Electrical Engineer Senior Substation Design Lead

1 day ago

Houston, Texas, United States Solvenow Inc. Full time
About the Job

At Solvenow Inc., we are seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer Senior Substation Design Lead to join our team. As a technical lead, you will be responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects, encompassing distribution, subtransmission, and transmission level voltage classes.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Function as a technical lead and responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects.
  • Provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on substation design projects.
  • Perform substation design, including physical design and protective relaying/control.
  • Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings.
  • Interface directly with clients, vendors, and subcontractors.
  • Mentor and train junior engineers.
Engineering Standards:
  • Develop and maintain budgets and schedules for multiple substation design projects.
  • Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement.
  • Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes, and company policies.
  • Assists in developing, maintaining, and updating engineering standards.
  • Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines.
Quality/Continuous Improvement:
  • Independently applies knowledge and complies with company's quality program relative to assigned tasks.
  • Responsible for ensuring compliance with company's quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews.
  • Provides related guidance and direction to others.
  • Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts.
Engineering Production:
  • Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects.
  • Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
  • Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work.
  • Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles.
  • Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
  • Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods.
  • Reviews lower-level engineering work or assignments.
  • Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project.
Project Coordination:
  • Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects.
  • Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports and project team(s).
  • Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings.
Client Focus:
  • Interface directly with clients, vendors, and subcontractors.
  • Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on moderately complex projects.
  • Typically provides support to business development or pursuit activities.
People Management:
  • Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required.
  • May participate in career planning, and learning and development.
  • Mentor less experienced engineers and direct reports.
  • Provide constructive feedback to direct reports on performance.
Resource Management:
  • Implements resource management strategy.
  • Manages engineering resources for small groups of a single discipline.
Administrative:
  • Administrative responsibilities may include office administration.
  • Ensures policies, procedures, and processes are effectively implemented and communicated for workgroup.
  • Ensures adherence to corporate and division programs.
  • May approve timesheets and expense reports.
Qualifications:
  • PE License in Texas.
  • Power/Power Systems experience preferred.
  • Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects.
  • Substation design experience (physical & P&C).
Technical Experience:
  • Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection.
  • Prepare one-lines, connection diagrams, panel elevations, and protection & control schematics for power substation equipment.
  • Prepare auxiliary power equipment sizing calculations.
  • Design wiring diagrams for protective relaying panels.
  • Perform complex engineering calculations/studies related to substation projects such as: lightning protection, conduit fill, AC/DC station service loading, surge arrester sizing, and voltage drop.
  • Create RTU control, status, and analog point lists, raceway/cable schedules along with maintenance/signage and nameplates.
  • Prepare equipment arrangement, grounding, foundation, and conduit plans for high voltage substations.
  • Review shop drawings, vendor quotes, and perform bid evaluations.
  • Develop construction release documents.
  • Experience 500KV - 13.8KV substations, varying voltage classes.
  • Experience with open air and/or GIS.
  • Experience with designing different types of bus configurations.
  • Raceway drawings, grounding drawings, plan, and section drawings.
  • Manages budget, schedule, and quality requirements.
  • Actively coordinate with others on the team. Delegate and supervise the work of younger engineers. Communicate with upper management and provide status updates on engineering design activities.

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