Sr Engineer - Substation Engineer (Utilities)

About the role

We are looking for a Sr Engineer - Substation Engineer to join our team. This position plays a crucial role in the planning, design, and maintenance of Exelon's transmission facilities/systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate planning, interconnection, and operational needs into engineering scopes, high level designs, and feasibility study deliverables.
• Lead scope of work development for new 138kV, 345kV and 765kV substations, expansions, rebuilds, and major equipment additions.
• Define assumptions, evaluate alternatives, and build strategies.
• Responsible for developing high level scope, one-line diagrams, conceptual layouts, and preliminary designs for greenfield substations and capacity expansion projects.
• Develop a partnership with transmission planning, project management and transmission operations, and act as technical liaison between engineering design team and the stakeholders.
• Cook up input from civil structural and protection & control to deliver integrated, high-quality solutions.
• Efficiently resolves complex, cross-functional challenges with independent initiative.
• Support stakeholder reviews and approvals, present tradeoffs, and reliability impacts.
• Complete design initiatives in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget.
• Stay informed on evolving industry standards, utility practices, and regulatory requirements affecting power system planning and operations.
• Evaluate, develop, implement and lead projects that have significant financial and operational impact, may also develop initial commissioning plans.
• Plans, writes and performs tasks for documentation deliverables and projects.
• Participate in department planning, through field/site walkdowns, attend meetings/conference calls, provide budget recommendations and monitor performance for the accomplishment of committed results.
• Provides recommendations to management and implements action plans to improve performance and cost effectiveness.
• Provides detailed technical training, mentorship, peer review, and/or guidance to others.
• Influences project decisions having a significant impact on the company.
• Applies technical knowledge to help promote a safe work environment and to enhance customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or Licensed Professional Engineer (2) (3)
• Knowledge of engineering designs, principles and practices
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems
• Knowledge and ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theory
• Detailed knowledge of applicable standards, codes methods, and practices unique to areas of expertise
• 7+ years of professional engineering experience (1) (3) (See Note 3. Thorough knowledge and experience in unique areas of engineering expertise)
• Ability to apply advanced engineering principles to identify and resolve complex issues
• Minimum of three related career experiences (4) (i.e., changes in technical job responsibilities, which may or may not include a change in department)
• OR Lead Member of a recognized industry committee
• OR Professional Engineer's License (2), advanced technical degree, MBA or Project Management Certification (1)
• Master's degree in Engineering reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year
• (2) License must be issued by the state in which you are practicing
• (3) PE License reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year
• (4) Career related experiences is defined as changes in technical job responsibilities and does not have to include a change in department)
• Note: Items (1) and (3) are mutually inclusive, whereby the maximum experience requirement reduction is one (1) year (e.g., in the case of an employee with both a master's degree in Engineering AND a PE license, the minimum experience requirement would be reduced by one (1) year)

Qualifications

• Graduate degree (1) or Graduate level work in Engineering, Business Administration or Project Management Certification
• Licensed Professional Engineer (2) (3)
• Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with all management levels
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to analyze industry wide trends and implement enhancements

Skills

• Ability to apply advanced engineering principles to identify and resolve complex issues
• Knowledge of applicable standards, codes methods, and practices unique to areas of expertise
• Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems
• Ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theory

Benefits

Annual salary will vary based on a candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors: $103,200.00/Yr. – $141,900.00/Yr. Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 15% 401(k) match and annual company contributionMedical, dental and vision insuranceLife and disability insuranceGenerous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave Employee Assistance Program and resources for mental and emotional supportWellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance and fitness reimbursementReferral bonus programAnd much more Note: Exelon-sponsored compensation and benefit programs may vary or not apply based on length of service, job grade, job classification or represented status. Eligibility will be determined by the written plan or program documents.