Lead Electrical Engineer - Grid

Overview

Description

• This position will offer you the ability to directly apply your knowledge of protective relaying and controls systems for HV and EHV substations. As a Project Lead of an engineering and design team, you will work on a wide range of substation modifications and upgrades to support client requirements and reviews including creating calculations, document designs, and specifications.

• You will be responsible for preparing relaying philosophies, including selecting relay, control, and communications equipment, developing SCADA and telecommunication concepts and configurations, and overseeing the preparation of I/O assignments and connection diagrams.

• As a Project Lead Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for guiding junior and senior-level engineers and designers in protection and controls engineering design efforts, including providing guidance with the coordination of detailed design phases for all aspects of the engineering work.

• You will work on challenging assignments that include investigating, trouble-shooting, and solving a wide variety of engineering issues.

• You will perform analysis and design of single line diagrams, substation relaying & metering diagrams (i.e. A.C. schematic diagrams), and D.C. Schematic diagrams.

• Prepare engineering studies for client and peer review.

• Perform independent reviews of work performed by others including calculations and drawing preparation.

• Coordinate and provide guidance to other engineers, project managers, client personnel, and suppliers to ensure a complete and timely design.

• Perform reviews of existing facilities to propose upgrades and replacements, and present findings and recommendations to clients and peers.

• Develop your career via peer-learning through sharing of knowledge with other experienced engineers by way of Sargent & Lundy’s systems of process and associated “Communities of Practice.”

• Provide guidance as a mentor in the development of less experienced engineers.

• There is the potential for you to travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs.

• This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation of spending three days a week in the office, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days.

• Dependent upon your location, this opportunity offers a generous relocation package.

We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.

• This position requires a BSEE with a power systems or controls emphasis from an ABET-accredited engineering program.

• 12 or more years experience with a focus on protection / control / telecommunications for high voltage substations; including design, installation, and coordination.

• PE license.

• Experience with serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.

• Experience in writing and providing support documentation for relay calculations.

• Experience with the design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

• Proficiency with any of the following programs: SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, CDEGS, or vendor software.

• Familiarity with design codes and standards, such as NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI.

• Experience with various vendor protective relay equipment typically used in substation protection, including SEL, ABB, GE, Areva, and Basler.

• Proficiency with MS Office applications.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Valued but not required skills and experience:

• Prior experience is desirable to include in-line, bus and equipment protection, breaker, transformer and similar equipment control, RTU and data concentrator based SCADA systems, telemetering and communications (fiber optics, microwave, power line carrier, etc.).

• AutoCAD or Micro Station experience.

• Construction and start-up experience.

• Testing or commissioning experience.

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