Job: Substation Engineer

Title Substation Engineer
Categories Power Delivery, Project Managers
Salary 80k-100k
Location Chicago, Ill
Job Information

ummary

Perform engineering and design duties, which require application of engineering principles and knowledge of substation design

 

Education / Experience

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university, with a power background preferred.  Must be a licensed professional engineer.  If registered in a state other than where the engineer will practice, the employee must be able to obtain a license within one year of date of hire.  Two to six years of related experience and/or proven knowledge in power engineering and design is required.

 

Qualifications

Possess skills in the following areas:

  • Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals
  • Knowledge and understanding of three phase power systems
  • Knowledge and understanding of per-unit mathematics and symmetrical components
  • Knowledge and understanding of substation components and their functions
  • Knowledge of design documents and drawings necessary to complete a project
  • Knowledge of engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
  • Knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet, and e-mail software
  • Working in a team environment
  • Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc.

Duties & Responsibilities

Employee may be called upon to perform any or all of the following functions:

  • Work with project team to create all design documents and drawings for a project, including creating wiring diagrams from schematics, generating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision
  • Perform Engineering support tasks such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit calculations with minimal supervision
  • Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies with minimal supervision
  • Review project schedules and work with project engineer to insure projects remain on schedule
  • Apply engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
  • Properly use the document management system
  • Apply corporate standard engineering practices
  • Supervise project activities
  • Communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineer, customer representatives, and others as needed
  • Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design
  • Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work
  • Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party
  • Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
  • Other duties as required
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