SolveNow, Inc.
Senior Substation Design Electrical Engineer - 99276
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Houston, TX, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Design
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing
- Minimum of 8 years related work experience
- All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle
Nice to have
- PE License in Texas
- Power/Power Systems experience preferred
- Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects
- Substation design experience (physical & P&C)
- Technical experience preferred Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection. Prepare one-lines, connection diagrams, panel elevations and protection
Full description
The Opportunity:
In this role you will have the opportunity to:
- Function as a technical lead and responsible for the overall execution and quality of substation projects (substation design encompasses distribution, subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes)
- Provide technical guidance over a group or supervise engineering staff on substation design projects
- Perform substation design, including physical design and protective relaying/control
- Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings
- Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors
- Mentor and train junior engineers
**Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Standards:**
- Develop and maintain budgets and schedules for multiple substation design projects
- Perform substation design, including physical design, protective relaying/control with an emphasis on continuous improvement
- Provides guidance and direction on department design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and policies
- Assists in developing, maintaining and updating engineering standards
- Provides technical guidance to others regarding projects and disciplines
Quality/Continuous Improvement:
- Independently applies knowledge and complies with quality program relative to assigned tasks
- Responsible for ensuring compliance with quality program while performing internal Quality Assurance technical reviews
- Provides related guidance and direction to others
- Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
Engineering Production:
- Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables for larger or multiple projects
- Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
- Oversees collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work
- Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
- Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements
- Independently applies advanced engineering techniques and analysis problems and methods
- Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments
- Is responsible for one or more of the following: leading larger production teams; coordinating multiple discipline activity; and serving as the responsible charge for a project
Project Coordination:
- Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
- Manage the work assignments and ensures quality from direct reports and project team(s)