Senior Substation Physical Engineer

Overview

Senior Substation Engineer

Position: Contract

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Location: On Site

Canadian based Candidates preferred

Purpose

You will provide engineering support for the design of substation facilities for voltages up to and including 765 kV for and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team. This includes new substations and switchyards, modifications, additions and upgrades to existing facilities.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

Independently perform tasks that typically include:

Substation physical design including overall engineering and analysis for new switchyards and substations, additions and modifications

Preparation of specifications and provide procurement support

Preparation of engineering drawings including layout and general arrangements for all major equipment and structures required for high voltage switchyards or substation. Drawings include site plans, plan and elevation views, grounding, conduit, lighting, lightning protection and shielding, control building arrangements and details, AC station service, DC systems and Bills of Material.

Perform auxiliary electrical power system studies including load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, protection and coordination, ampacity, and battery sizing studies.

Perform substation grounding calculations and studies, lightning protection and insulation coordination, lighting, bus calculations, transformer and bus sizing calculations, fault calculations, and AC and DC auxiliary system sizing calculations.

Perform proposal preparation, proposal estimates, and provide input to scope documents and client presentations

Work in a team-oriented environment with ability to work independently or as part of a group when and as required

Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable client standards

Commitment to Customer service and ability to work independently on more varied and complex tasks when required

Supervise/coordinate other engineers of equal and lesser experience to successfully deliver a project. Provides technical direction to subordinate team members.

Complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget

Discuss technical problems and communicate effectively with other project personnel and outside Customers

Perform independent audits and reviews of technical work

Perform the function of a team leader that is capable of solving complex issues and act as a lead engineer responsible for the quality of the deliverables

Interface with other departmental staff, project management, and with outside Customers

Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown

Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed

Skills / Qualifications

Qualifications:

4 or 5 year Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) in the United States is preferred

8+ years of experience in substation engineering

Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills and ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to and its Customers

A sound knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the electrical engineering, and the basic requirements of other engineering fields

A sound knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory requirements

Competent use of electrical engineering specific software

Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite

Substantial technical land practical experience in electrical engineering in the same or similar industry including experience in working in multi-disciplinary projects and teams

Experience working in project leadership role

Experience in estimating project costs and writing proposal content

Ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and written communication skills that permit working efficiently alongside other senior substation engineers and designers in a team setting