Owner's Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Review engineering deliverables, drawings, and calculations provided by outside engineering contractors to ensure compliance with project requirements, industry standards, and utility best practices.
• Check/review junior personnel's work for accuracy/adherence to client and national standards.
• Prepare engineering labor cost estimates.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers.
• Advocate for the project owner during design reviews, factory acceptance testing, and construction/commissioning phases.
• Ensure the constructability, reliability, and safety of substation physical layouts and protection schemes.
• Interface clearly and effectively with owners, EPC contractors, vendors, and internal teams to maintain project schedules and quality control.
• Be self-sufficient and proactive with a proven ability to work independently and manage deliverables in a remote setting.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET accredited university is preferred.
• A Professional Engineer license is a plus but not required.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in high-voltage (HV) electric substation engineering is required.
• Familiarity with relay coordination, control schemes, single/three-line diagrams, and schematics, etc.
• Familiarity with yard layouts, rigid/strain bus design, grounding, and lightning protection, etc.

Qualifications

• Experience working directly for a utility is a plus but not required.

Skills

• Strong technical skills in high-voltage electric substation engineering.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage deliverables in a remote setting.

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• 401k matching
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• fitness benefits

Pay

Mesa provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes Health Insurance, 401k matching, PTO, Paid Holidays, fitness benefits, etc.

Schedule

• This part time position will offer even greater flexibility.
• We prefer candidates that can dedicate an average of 20+ hours per week.
• Being willing to work additional hours to meet deadlines may occasionally be requested but is not expected to occur more than a few weeks per year.

Location

• This position will report to our Knoxville, Tn office.
• Reporting to the Knoxville office in a Hybrid schedule is preferred but not required.
• Highly qualified candidates will be considered for fully remote work, but in the Southeast Region due to customer locality.
• For fully remote workers, quarterly visits to the Knoxville office may be required depending on experience and performance.