Senior Electrical Engineer

5 days ago


Columbus, Ohio, United States Burns & McDonnell Full time
About the Role

Burns & McDonnell is seeking a highly skilled Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will be responsible for completing either protection & control design or physical design on various substation projects.

Key Responsibilities
  • Protection & Control:
    • Create/modify one-lines, three-lines, control schematics, wiring diagrams, relay panel arrangements, and cable lists for 12-500kV substations.
    • Coordinate and provide technical assistance to SCADA engineers, substation physical engineers, and control design staff to develop complete protection, control, and monitoring systems.
    • Perform calculations such as voltage drop, CT burden & saturation, lighting, and short circuit.
    • Create relay setting database files and technical reports for relays associated with transmission lines, transformers, breakers, buses, and other associated devices.
    • Utilize system studies in order to evaluate or design protective relay and control systems for appropriate substation protection.
    • Develop protection relaying testing & commissioning plans to be executed by others. Review and approve testing & commissioning reports done by others.
  • Physical:
    • Prepare/create construction documents for installation of new or modification of existing substations including bill of materials, yard layouts, plans, sections, and electrical details.
    • Select, recommend, and prepare preliminary designs.
    • Perform calculations such as lightning, grounding, and conduit fill.
  • Both:
    • Create/modify technical specifications for major equipment, such as power transformers, power circuit breakers, control houses, and other related materials.
    • Provide engineering, construction, and testing & commissioning support for projects.
    • Review design drawings and specifications to ensure projects meet acceptable standards of operability, functionality, maintainability, reliability, durability, and safety.
    • Create project scope descriptions and man-hour estimates with sufficient details to clearly define work and cost required.
    • Apply field mark-ups of project as-built drawings.
    • Assist project manager to develop scope of work and conceptual design.
    • Communicate and coordinate project activities with project manager, client, and others as needed.
    • Provide leadership, guidance, and instruction to less experienced team members.
    • Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of one's work.
    • All other duties as assigned.
    Requirements
    • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program.
    • Or Bachelor of Science in Electrical or related Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
    Preferred Qualifications
    • Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals, including understanding of three-phase power systems.
    • Knowledge of basic protection principles and practices for transmission lines, distribution feeders, and major substation equipment.
    • Familiarity with microprocessor based protection and control systems with the ability to understand one-lines and control schematics.
    Additional Requirements
    • Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering may be substituted for 1 year experience.
    • 7 years of electrical engineering experience, consulting preferred.
    • Successful completion (i.e.passing) FE or EIT preferred.
    • Strong knowledge in standard engineering techniques and procedures.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
    • Proficient in standard engineering techniques and procedures.
    • Strong computer skills (e.g. Microsoft Office Suite)
    About Burns & McDonnell

Burns & McDonnell is a leading engineering, architecture, construction, and environmental services company. We are committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet the needs of our clients and the communities we serve.



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