Substation Design Engineer l

Job Description
Title: Substation Design Engineer l

Duration: 6-12 Months

Location: Las Vegas, NV

Job Description
• Provides comprehensive engineering design services for substation facilities, and ensures the facilities are constructed on schedule and within committed resource allocations.
• Provide leadership, training, and direction to fellow staff members.

Primary Job Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Job Functions)
• Develops economical, technically feasible, reliable substation physical and control designs with minimal supervision and guidance.
• Ensures quality control on assigned projects by providing construction support as needed, including coordination with construction forces and job site inspections.
• Provides coordination and communication with other departments such that total project schedules and expenditures are maintained in accordance with commitments.
• Provides assistance and guidance to other departments and districts in the solution of non-standard substation design problems.
• Monitors project expenditures, and practice cost control such that project commitments are met.
• Provides accurate cost estimates for use in company budgeting procedures such that cash flow requirements are identified.
• Provides input for development of detailed project schedules and update project management system to reflect the status of projects assigned.
• Ensure all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Requirements

Qualifications Requirements
• Bachelor's degree from accredited school in electrical engineering and 8-10 years industry experience.
• Substation/control engineering principals and knowledge of other phases of engineering.
• Areas of cost control, budgets, finance, and accounting with technical experiences in cost analysis
• Skills such as:
• Relay protection, wiring & control, and knowledge of other phases of substation engineering.
• Areas of cost control, budgets, finance, and accounting with technical experience in cost analysis.
• Skills such as:
• Analytical, interpersonal and communication with company personnel, customers, and regulatory agencies.
• Multi-tasking's, leadership, research, analysis, project management, problem-solving and decision-making.
• Equipment and Applications: PCs, word processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
• Work Environment and Physical Demands: General office environment with some fieldwork for supervision.