Physical Substation Engineer III

My Client, a USA wide engineering, construction, and technical services firm which provides services for the electric and telecommunications utility industries, is looking for a Physical Substation Engineer level III for their busy team in Fort Mill SC.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or University in Engineering (preferably Electrical Engineering) from a College of University that is accredited by ABET
• 5-7 Year(s) Experience as an Engineer with the electrical industry in the field of power delivery
• Professional Engineering (PE) license or the ability to be licensed within a year.

Responsibilities:

• Advanced understanding of substation design to include equipment arrangements, lightning protection, grounding, lighting, equipment specifics, and substation construction as it applies to utility substation and transmission line equipment facilities.
• Understanding of basic needs of Protection and Control and Civil/Structural discipline as they apply to utility substation and transmission lines.
• Create substation physical design project scopes, estimates, budgets, and schedules for substation projects.
• Ability to read and interpret all parts of a physical design for utility stations through 500kV – including substation arrangements, sections, and elevations, foundation and grading plans, lighting plans and details, fence plans and details, grounding plans and details, rigid bus designs, strain bus designs, below grade designs to include duct banks and cable trenches, single phase transformer banks, bus and equipment support structures, as well as a fundamental understating of circuit arrangements into and out of a substation.
• Thoroughly understand the installation requirements of high voltage transformers, group operated disconnect switches, breakers, PTs, CVTs, line turners, surge arresters, and other equipment within the substation.
• Ability to understand and create grounding designs is strongly desired.
• Perform bus calculations, lightning protection calculations, and use software for ground grid designs.
• Ability to interpret written specifications and implement them on engineering drawings.
• Ability to lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity.
• Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters.
• Experience checking designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards.
• Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients.
• Visit sites, advise on physical engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction.
• Provide general project management capabilities to coordinate staff, assign tasks, and accomplish projects in an efficient manner.
• Manage budgets and project schedules.
• Think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems.
• Experience working in a field or construction environment implementing or verifying engineering drawings.
• Experience in the utility industry.