Lead Commissioning Engineer

Wunderlich-Malec Engineering (WM) is a 100% employee‑owned ESOP and one of the largest and most well‑established engineering companies in the United States. When you join WM you become part of a company that is:

• 100% employee‑owned with 40+ years of industry history
• ENR (Engineering News Record) Top 500 firm
• Rated as a top System Integrator Giant

We have a Lead Commissioning Engineer opportunity available in Denver, CO.

• Review specifications and engineering drawings to understand the purpose and functionality of substation. Identify and resolve design errors.
• Manage and schedule the installation and commissioning with subcontractors, personnel and customer in accordance with project requirements.
• Provide safety analysis and proper equipment isolation procedures.
• Provide a day‑to‑day outage plan for customers.
• Develop detailed test procedures and sign‑off sheets for each piece of equipment.
• Monitor construction and be available to address technical questions as they arise during construction, installation and testing.
• Demonstrate ability to service newly designed and experimental equipment, instilling confidence in the customer.
• Assist field crews and dispatch in developing switching sequences, ensuring proper hold points for testing are incorporated.
• Directly witness or perform critical tests such as DC Functional Trip Testing prior to energization and in‑service.
• Direct crews as necessary during critical work junctures, typically during final commission, just prior to and through initial energization.
• Acknowledge substation modification is complete and functional and formally hand it over to Dispatch for operation within design limits.
• Support multiple concurrent capital projects, rotating among jobs, reviewing test results, monitoring work, and assessing technical support needs.
• Work extended hours or days in a row at a specific job site near project completion as equipment is ready for functional testing and energization.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers, demonstrating awareness of their needs and constraints.
• Show proven customer service, sales ability, and capacity to handle difficult customers to meet satisfaction.
• Support estimate development for client proposals and business development.
• Understand AC and DC elementary diagrams, wiring diagrams, and one‑line drawings for system operation and testing requirements.
• Develop standard testing documentation, training procedures, and maintain all project documentation—including certifications and calibration records; NICET certification or equivalent is preferred.
• Possess knowledge of programming and testing protection relays from GE, SEL, ALSTOM, SCHNEIDER, SIEMENS, and ABB, and develop programming macros for automated relay testing.

• Proven ability to motivate, mentor, and optimize in a collaborative, team‑oriented environment.
• Goal‑oriented and focused.
• Strong drive, energy, enthusiasm, and proactive style.
• Experience managing technical projects of various sizes.
• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation, and conflict‑management skills.
• Proven ability with problem solving and decision making.
• Strong organizational, multi‑tasking, and time‑management skills.
• Strong budget‑management skills.
• Diverse skill set with the ability to work independently, acting as technical lead on projects and guiding less experienced engineers/technicians. May also act as Commissioning Engineer on projects.

A Bachelor’s degree in engineering (electrical, mechanical or engineering technology) from an accredited institution is preferred.

• In‑depth understanding of three‑phase power systems.
• In‑depth understanding of protection and control schemes and implementation.
• In‑depth experience utilizing relay test sets with various vendors, including SEL, GE, Beckwith, ABB, Basler, and other electromechanical relays.
• In‑depth understanding of equipment testing—circuit breakers, transformers, circuit switchers, MOABS, CTs, PTs, batteries & chargers, transfer switches, line tuners, wave traps, carrier relays, etc.
• In‑depth…