What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Substation Engineer position at Airetel Staffing, Inc?
Job Description
Job Description
One of Airetel Staffing's valued clients is looking for a Senior Substation Engineer located in Fort Worth, TX. Primary Function : As the leader of a project team, the Senior Substation Engineer performs engineering and design duties as well as organizes all activities required for the development and implementation of high voltage electrical substation projects across a multidisciplinary team of drafters, designers, and various levels of engineers. The Senior Substation Engineer drives project schedules and budgets for multiple projects at a time and functions as a Company contact for clients and vendors.Duties & ResponsibilitiesEmployee may be called upon to perform any or all of the following functions :
- Ensure that projects are managed to meet project quality, schedule and profitability objective
- Supervise and coordinate all project activities to ensure on time completion.
- Assign tasks to project design team based on project needs
- Work with project team to create or modify all design documents
- Ensure project team is using project specific standards and that the design effort is progressing in the most efficient manner possible
- Develop one line diagrams, electrical plans, and specifications for a project
- Apply engineering application software to complete tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, load flow, and short circuit studies
- Perform engineering and design functions as necessary to meet project schedules
- Communicate and coordinate project activities with customer representatives, project team, and management
- Prepare, coordinate, and track project schedules and budgets, and ensure projects remain within allotted budgets and schedules and address deviations with management
- Ensure project team applies engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
- Properly use the document management system
- Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his / her work
- Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party
- Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
- Other duties as required
Minimum Qualifications / Experience
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university is required, a power focus is preferred. Must be a licensed professional engineer; if registered in a state other than where the engineer will practice, the employee must be able to obtain a license within eighteen months of date of hire. A minimum of ten years of direct experience and proven knowledge in high voltage (138kV and above) electrical substation engineering and design field is required.
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Airetel Staffing, Inc. is nationally recognized as Best of Staffing - Diamond Award Winner. For more details or to view other opportunities, visit us at www.airetel.com or call 214-353-0561.
