Senior High Voltage Electrical Engineer

Role Overview

• Perform physical design of electrical substations in accordance with applicable codes, standards, and client requirements
• General arrangement drawings
• Equipment, electrical, and control building layouts
• Elevation views
• Cable trench design
• Equipment grounding and ground grids
• Lightning protection systems
• Conduit and cable tray drawings
• AC and DC power systems
• Area lighting systems
• Bills of Materials
• Perform electrical calculations, studies, and analysis
• Touch and step voltage analysis
• Substation grounding calculations
• Pre
• and post-energization harmonic studies
• Short circuit studies
• Mechanical force calculations on bus bars due to fault currents
• Load flow and reactive power flow analysis
• Harmonic filter analysis
• NERC compliance analysis
• Protective relay coordination
• Transient analysis
• Slack-span calculations for transmission line spans
• Corona performance studies
• Develop equipment and material specifications for outdoor switchyard equipment with operating voltages up to 345kV
• Create procurement specifications and design scopes for engineered electrical equipment
• Review, integrate, and manage vendor drawings and technical data
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure timely and quality delivery of drawings, materials, and equipment per project schedules
• Complete conceptual and preliminary designs for planning and estimating purposes
• Prepare supporting documentation for procurement, construction, and operations/maintenance activities
• Participate in and/or lead client meetings and job site visits to gather and communicate engineering data
• Follow Hargrove’s QA/QC program to ensure compliance across all design packages
• Mentor and support the development of less experienced engineers and designers in substation design

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license required
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in substation physical design
• Proven experience with high-voltage systems up to 345kV
• Strong document management, organization, and quality control skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Preferred Software Experience: AutoCAD and/or AutoCAD Electrical
• Bentley MicroStation
• ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or ASPEN OneLiner
• CYMCAP
• PLS-CADD (or similar transmission line analysis software)
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Benefits

• paid holidays
• personal paid time off
• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• 401(k)
• other benefits