Senior High Voltage Project Engineer

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for oversight of EPC contractor engineering design and construction activities for Solar, Wind, and BESS collector high voltage substations and transmission lines (35kV to 500kV).
• Establish and maintain relationships with high voltage contractors.
• Review Substation EPC designs for compliance with interconnection agreement requirements, applicable reliability standards, standard industry practices, etc.
• Provide design review and advice on any issues that appear technically incorrect or inconsistent with project documentation.
• Cookordination the review power system studies such as load flows, short circuits, harmonics, TOV, insulation coordination, etc.
• Direct coordination with Interconnection Providers (utilities) to design collector substations to include Transmission Provider requirements and internal stakeholders while including AES specifications.
• Cookordination Generation Tie line or Transmission line design with EPC and internal stakeholders to ensure it remains within the project requirements.
• Support role during substation commissioning by reviewing apparatus testing and coordinating testing with utility and ISO.
• Growth opportunity for a leadership role within the engineering team.
• Work with a project team including real estate, permitting, interconnection, attorneys, finance, and construction in the field.
• Travel and fieldwork 25%.

Minimum Qualifications

• B.S. Electrical Engineering or other engineering disciplines.
• Senior Engineer: 7+ years of a combination of technical design experience. This can include substation design experience (either Physical, P&C), Transmission line design, power flow/studies.
• Proficient in readings control schematics for HV breakers, Main Power Transformers, etc.
• Mature understanding of grid integration requirements for renewables.
• More advanced knowledge of power system modeling such as load flow, insulation coordination, grounding, arc-flash, TOV, harmonics, etc.
• Non-senior: 4+ years of a combination of technical design experience. This can include substation design experience (either Physical, P&C), Transmission line design, power flow/studies.
• Advanced in readings control schematics for HV breakers, Main Power Transformers, etc.
• Basic understanding of grid integration requirements for renewables.
• Basic Knowledge of power system modeling such as load flow, insulation coordination, grounding, arc-flash, TOV, harmonics, etc.
• 2+ years of project engineering experience in an HV related role.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead technical discussions among HV EPCs, Power Utilities, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize projects and tasks.

Desired Skills And Experience

• Project Management experience handling HV EPCs.
• PE Licensure in any of these states: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, or Utah.
• Technical lead experience coordinating engineering packages such as IFPs and IFCs.
• Experience with ETAP, PSLF, PSS/E or PLS-CADD.
• Experience in relay system testing.
• Experience in SCADA controls and architecture.