Engineer (Substation)

Pay Grade

16

*Qualifications may warrant placement in a different job level*

Position Summary

The Engineer position holds the responsibility for the safe, reliable, and economic round-the-clock operation of the Bulk Electric Systems (BES). Duties include Engineering responsibilities for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation activities of our substations. These Engineering duties may include continuous support and balancing of energy flow and response to system disturbances, along with all generation, distribution, and transmission activities that provide electric services to customers.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Attends seminars, continuing education opportunities for professional development  
• Evaluates and recommends new standards, products, and/or services
• Recommends and implements improvements to processes and procedures
• May include limited supervisory responsibilities, including lower level engineers
• Makes frequent independent decisions and recommendations that affect the section, department, and/or division
• Participates in and provides input to area budget
• Actively works within financial objectives set by management
• Discipline expert to mentor and develop employees
• Signs and seals required own engineering work and engineering work by staff under his/her oversight
• Maintain, revise, and produce material specifications equipment including power transformers, high- voltage circuit breakers, metal- clad switchgears, etc.
• Develop and evaluate Requests for Proposals, Scope of work docs, and Evaluation matrixes to procure substation equipment, professional svcs, and general svcs.
• Perform electrical and physical substation design, includes grounding grid design utilizing CDEGS and IEEE 80, rigid bus design using IEEE 605, direct stroke lightning shielding via IEEE 998 Rolling Sphere Method, battery sizing calculations using IEEE 485,  and development of AC schematics, wiring diagrams, and interconnect diagrams for relay protection panels. 
• Issue purchase orders and review approval drawings for substation equipment.
• Coordinate and submit transmission and distribution outages to facilitate project completion.
• Develop critical Task plans to outline steps necessary for project execution and restoration plans to mitigate N-1 contingencies during project construction.
• Manage and provide technical support for electrical crews during construction.
• Perform Root cause analysis investigations with multi-functional project teams to determine operational event causes.

Minimum Skills

Minimum Knowledge and Abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited university

Competencies

Minimum Education

Required Certifications

Working Environment

Physical Demands