Edoxx Technical Services LLC is a US Company based in Houston, Texas, with access to 350 highly experienced and advanced Engineers and Technicians delivering know-how and expertise in Civil, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, and Instrumentation engineering.
Our client is looking for a Senior Substation Engineer to work on-site at their Jacksonville, Fl office.
This person will provide engineering support for the design of substation facilities for voltages up to and including 765 kV for Worley and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team. This includes new substations and switchyards, modifications, additions and upgrades to existing facilities.
 

Duties and Responsibilities:

Independently perform tasks that typically include:

• Substation physical design including overall engineering and analysis for new switchyards and substations, additions and modifications
• Preparation of specifications and provide procurement support
• Preparation of engineering drawings including layout and general arrangements for all major equipment and structures required for high voltage switchyards or substation. Drawings include site plans, plan and elevation views, grounding, conduit, lighting, lightning protection and shielding, control building arrangements and details, AC station service, DC systems and Bills of Material. 
• Perform auxiliary electrical power system studies including load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, protection and coordination, ampacity, and battery sizing studies. 
• Perform substation grounding calculations and studies, lightning protection and insulation coordination, lighting, bus calculations, transformer and bus sizing calculations, fault calculations, and AC and DC auxiliary system sizing calculations.
• Perform proposal preparation, proposal estimates, and provide input to scope documents and client presentations 
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable client standards
• Complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget
• Discuss technical problems and communicate effectively with other project personnel and outside Customers
• Perform the function of a team leader that is capable of solving complex issues and act as a lead engineer responsible for the quality of the deliverables 
• Interface with other departmental staff, project management, and with outside Customers
• Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walk down
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed

 

Qualifications:

• 4 or 5 year Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) in the United States is preferred
• 8 years of experience in substation engineering
• Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills and ability to consistently deliver quality.
• A sound knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the electrical engineering, and the basic requirements of other engineering fields
• A sound knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory requirements
• Competent use of electrical engineering specific software
• Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite
• Substantial technical land practical experience in electrical engineering in the same or similar industry, including experience in working in multi-disciplinary projects and teams
• Experience working in project leadership role
• Experience in estimating project costs and writing proposal content.