Substation Electrical Engineer

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