Substation Engineer (Engineer III)

Engineering and Design of substation electrical facilities while acting as the Responsible Engineer for all voltage levels (up to 500kV) substation projects and resolving technical issues associated with substation engineering
Responsibilities:

• Develops preliminary scope of work based on project summary/description provided from sponsors
• Schedules/Conducts pre-engineering job walk meetings with stakeholders (Construction, Maintenance, Operations, IT, Telecomm, Field Engineering, Test, etc.)
• Creates/Reviews/Approves/Publishes pre-engineering job walk meeting minutes
• Creates/Reviews/Approves/Publishes design specification documents
• Ensures assigned projects are meeting scope, schedule, cost and CDM issue dates
• Orders major equipment in a timely manner to meet material want dates
• Manage various in-house design projects by providing technical engineering and design support to the design team as well as providing training and directions
• Manages various engineering contractors and working with those contractors to ensure consistency and quality of design, delivery milestone dates, and cost
• Reviews/Evaluates/Approves engineering contractor design cost estimates on direct award and/or competitive bidding projects
• Participate in the mentoring and training of new engineers as required to help develop the technical expertise of the Substation Projects group
• Reviews/Approve Purchase requisitions, change orders and service sheets through Ariba
• Provides technical support to field personnel and other internal/external stakeholders and project related team members as required
• Provides engineering support for on-ongoing operational needs to support service reliability and meet other related compliance requirements, such as emergent projects and/or stakeholder s request and emergencies as well as North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance and reporting
• Coordinating with multiple disciplines to determine scope and cost for interconnecting generators and large customer load to the grid
• Providing scope for substation elements of interconnection and method of service studies
• Create and maintain a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow safety protocols and safe work practices
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Design Manager, and Issuing Design Specification(s) & Design packages through internal electronic process

Required:

• Bachelor s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Bachelor s Degree in a Scientific/Technical/Math field
• Five (5) or more years of experience in substation engineering and design
• General knowledge and experience with guides, standards, codes, and methods to perform complex assignments
• Site visits as required throughout Northern/Metro West Region of client territory

Desired:

• Five (7) years or more years of engineering experience
• General knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, and practices necessary to perform complex assignments for a specific discipline, various installations, or services