Principal Substation Electrical Engineer

About the role

Arcadis is currently seeking a highly motivated Principal Substation Electrical Engineer to join our Power Delivery & Renewable team. Arcadis’ Power Delivery group partners with clients to provide comprehensive plans that incorporate all aspects of their projects. This is a senior Lead Technical position within the Power Delivery & Renewable unit of Arcadis. The position requires the candidate to directly interface with the Arcadis power delivery team, especially the Substation Electrical Team, with technical and project management assignments, project engineering, proposal management and business development. The candidate will also ensure day-to-day client engagement, project and proposal coordination, project execution, resource planning, and hands-on technical solution role. The position is accountable to ensure project execution in accordance with all applicable codes and standards, including all of Arcadis’s policies and procedures, such as Safety, Environmental, Quality Assurance and Quality Control. The incumbent will also work closely with other Power Delivery departments, including the Project Engineering, Protection & Control Engineering, Transmission Engineering, Distribution Energy, Renewables, and System Planning and Studies teams, as well as with other Arcadis business divisions and sectors.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow the Substation Electrical team working with the Power Delivery & Renewables Leader and Manager of the Substation Electrical group; ensure resource planning and utilization of the protection and control team on large/complex projects and perform quality reviews.
• Support, develop, and deliver utility, developer, and all aspects of clients’ projects from development conceptual layout/plan through detailed design and completion of construction support.
• Coordinate closely with civil, structural, protection & control, system planning and studies, SCADA/telecommunications, water, and geotechnical engineers to develop complete Issue for Construction design packages for all projects.
• Review, perform, and QA all engineering studies necessary to complete projects’ detailed engineering package.
• Act as Project Manager, Proposal Manager, Program Manager, Account Manager and Technical Lead to support services and plan, develop, and grow power delivery client goal and business growth for the region.
• Serve as a mentor to junior members of the team.
• Conduct quality assurance/quality control on the work of other electrical engineers, electrical designers, or technicians.
• Participate in meetings with clients, contractors, and vendors to support business development and project execution.
• Work with Power Delivery & Renewables (PD&R) Leader to develop plans for client development, account growth, department growth, resource planning, winning and execution strategy, quality control improvement, and all project financial performance to meet PD&R team success.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in preparing substation physical layouts, sections & elevations, bus configurations, cable and conduit design & sizing, grounding, control building, lighting & lightning, and all aspects of HV and EHV substation engineering & design and studies and standards practice of transmission, substation, distribution, and generation system for both AIS and GIS substations in both utility-scale, developer, and/or large industrial facilities.
• Must have experience within Power Delivery Substation Electrical consultancy businesses and understand power delivery, generation and renewables business.
• PE License
• Must be proficient in critical engineering software e.g., SKM, ASPEN, ETAP, CAPE, CDEGS, WinIGS and have design experience adhering to National Electrical Code, National Electric Safety Code, IEEE codes and standards, and county, city and state codes, ordinances and standards
• Preferred: Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering

Travel

This position may involve travel of up to 20% to client sites and customer meetings, both within North America and potentially internationally.