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Lead Substation Engineer

2 months ago

Birmingham, United States Vantage Point Solutions Full time

Substation Engineering Lead

What You’ll Be Doing

VPS is currently seeking a Substations Engineering Lead. As a Substations Engineering Lead, you will work with VPS power company clients, facilitating their design and deployment of substation systems that meet their long-term goals. The types of projects may include multi-year, phased construction projects; grant applications with tight deadlines; and other initiatives. This position will work as a bridge between onsite boots-on-the-ground staff, contractors, and technical engineering plans, helping bring projects from concept to fruition.

The Substations Engineering Lead will design and oversee the design and construction of power substations, development, quality control and programming of protection and control schemes to meet our Partner Utility’s needs. The Engineer Lead will be responsible for training and developing new engineers and managing projects to ensure completion is on time and on budget.

The ideal candidate is organized, eager to learn, professional, and adaptable. Attention to detail and strong interpersonal communication skills are vital. The nature of the role requires a team player – meaning someone who can take ownership of assigned tasks, collaborate well with other members of the team, and proactively seeks to help team members push a project to the finish line.

Skills and Requirements

Required Competencies

  • Stay abreast of code requirements and the latest applicable technology
  • Manage and coordinate multiple projects
  • Develop complete designs including relay schematics, wiring diagrams, SCADA layouts, etc.
  • Perform thorough quality and control reviews at each project stage
  • Develop substation equipment layouts
  • Specify the required equipment, materials and assemblies to meet client needs
  • Perform system wide planning studies and system health analysis
  • Mentor and train new engineers
  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with clients and BKI staff
  • Approve physical, electrical and control designs for construction, including bus and structural steel
  • Provide field support during construction
  • Initiate and support the required permitting processes
  • Develop substation grounding designs and review existing grounding designs
  • Assist public utilities in developing best practices and operational directions
  • Assist clients in the restoration of system outages and manage communication for emergencies
  • Review and approve all estimates for proposed work
  • Oversee or perform modeling for utility development, coordination, balancing, automated restoration, voltage control demand response, etc.
  • Assist clients with answering day-to-day engineering questions

Required Education & Experience

  • A BSEE or BSEET degree, from an ABET accredited university, preferably with a power option.
  • Current Professional Engineers License with the ability to obtain a professional engineering license in states served by VPS.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in the power-energy industry
  • Proven success in working with utility and construction personnel
  • Experience working on multidisciplinary project teams
  • Leadership skills, being able to directly supervise and mentor other engineers
  • Familiarity with engineering standards such as RUS, IEEE, ANSI and NESC
  • OSHA training in the compliance for the power-energy industry
  • Requires overall general knowledge of the power system functionality for distribution and transmission, operations and maintenance of protection controls, SCADA development, AMI and OMS systems

Desired Education & Experience

  • The candidate must have strong command of the English language with good written and oral communication skills to work effectively with internal team members and external client personnel.
  • Strong knowledge and understanding of electrical engineering upon which to build.
  • Must be able to successfully pass clients’ background screening process.
  • Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record.
  • The ability to pass a background check/drug test/driving record check.
  • Authorized to work in the United States.

Compensation

This position offers competitive pay and an attractive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, 401(k), and more.

About Vantage Point Solutions

Vantage Point Solutions was founded in 2002 by a team who believed in putting people – both employees and clients – first. VPS is a customer-focused, technology-driven engineering and consulting firm serving the broadband, power, and financial industries.

Vantage Point is employee-owned, and because client success means employee success, the entire team is driven by a commitment to client satisfaction. We work hard to foster a culture of teamwork, respect, and commitment (with a good mix of camaraderie and fun, too).

Vantage Point offers competitive compensation packages along with many traditional benefits for full-time employees such as life insurance, health insurance, FLEX spending and dependent care, dental, 401k, short-term and long-term disability, and sick and vacation leave.

Beyond these standard benefits the VPS team enjoys a variety of additional perks. These include:

  • Employee Stock Ownership Program
  • Business casual work environment
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Team building festivities
  • Bonus earning opportunities
  • Fitness center (VPS Headquarters)
  • Employee lounge