroStation

Bentley Substation

Education

ABET-accredited Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

EIT Certification (preferred)

FE Certification

Tools

Autodesk AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Bentley MicroStation

Bentley Substation

Job description

The Physical Substation Engineer works within a multi-discipline team to develop efficient and reliable preliminary design of electrical systems and components for Substation Facilities. This Engineer is accountable for developing preliminary substation electrical drawings in accordance with RFQ scope of work, ensuring constructability of design. This individual provides leadership, mentorship, and/or guidance to less experienced engineers within the department.

Who You Are:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university
• Experience with ETAP, WinIGS, IEEE 88/998
• Experience using Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, Bentley MicroStation and/or Bentley Substation software to develop 2D drawings or 3D models are a plus.
• EIT Certification preferred (not required)
• FE Certified

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate designs of high voltage electrical substation components that meet industry and client standards and applicable codes.
• Perform quality reviews of electrical engineering work for both peers/sub-contractors on assigned projects.
• Act as lead Engineer and Engineer of Record for projects.
• Design substation systems and components to include general arrangement, equipment, and electrical layout, grounding, bills of material, etc.
• Prepare construction drawing preliminary packages for bids and review incoming proposals for alignment with design and constructability of methods.
• Manage the development of project proposals, bid preparation, project schedules, etc. for assigned Substation projects.
• Assist project team during construction on electrical substation issues.
• Travel to client sites/field as necessary.