Electrical Engineer - Senior Substation Design

Electrical Engineer - Senior Substation Design

Houston, Texas, United States

The Opportunity

Function as a technical lead and responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects (substation design encompasses distribution, subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes). Provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on substation design projects. Perform substation design, including physical design and protective relaying/control. Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings. Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors. Mentor and train junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Develop and maintain budgets and schedules for multiple substation design projects
• Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement
• Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and company policies
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
• Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines

Quality/Continuous Improvement:

• Independently applies knowledge and complies with company's quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with company's quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews
• Provides related guidance and direction to others
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
• Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports and project team(s)
• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings

Client Focus:

• Interface directly with clients, vendors, and subcontractors
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects
• Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities
• People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):
• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
• May participate in career planning, and learning and development
• Mentor less experienced engineers and direct reports
• Provide constructive feedback to direct reports on performance

Resource Management - (budgets, tools, processes, project support):

• Implements resource management strategy
• Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline
• Administrative:
• Administrative responsibilities may include office administration
• Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup
• Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs
• May approve timesheets and expense reports

Qualifications

• PE License in Texas
• Power/Power Systems experience preferred
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects
• Substation design experience (physical & P&C)

Technical Experience:

• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
• Prepare one-lines, connection diagrams, panel elevations and protection & control schematics for power substation equipment.
• Prepare auxiliary power equipment sizing calculations.
• Design wiring diagrams for protective relaying panels.
• Perform complex engineering calculations/studies related to substation projects such as: lightning protection, conduit fill, AC/DC station service loading, surge arrester sizing and voltage drop.
• Create RTU control, status and analog point lists, raceway/cable schedules along with maintenance/signage and nameplates
• Prepare equipment arrangement, grounding, foundation and conduit plans for high voltage substations.
• Review shop drawings, vendor quotes and perform bid evaluations.
• Develop construction release documents.
• Experience 500KV - 13.8KV substations, varying voltage classes
• Experience with open air and/or GIS
• Experience with designing different types of bus configurations
• Raceway drawings, grounding drawings, plan and section drawings
• Manages budget, schedule, and quality requirements. Actively coordinate with others on the team Delegate and supervise the work of younger engineers Communicate with upper management and provide status updates on engineering design activities