Ulteig is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Substation Electrical Engineer to support Renewables/Utility/Power projects. The Substation Engineer will develop and review utility substation drawings, act as a technical leader, and provide guidance to other engineers while ensuring compliance with engineering practices and client standards.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and review utility substation drawings, including General Arrangements, Elevations, Cable and Conduit Plans, Grounding Plans, AC/DC Schematics, panel elevations, electrical equipment enclosure plans, wiring diagrams, specifications, and reports to ensure that they are complete, accurate, and in accordance with sound engineering practices and client standards
- Act as a technical leader and apply standard engineering techniques and procedures on moderately complex projects
- Plan, schedule, conduct and/or coordinate detailed phases of assigned project work
- Make design recommendations, adaptations and modifications for utility substations
- Perform calculations using engineering formulas and skills
- Involved in the resolution of design problems, which may include performing field investigation or observation, detailed design work and detailed quality control (QC) review of design calculations
- Coordinate specific design aspects of a project requiring the ability to plan, schedule, conduct, and communicate work with team members
- Provide technical guidance to other engineers
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering required. ABET accredited program or equivalent required
- PE License strongly preferred. Ability to obtain within 1 year required
- 4 years of engineering experience required
- Prior experience working with physical design or protection and control design of electrical power substations required
- Capable of reviewing and producing design drawings, including General Arrangements, Elevations, Cable and Conduit Plans, Grounding Plans, Physical Connection Details, AC/DC schematics, and wiring diagrams
- Ability to perform AC & DC substation studies
- Proven experience in Microsoft Software Applications (Word, Excel, Power Point)
- Up to 15% travel required
- Valid driver's license preferred
- Must have permanent authorization to work in US
- PE License strongly preferred
- Experience using ground grid modeling software a plus
- Knowledge of substation protection and control schemes a plus
- Knowledge of basic relay settings a plus
- Knowledge of National Electric Code (NEC) a plus
- Knowledge of National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) a plus
- Knowledge of Rural Utilities Service (RUS) design guide a plus