Sr Engineer Substation Operations

The Senior Engineer – Substation Operations serves as a technical expert responsible for advanced engineering design, asset management, and project leadership across BHE Renewables’ substation and generation facilities. This role ensures safe, reliable, and compliant operation of critical infrastructure. The Senior Engineer performs complex engineering work and provides technical leadership and direction to engineers and cross‑functional teams. This role leads major projects, ensures regulatory compliance, and applies Human Performance Improvement (HPI) principles to drive system reliability and risk reduction. Responsibilities Lead and optimize substation and generation maintenance programs, including asset management strategies, oil and bushing testing, commissioning, infrared inspections, relay testing, and compliance activities. Lead documentation standard creation, update and review. Documentation includes substation engineering design, preventative maintenance, operation and testing standards, templates and procedures. Provide full lifecycle project leadership for capital and O&M projects, including planning, engineering design, cost estimating, contracting, construction oversight and financial performance monitoring. Conduct advanced protective relay and other programmable substation and electric equipment device programming. Lead risk identification, mitigation strategies, emergency response planning, and recovery initiatives. Interact with programmable devices to ensure appropriate data capture setup and pull event records. Perform event analysis including fault and event records and present findings to leadership and stakeholders. Serve as a technical authority and mentor to other engineering staff. Champion HPI practices by evaluating existing processes and implementing improvements to prevent and mitigate human error. Stay informed of industry trends and emerging technologies relevant to BHE Renewables’ operations. Understand NERC CIP regulatory compliance requirements for BESS elements and support appropriate controls and testing. Perform other duties as assigned. Qualifications Five years of industry experience as a practicing engineer and Professional Engineer (PE) license required; or eight or more years of experience without PE. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited institution. Advanced technical, analytical, and leadership skills. Demonstrated ability to lead complex projects and influence cross‑functional teams. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Up to 25% travel required. Valid driver’s license required. About the Team BHE Renewables is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation. #J-18808-Ljbffr BHE Renewables