Design Engineer

Description:

Education: Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (preferably in Power Systems) or equivalent and a minimum of 4 years of related experience in the field of substations and industrial electrification projects, executing commissioning or field service. Professional Engineer Certification is an added plus.

Position Overview: Responsible for leading substation engineering for customers across North America. Main responsibilities include leading the electrical protection & control and/or physical layout design deliverables.

Responsibilities

Area of responsibility is primarily tactical/operational in nature and include:
 

• Conceptual designs and execution plans for substations and power distribution systems
• Engineering/project cost estimates and schedules
• SLDs, TLDs, Physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, sections and details, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, and associated bills of material
• Protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC schematics, DC elementaries, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
• Calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC/DC load studies, etc.)
• Equipment specifications for procurement and factory acceptance testing
• Perform quality reviews for engineering work
• Provide short term field support and consulting during construction, installation, commissioning, and startup
• Relay settings, industry/professional technical committee involvement