Field Electrical Engineer
NV5
Substation Designer
NV5
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Pennsylvania
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Create highly detailed technical designs for additions and modifications to the distribution and transmission utility systems from project onset through completion.
- Independently and under direction of senior designers and engineers manage concurrent projects related to designing Substation electric facilities and ensuring compliance with company standards, government regulations and tariffs.
- Work as part of a project team on multiple projects, prioritizing tasks and communicating effectively.
- Manage and maintain design records and files, complete as-built drawings, and create various permit drawings.
- Prepare construction drawings, documents, calculations, and studies for medium and high voltage substation projects.
- Responsible for technical delivery of power delivery engineering projects or tasks.
- Prepare calculations, studies, and reports for substation and power systems projects meeting internal and client standards and requirements.
- Apply engineering design principles and practices including formulas.
- Work with small project teams to execute substation projects.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in the Substation Design/Power Delivery Field.
- Experience with physical layouts, electrical elevations, plans (foundation, grounding, and raceway), and bills of materials including selection of non-standard equipment.
- Ability to interpret and apply standards including IEEE, IEC, NESC, and client standards.
- Experience with power system calculations (AC panel sizing, DC panel and battery sizing, Voltage Drop Calculations, Cable Sizing, etc.) is a plus.
- Knowledge of substation physical equipment is required.
