Substation Project Engineer – Northwest Power Delivery

HDR; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee assistance program

Paid time away

Parental leave

Paid holidays

Retirement savings with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

HDR Engineering is seeking a Substation Project Engineer to join our Power Delivery team. Roles are available in specified locations across the Northwest, including Seattle/Bellevue and surrounding areas.

The candidate will support scopes, schedules, budgets, and coordinate design with multiple departments while mentoring junior staff. A PE license and strong substation design background are required for this engineer position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Previous experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

Responsibilities

• Support preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that schedules and budgets are met.
• Understands physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, sections and details, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, and associated bills of material.
• Understands protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring.
• Prepare calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC/DC load studies, etc.).
• Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and/or factory acceptance testing.
• Coordinate design activities with other departments (Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.).
• Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with manager, clients, and others as needed.
• Works independently and may direct, mentor, train, and/or supervise efforts of less-experienced EIT's and/or Designers.

Skills

Substation design

One Line Diagrams

Grounding

Protection & control

Communication

Mentoring/leadership

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer license

Tools

PLS CAD

AutoCAD

Plant 3D

AutoPipe

Revit

Job description

HDR Engineering is seeking a Substation Project Engineer to join our Power Delivery team. Roles are available in specified locations across the Northwest, including Seattle/Bellevue and surrounding areas.

The candidate will support scopes, schedules, budgets, and coordinate design with multiple departments while mentoring junior staff. A PE license and strong substation design background are required for this engineer position.