Electrical Engineer - Senior Substation Design Job Houston area,Texas USA,Engineering

Position: Electrical Engineer - Senior Substation Design - 99276
About the job Electrical Engineer - Senior Substation Design - 99276

The Opportunity:

Function as a technical lead and responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects (substation design encompasses distribution, subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes)
Provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on substation design projects
Perform substation design, including physical design and protective relaying/control
Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings
Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
Mentor and train junior engineers

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Standards:

Develop and maintain budgets and schedules for multiple substation design projects
Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement
Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and company policies
Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines

Quality/Continuous Improvement:

Independently applies knowledge and complies with company's quality program relative to assigned tasks
Responsible for ensuring compliance with company's quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews
Provides related guidance and direction to others
Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Engineering Production:

Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects
Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work
Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports and project team(s)
Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings

Client Focus:

Interface directly with clients, vendors, and subcontractors
Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects
Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities
People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):
Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
May participate in career planning, and learning and development
Mentor less experienced engineers and direct reports
Provide constructive feedback to direct reports on performance

Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):

Implements resource management strategy
Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline
Administrative:
Administrative responsibilities may include office administration
Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
May approve timesheets and expense reports

Qualifications:

PE License in Texas
Power/Power Systems experience preferred
Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects
Substation design experience (physical & P&C)

Technical

Experience:

Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
Prepare one-lines, connection diagrams, panel elevations and protection & control schematics for power substation equipment.
Prepare auxiliary power equipment sizing calculations.
Design wiring diagrams for protective relaying panels.
Perform complex engineering calculations/studies related to substation projects such as: lightning protection, conduit fill, AC/DC station service loading, surge arrester sizing and voltage drop.
Create RTU control, status and analog point lists, raceway/cable schedules along with maintenance/signage and nameplates
Prepare equipment arrangement, grounding, foundation and conduit plans for high voltage substations.
Review shop drawings, vendor quotes and perform bid evaluations.
Develop construction release documents.
Experience 500KV - 13.8KV substations, varying voltage classes
Experience with open air and/or GIS
Experience with designing different types of bus configurations
Raceway drawings, grounding drawings, plan and section…


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