Engineer 3 - P&C

About the Role

Provide substation protection and control design, engineering, technical support, and oversight to a transmission substation engineering and design team. Deliver safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services for utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems, and solar collector substations. Lead discipline work, perform responsible charge engineering duties, manage project schedules and budgets, and support proposal development and project cost estimating.

Responsibilities

• Design protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor, and transformer protection schemes and associated settings.
• Lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity.
• Create substation P&C design project scopes, estimates, budgets, and schedules.
• Read, interpret, design, and engineer P&C designs for utility stations up to 500kV, including one-lines, three-lines, AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA.
• Perform studies and create reports for coordination, voltage drop, fault current, and insulation coordination.
• Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters.
• Check designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards.
• Collaborate with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients.
• Visit sites, advise on P&C engineering issues, and modify designs to solve issues during construction.
• Manage budgets and project schedules.

Requirements

• 5 to 7 years’ experience as a practicing engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree from an EAC/ABET accredited Engineering Program, an approved evaluation of non-ABET credentials by NCEES, or graduation from a Master’s or Doctoral Program in Engineering from an institution with EAC/ABET accredited Undergraduate Engineering Programs.
• Licensed Professional Engineer or the ability to be licensed within one year.

Skills

• Advanced understanding of protection and control fundamentals for utility substation and transmission line equipment.
• Advanced understanding of SCADA communication design.
• Proficiency in principles of project management.
• Basic understanding of substation design, including equipment arrangements.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
• Strong leadership and team-oriented skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to think creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated and customer-oriented.
• Proficient in researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, and making sound recommendations.
• Able to deal with a variety of individuals from diverse backgrounds.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in the utility industry.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.