Engineer - Substation

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* Job Title:

Engineer - Substation
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* Location:

** Binghamton, NY (Kirkwood), Rochester, NY.
** Work type:
** Office The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from **$87,600
** to **$107,500.
**** Job Summary
** Performs electrical engineering for the construction of high voltage electrical substations including project planning and development of scope, estimating, economic evaluation, analysis of alternatives, and specification of equipment.
** Responsibilities:
*** Plans and coordinates larger scale engineering projects, scheduling and cost tracking, and coordination support for various Company departments and customers.
* Performs moderately complex engineering analysis to determine equipment ratings, insulation coordination, grounding, and lightening protection requirements.
* Provides technical expertise for the substation maintenance technicians and electric field operations substation maintenance personnel to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of energy related services.
* Helps plan the design and construction standards, determine installation and operating requirements, and helps evaluate new products and vendors. Provides equipment application and maintenance recommendations.
* Performs additional activities as requested: maintenance program development, maintenance specifications, equipment assessment, technical support, maintenance practice development and equipment specs for substation equipment (power transformers, circuit breakers, instrument transformers, disconnect switches, regulators, etc.).
* Provides preliminary designs and estimates in support of capital budget plans and System Planning studies.
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* Required Qualifications:

**** Required

Education:

*** Bachelor’s Degree, BSEE, in an engineering discipline from an ABET (or equivalent) accredited university/college required and 2+ years of relevant experience required
* Experience in engineering including electric substation maintenance and field engineering work.
* Demonstrated substation maintenance and test experience is required.
* Professional Engineering license in applicable state.
** Technical Skills/

Competencies:

*** Theoretical Engineering knowledge:
Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytics, Modeling & Calculation (e.g., sym. Components, per unit, etc.), Understanding the Business Model
* Practical Engineering Experience/Application:
Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g., field experience, standardization, develop business case and defend in front of stakeholders)
* Engineering documentation:
Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation, review, and approve engineering work done by others
* Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment:
Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and Requirements (NERC, NPCC, ISO, PUC, etc.)
** Behavioral

Competencies:

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* • Develop self & others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile
** Company:
** NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP
** Mobility Information
** Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country.

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