Senior Electrical Engineer – Substation
Black & Veatch
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Irvine • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $155,618 - $259,877 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Function as a Technical Specialist or Project Lead Role, providing project coordination, guidance and expertise on assigned substation projects.
- Support a variety of substation projects ranging up to 765kV in engineering detailed design and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC).
- Develop protection and control design deliverables including protective relays, panel arrangements, one line/single line diagrams, three line diagrams, AC/DC schematics, relay panel wiring and equipment wiring within complex substation designs.
- Develop physical design deliverables including yard layout plans, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, and auxiliary AC/DC power systems within complex substation designs.
- Prepare calculations and reports for engineering studies (AC/DC load, grounding, lightning).
- Perform or oversee quality review of electrical substation design packages.
- Prepare electrical equipment specifications and Bills of Materials (BOM) for procurement and construction.
- Communicate and coordinate project activities with clients, vendors, subcontractors and other stakeholders.
- Coordinate design activities with other disciplines.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced team members.
- Present proposals, designs and project activities.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
- Minimum of 11 years related work experience.
- Project lead and technical specialist experience overseeing utility substation clients and projects.
- QA/QC Review – Quality Assurance/Quality Checks.
- High voltage (HV) substation design experience – Physical and/or Protection & Controls.
- Consulting experience
- Experience coordinating and communicating with Clients, Multidisciplinary Leads and Project Managers.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License.
- Proficient with Bluebeam Revu and Microsoft Office Programs (such as Outlook, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.).
Benefits
- competitive compensation
- 401K match
- benefits that start day one
- performance-based bonus program
- a variety of additional benefits including adoption reimbursement, vendor discounts, an employment referral program, AD&D insurance, pre-taxed accounts, voluntary legal plan and the B&V Credit Union
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
substation designprotection and control designprotective relaysAC/DC schematicsyard layout plansgroundinglightning protectionquality assuranceengineering calculationsBills of Materials
Soft Skills
project coordinationguidancementorshipcommunicationstakeholder coordinationteam leadershipclient interactionpresentation skills
Certifications
Professional Engineer (PE) License