Electrical Senior Project Engineer - Substation

About the role

Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is seeking a Senior Electrical Project Engineer - Substation Power Systems to join our dynamic team in Phoenix. This role involves building and maintaining relationships with clients and project partners, and being responsible for the overall power systems design process on assigned projects.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with clients and project partners
• Responsible for the overall power systems design process on assigned projects
• Develop innovative and unique design solutions to align with project, client and project partner needs
• Lead the team in implementing solutions in the power, mission critical, manufacturing, automotive, higher ed, pharmaceutical, federal, and institutional markets

Requirements

• BSEE from an ABET accredited program
• Professional engineering registration required
• 10+ years of experience designing MV or HV power distribution, and/or generation, and/or transmission systems
• Proficiency in computer operation for power engineering design programs (power systems modeling, SCCAF)
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment, including carrying out appropriate follow-through with others, mentoring, delegating work, and giving and receiving constructive feedback
• Communicates well with clients, project partners and with individuals at all levels in the organization

Qualifications

• Experience in medium and/or high voltage substation design
• Expertise in relaying, protection, and metering design incorporating microprocessor-based devices
• Familiarity with programming and testing practices in support of start-up and acceptance testing
• Expertise in switchgear/substation automation sequence of operations
• Expertise in facilitating SCADA implementation
• Experience coordinating with Utility Companies for point of demarcation, interconnect agreements, design standards compliance, etc
• Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and renewable energy generation
• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) technology
• Grid scale Photovoltaic (PV) technology

Skills

• Experience in medium and/or high voltage substation design
• Expertise in relaying, protection, and metering design incorporating microprocessor-based devices
• Familiarity with programming and testing practices in support of start-up and acceptance testing
• Expertise in switchgear/substation automation sequence of operations
• Expertise in facilitating SCADA implementation
• Experience coordinating with Utility Companies for point of demarcation, interconnect agreements, design standards compliance, etc
• Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and renewable energy generation
• Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) technology
• Grid scale Photovoltaic (PV) technology

Benefits

• An exceptional benefits package (health, dental, vision)
• A year-end bonus based on company profits, individual responsibility, and performance
• The opportunity to serve the greater good of humanity through work on cutting-edge, state-of-the-art projects

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.