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 Roseville, CA. The Lead Commissioning/Testing Engineer will be responsible for testing and commissioning Transmission and Distribution substations additions or modifications; ensuring they are installed, function, and are energized correctly. The position leads the testing and commissioning of electrical equipment within substations or generator plants, performing and directing all aspects of electrical testing including protection relays, circuit breakers, transformers and other substation equipment.

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

This position requires the Commissioning Engineer to provide testing and commissioning services along with engineering to the Utility Substation and Generation Stations.

Responsibilities include:

• 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 procedure.
• 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 to properly sequence equipment, ensuring 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, formally handing it over to Dispatch for operation within design limits.
• Support several capital projects occurring simultaneously; rotate among jobs, keeping abreast of construction activities, reviewing test results, and monitoring work to anticipate problems and gauge technical involvement.
• Work extended hours/days at a particular job site near project completion when equipment is ready for control scheme testing and energization.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with customers, demonstrating awareness of customer needs, preferences, and constraints.
• Provide customer service, sales ability, and the 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 for system operation and testing requirements.
• 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.
• Apply programming and testing for protection relays from GE, SEL, ALSTOM, SCHNEIDER, SIEMENS, and ABB; 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 written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent negotiation, influence, mediation, and conflict management skills.
• Proven problem‑solving and decision‑making…