Substation Senior Structural Engineer

About the role

HDR is seeking a Substation Senior Structural Engineer to join our Power Delivery team. This role involves leading, overseeing, reviewing, and executing structural engineering tasks for high voltage electrical switchyard and substation projects up to 500kV.

Responsibilities

• Ledesign and detailed engineering tasks for a variety of substation structural members such as rolled steel shapes, lattice steel framing, and folded plate tubular steel shapes.
• Engineering duties include detailed design, calculations, and detailing for fabrication or development of loading and concept drawings for submittal to a steel fabricator to design and fabricate.
• Ledesign and detailed engineering tasks for foundation design of substation structures, including drilled piers, spread footings, driven piles, and potentially other types, using industry standard software.
• Support physical substation layout designs, plans, elevations/sections, details, and associated bills of materials.
• Prepare and/or review specifications for construction & materials.
• Assign project tasks and provides technical guidance to project team members.
• Coordinates and/or performs quality checks and reviews for project deliverables per the HDR Quality Management Systems (QMS) requirements, processes, and procedures to deliver a world class quality product to the client.
• Performs quality checks and/or reviews of projects from other teams on an as needed basis.
• Collaborates with transmission line civil/structural engineers to cross-train and share resources.
• Collaborates with other engineers to develop and maintain standards.
• Works independently and directs, mentors, trains, and/or supervises one or more Project Engineers, EIT’s, or CADD/Designers.
• Leads multiple projects concurrently, utilizing teams in different locations.
• Attends training and seminars focused on further development and understanding of complex concepts related to their discipline.
• Assists with developing technical papers and/or presentations that showcase HDR’s technical capabilities at industry conferences or other events.
• Participates in project reviews as needed.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Structural Engineering. SE license or ability to obtain preferred. SE license in Hawaii and California is a plus. Technical design experience with physical/outdoor design of high voltage electrical switchyard and substation projects of varying complexity up to 500kV. Familiarity with the latest NESC, NEC, IEEE, ANSI, ASCE-113 and other industry standards. Experience using industry standard design software, including PLS-Tower and Mathcad Prime. Previous consulting firm experience. Minimum 10 years of technical design experience with high voltage electrical switchyard and substation projects of varying complexity, including foundation and steel structural design. Working knowledge of the latest AISC-360, ASCE-7, ACI-318, and other industry standards. Experience using industry standard design software, including STAAD, RISA, MFAD, L-Pile, or Equivalent. Track record of working cooperatively with diverse teams, regional, department, and technical managers and project staff. Self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills. Strong conceptual, organizational, problem solving, and collaboration skills. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.