NV5

Principal Electrical Engineer – Substation

NV5

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Lead the engineering effort for new and ongoing substation projects.
  • Support multiple projects simultaneously and work closely with NV5 Substation Engineering leadership to ensure project success.
  • Work in small project teams to provide exceptional customer service and quality in deliverables to our clients.
  • Prepare conceptual designs and execution plans.
  • Engineering/project cost estimates and schedules.
  • Perform and document quality reviews for other engineers and designers.
  • 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 and coordinate with small multi-discipline (Civil, Structural, Physical, P&C, Transmission Line) project teams to execute substation projects.
  • Provide weekly updates to Sr. team leaders on milestone progress, estimated completion dates including percent completion of activities and supporting information to monitor project progress.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in the Substation/Power Delivery field.
  • Experience with high voltage substation design (12kV through 500kV) activities such as preparing one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, panel layouts, AC/DC schematics and wiring diagrams, physical layouts, electrical elevations, plans (equipment, 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.
  • Strong preference for those with excellent written and verbal communication, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, great organizational skills, proactive and forward-thinking individuals.
  • Experience with power system calculations (AC station service, DC battery sizing, and Voltage Drop/Cable Selection) is a plus.
  • Experience with relay settings is a plus.
  • Knowledge of substation physical equipment is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Protection and Controls design is a must.
  • B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
  • PE license is a must.
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • life insurance
  • PTO
  • 401(k)
  • professional development/advancement opportunities.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
high voltage substation designone-line diagramsthree-line diagramspanel layoutsAC/DC schematicswiring diagramsphysical layoutselectrical elevationspower system calculationsProtection and Controls design
Soft Skills
written communicationverbal communicationanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsorganizational skillsproactiveforward-thinking
Certifications
B.S. Degree in Electrical EngineeringPE license