Lead Substation Engineer – Grid
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Lead substation engineer designing and upgrading high-voltage substations for Sargent & Lundy. Guiding protection, controls, SCADA, reviews, and engineering teams.
Responsibilities:
- Apply knowledge of protective relaying and controls systems for HV and EHV substations.
- Work on substation modifications and upgrades, including calculations, document designs, and specifications.
- Prepare relaying philosophies, select relay, control, and communications equipment, and develop SCADA and telecommunications concepts and configurations.
- Oversee preparation of I/O assignments and connection diagrams.
- Guide engineers and designers in protection and controls engineering design efforts.
- Support investigations, troubleshooting, and resolution of engineering issues.
- Perform analysis and design of single line, A.C. schematic, and D.C. schematic diagrams.
- Prepare engineering studies for client and peer review.
- Independently review calculations and drawings prepared by others.
- Coordinate with engineers, project managers, clients, and suppliers to ensure complete and timely designs.
- Review existing facilities and recommend upgrades and replacements.
- Share knowledge through Sargent & Lundy’s Communities of Practice.
- Mentor less experienced engineers.
- Potentially travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and plant sites for construction coordination and field verification.
Requirements:
- This position requires a Bachelor of Science Engineering degree.
- 12 or more years experience designing substations at 138kV and above.
- PE license.
- Experience with serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
- Experience in writing and providing support documentation for relay calculations.
- Experience with the design techniques, tools, and principles involved in the production of technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
- Proficiency with SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, CDEGS, or vendor software.
- Familiarity with NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI design codes and standards.
- Experience with vendor protective relay equipment, including SEL, ABB, GE, Areva, and Basler.
- Proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Work authorization sponsorship is not provided in the U.S.
- A Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree is preferable, but not required.
- A degree from an ABET accredited engineering program is valued but not required.
- Prior experience with in-line, bus and equipment protection; breaker, transformer and similar equipment control; RTU and data concentrator based SCADA systems; telemetering and communications is valued but not required.
- AutoCAD or MicroStation experience is valued but not required.
- Construction and start-up experience is valued but not required.
- Testing or commissioning experience is valued but not required.
- Experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued where relevant but is not required unless specifically identified elsewhere.
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision health plans
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-Up Daycare
- FSA & HSA
- 401(k)
- Pre-Tax Commuter Account
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition Assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements
- Yearly discretionary bonus may be available for eligible positions
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