Substation Engineer

4 weeks ago

Houston, United States Ultimate Staffing Full time

Annual Salary: depending on market rate and seniority

Location: Houston, TX

DIRECT HIRE ROLE.

Primary Function:

Performs engineering work with a focus on substation engineering design including both physical and protection & control practices. Requires knowledge of substation systems from 34.5kV to 500kV with familiarity with basic principles related to the engineering design or high voltage substations.

Duties & Responsibilities

Employee may be called upon to perform any or all of the following functions:

* Work within a project team to create all design documents and drawings for a project, including creating wiring diagrams from schematics, generating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision

* Perform Engineering support tasks such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit calculations with minimal supervision

* Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies with minimal supervision

* Review project Schedules and work with a project engineer to ensure projects remain on schedule

* Apply engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI

* Properly use the document management system

* Apply corporate standard engineering practices

* Supervise project activities

* Communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineer, customer representatives, and others as needed

* Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design

* Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work

* Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party

* Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments

* Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications / Experience

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degrees, from an accredited university. Experience in substation design; successful candidates will have at least 3 years experience in substation engineering design with more senior level positions requiring 7 years or more in hands on engineering design. Senior applicants must be a licensed professional engineer with ability to become licensed in multiple states or must be able to gain license within one year of hire.

* Familiarity with electrical relays currently utilized in the electric power utility industry

* Experience in application of relays and metering in an electrical substation at 138kV and above

* Experience in the design of electrical schematics for relay applications and control systems

* Experience in the design of connection drawings and cabling

* Relay coordination experience is a plus

* Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals

* Knowledge and understanding of three phase power systems

* Knowledge and understanding of per-unit mathematics and symmetrical components

* Knowledge and understanding of substation components and their functions

* Knowledge of design documents and drawings necessary to complete a projects

* Knowledge of engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI

* Knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet, and e-mail software

* Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc.

* Ability to work in a team environment.

Physical Requirements:

* This position requires minimal physical effort.

* Must be able to endure prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee will primarily work indoors, with occasional outdoor exposure to year around weather conditions and noise.

* Must be able and willing to travel overnight for trainings and/or meetings as required (10%)

* Working extended hours, including weekends, may be required periodically.

* May occasionally lift up to 25 pounds at a time.

  • * Reasonable accommodations ma

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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