Power Systems Engineer

About the role

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Power Systems Engineer is an electrical engineer supporting the maintenance, reliability, and life extension of Sharyland’s high-voltage substations and transmission system. The role develops maintenance and testing programs, supports NERC compliance, and offers the opportunity to grow into project leadership over time, including the HVDC control-system modernization program at the Sharyland converter station.

Works in both outdoor and office environments, with travel up to 25%; may provide technical support to field technicians during maintenance and restoration activities and may supervise maintenance and construction projects. Conduct must reflect Hunt and Sharyland core values: Respect for the Individual, Humility, Excellence, Innovation, Teamwork, and Integrity, and comply with the Sharyland Utilities Code of Business Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Develop plans, specifications, evaluations, and design standards for substation and transmission equipment.
• Perform FAC-008 facility-rating studies and maintain equipment and line ratings using tools such as DNV Cascade and PLS-CADD.
• Support company safety programs through short-circuit, arc-flash, and SOV/TOV (switching and transient overvoltage) studies.
• Develop and manage maintenance and testing programs for transmission equipment and systems.
• Support asset condition assessments and substation life-extension projects; develop replacement plans and scopes of work, and contribute to business justifications, in coordination with engineering and construction teams.
• Contribute to engineering projects and initiatives, including the HVDC control-system modernization program at the Sharyland converter station, in coordination with OEM engineering.
• Develop condition-monitoring and predictive-maintenance analytics that improve asset performance, system reliability, and maintenance planning.
• Support development and continuous improvement of the Operational Management System (OMS), including procedures, performance metrics, and audit frameworks.
• Support NERC, ERCOT, and state compliance programs (PRC, FAC, and Texas Infrastructure and Reliability regulations), including CIP engineering-change review on HUS-owned assets within the established CIP governance model.
• Develop training for transmission personnel on applicable standards, regulations, and best practices.
• Ensure record keeping and retention meets regulatory, internal, and other requirements.
• Collaborate with peers and operations personnel to identify and resolve practical problems in transmission design, maintenance, and compliance.
• Guide and train less-experienced engineers as assigned.
• Support special projects as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Foundational electrical power engineering knowledge applied to high-voltage substations and transmission systems, including protection, equipment ratings, and applicable NERC reliability standards (PRC, FAC).
• Ability to develop maintenance, testing, and life-extension plans for high-voltage substation and transmission assets, and to perform facility-rating and equipment-engineering studies.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and make sound, independent decisions.
• Self-directed, professionally mature, and service-oriented.
• Valid Texas driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology (BS-EET) from an ABET-accredited program.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience with high-voltage substations and transmission systems.
• FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) required; EIT registration preferred.

Skills

• Experience applying data-analytics tools (Power BI, OSI PI, or equivalent) to transmission asset management, reliability, or predictive maintenance (preferred).
• Familiarity with ISO-based or equivalent operational-management-system frameworks (preferred).
• PE (Professional Engineer) registration (preferred).
• HVDC or FACTS system experience (Hitachi, ABB, Siemens, or equivalent converter-station platform) (preferred).

Benefits

• 401K – 12% employer contribution with no vesting period (6% Match and 6% non-matching contribution)
• Highly competitive compensation
• Hybrid work options available for most roles
• Five to eight weeks of PTO annually based on years of experience; eleven additional holidays per calendar year
• All Medical/Dental/Vision benefits start day one with the company; low employee premiums
• Education Assistance Program
• Free covered employee parking for Dallas HQ based employees
• Free specialty coffee bar in the Dallas HQ
• Onsite breakfast and lunch area in the Dallas HQ