Senior Substation Design Electrical Engineer

Senior Substation Design Electrical Engineer - 99276

Job Openings Senior Substation Design Electrical Engineer - 99276

• 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
• 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 policies
• Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
• Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
• Independently applies knowledge and complies with quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews
• Provides related guidance and direction to others
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 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

• PE License in Texas
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects
• Technical experience preferred
  • 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…