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 Jacksonville, FL. The Lead Commissioning/Testing Engineer will be responsible for testing/commissioning Transmission and Distribution substations additions or modifications to ensure they are installed, functional, and energized correctly. This position leads the testing and commissioning of electrical equipment within an electrical substation or generator plant, performing and directing all aspects of electrical testing including, but not limited to, protection relays, circuit breakers, transformers and other substation equipment.

The Lead Engineer is responsible for training new engineers/technicians in relay testing, equipment testing and substation commissioning.

Major Responsibilities

• 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 customers in accordance with project requirements
• Provide safety analysis and proper equipment isolation procedure
• Provide a day‑to‑day outage plan for customers
• Develop detailed test procedures and sign‑off sheet 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, which has not been seen before, and instill confidence in the customer
• Assist field crews and dispatch in developing switching to properly sequence equipment, making sure 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 occurs during final commission, just prior, and through initial energization
• Acknowledge substation modification is complete and functional and formally turn over to Dispatch to be operated within its design limits
• Support several capital projects occurring at the same time, rotating among the jobs as required, reviewing test results and monitoring the work to anticipate problems and gauge involvement from a technical support perspective
• Near project completion, when the equipment is ready to have its control schemes functionally tested and energized, may work extended hours/days at a particular job site
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with customers, demonstrating an awareness of customer needs, preferences, and time and financial constraints
• Proven customer service, sales ability, and ability to handle difficult customers and meet their satisfaction
• Support the development of estimates for client proposals and further business development
• Understand AC and DC elementary diagrams, wiring diagrams and one‑line drawings to understand system operation and develop testing requirements and procedures
• Develop standard testing documentation, training procedures and maintain all project documentation including certifications and calibration records; candidate should be able to obtain NICET certification or equivalent
• Knowledge of programming and testing protection relays from GE, SEL, ALSTOM, SCHNEIDER, SIEMENS, and ABB; ability to develop programming macros for use in automated relay testing

Ideal Candidate Qualifications

• 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) & interpersonal skills
• Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation & conflict management skills
• Proven ability with problem solving and decision making
• Strong organizational,…