Substation Staff Engineer

Substation Staff Engineer Job Location s

US

Full-Time Regular - 40 hours

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As KCI Energy's Staff Engineer - Substation, you perform engineering assignments of increasing complexity supporting transmission and distribution substation projects. The role may be filled by an engineer whose primary technical experience or developing specialty is in Substation Physical and/or Protection & Control and/or Substation Studies and/or Settings/SCADA. Working under the direction of Project Engineers, responsible Professional Engineers, and experienced technical staff, you prepare assigned engineering work and support project delivery from conceptual engineering through construction and commissioning support.

You are expected to develop technical capability in at least one specialty-not necessarily all four-while building awareness of the other specialties and multidisciplinary interfaces. You are accountable for the accuracy, completeness, coordination, and technical quality of your assigned work. You collaborate with Engineers, Designers, and CAD Technicians; follow established standards and workflows; communicate questions and risks early; apply review feedback; and steadily increase your technical judgment and project responsibility.

Demonstrate foundational technical knowledge and developing capability in Substation Physical and/or Protection & Control and/or Substation Studies and/or Settings/SCADA. Exposure to multiple specialties is preferred but is not required.

• Substation Physical:
  Support equipment selection and application, one-line diagrams, general arrangements, equipment layouts, bus and conductor design, electrical clearances, grounding, lightning protection, raceways, cable routing, control building arrangements, auxiliary AC/DC systems, equipment specifications, bills of material, and physical design calculations.
• Protection & Control:
  Support development of protection philosophies, one-line and three-line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, relay and control panels, wiring and interconnection diagrams, CT/VT application, tripping and interlocking schemes, control logic, telecom and SCADA interfaces, cutover plans, testing requirements, and commissioning support.
• Substation Studies:
  Support power-system model development and perform assigned analysis under technical direction, which may include load flow, short circuit, grounding, arc-flash, protection coordination, insulation coordination, temporary and switching overvoltage, transient recovery voltage, electromagnetic transient, dynamic stability, EMF, induced voltage, and other specialty studies.
• Settings/SCADA:
  Support protective relay settings and coordination, relay logic and configuration, RTU/IED/gateway integration, SCADA architecture, HMI and alarm configuration, point lists, I/O mapping, databases, communications networks and protocols, IEC 61850 integration, FAT/SAT, field testing, energization, and commissioning support.
• Develop working knowledge of and apply IEEE, ANSI, NESC, NEC, NFPA, utility standards, client specifications, and industry practices under appropriate technical guidance.
• Support coordination of…