Lead Substation P&C

The client is seeking a Lead Substation Protection & Controls Engineer
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In this role, you will have the opportunity to participate and contribute toward complex projects in both a design and project leadership capacity, interfacing with our current and future customers directly to maximize satisfaction and profitability while working on challenging and exciting projects.

• Assist in completing assignments and work closely with other engineering & design team members to coordinate multiple projects.
• Developing electric substation drawings, including single line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, control panel layouts, and control building layouts.
• Performing substation design calculations and analysis such as ground grid analysis and design, lightning protection, voltage drop, and conduit fill.
• Performing analysis for protective relaying settings (e.g., short circuit, coordination, and protection) and PT and CT sizing determinations (e.g., CT saturation, PT and CT ratio).
• Developing relay settings for various protective features with the aid of other departments and external vendor relay application engineers.
• Working closely with the Civil Engineering department to develop substation foundation and structure drawings.
• Appropriately assign tasks to staff engineers commensurate with their skill set and assist junior engineers with technical applications of design and analysis, as needed.
• Developing technical equipment and construction specifications and work scopes.
• Work closely with peers to ensure accurate and on-time delivery of electrical design that will meet client and industry standards and specifications and meet good engineering practices.
• Providing on-site technical support for selecting clients during construction and commissioning as required.
• Seek out, develop, and maintain client relationships, and sufficiently convey the clients expectations and standards.
• Develop project cost estimates, proposals, schedules, and budgets.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or related discipline and experience in substation engineering and design.
• Experience in substation electrical engineering calculations and design.
• Experience with SEL Acselerator, Micro Station, and AutoCAD.
• Strong familiarity with NESC, IEEE and other applicable codes and standards.
• Willingness to enter energized electric substations with proper training and PPE.
• Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time. To include travel for project and marketing meetings as well as to clients' construction sites, requiring a valid driver's license, and having access to a car. Most travel is expected to within driving distance.
• Ability and willingness to work occasional off hours to support clients and/or meet deadlines (including weekends if necessary).
• Must be self-driven in time management to meet deadlines and provide accurate deliverables.
• Must be proficient with typical office software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Windows.