Lead Substation Engineer 1 - Grid

Description

This position will offer you the ability to directly apply your knowledge of protective relaying and controls systems for HV and EHV substations. As a Lead Substation Engineer, you will:

• Lead an engineering and design team and work on a wide range of substation modifications and upgrades to support client requirements and reviews, creating calculations, document designs, and specifications.
• Prepare relaying philosophies, including selecting relay, control, and communications equipment, developing SCADA and telecommunication concepts and configurations, and overseeing the preparation of I/O assignments and connection diagrams.
• Guide junior and senior‑level engineers and designers in protection and controls engineering design efforts, providing guidance for the coordination of detailed design phases for all aspects of the engineering work.
• Support assignments that include investigating, troubleshooting, and solving a wide variety of engineering issues.
• Perform analysis and design of single line diagrams, substation relaying & metering diagrams (i.e. A.C. schematic diagrams), and D.C. schematic diagrams.
• Prepare engineering studies for client and peer review.
• Perform independent reviews of work performed by others including calculations and drawing preparation.
• Coordinate and provide guidance to other engineers, project managers, client personnel, and suppliers to ensure a complete and timely design.
• Perform reviews of existing facilities to propose upgrades and replacements, and present findings and recommendations to clients and peers.
• Develop your career via peer‑learning through sharing of knowledge with other experienced engineers by way of Sargent & Lundy’s systems of process and associated “Communities of Practice.”
• Provide guidance as a mentor in the development of less experienced engineers.
• Potential for travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.

This position is based on a hybrid work schedule and will require in‑office work 3 days per week, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days. Depending on your location, this opportunity offers a generous relocation package.

We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in Canada for this position.

This position may require access to U.S. export‑controlled information. As such, candidates must be a citizen of a country listed in Appendix A to Part 810 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Please  to determine your eligibility.

• Requires a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree.
• 10 or more years of experience with a focus on protection, control, and telecommunications for high‑voltage substations, including design, installation, and coordination.
• PE or P.Eng license.
• Experience serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
• Experience in writing and providing support documentation for relay calculations.
• Experience with the design techniques, tools, and principles involved in producing technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Proficiency with any of the following programs: SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, CDEGS, or vendor software.
• Familiarity with design codes and standards such as NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE, and ANSI.
• Experience with various vendor protective relay equipment typically used in substation protection, including SEL, ABB, GE, Areva, and Basler.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• A Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree is preferable.
• A degree from a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board‑accredited undergraduate program or a US‑based ABET‑accredited program.
• Prior experience in inline, bus and equipment protection, breaker, transformer and similar equipment control, RTU and data concentrator‑based SCADA systems, telemetering and communications (fiber optics, microwave, power line carrier, etc.).
• AutoCAD or Micro Station experience.
• Construction and startup experience.
• Testing or commissioning experience.

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