Lead Responsible Engineer (LRE)

Description

Asplundh Engineering Services (AES) is currently seeking a Lead Responsible Engineer (LRE) for our Northeast/Mid-Atlantic region.In this role, you will provide technical guidance to project teams, ensure adherence to substation design standards and equipment specifications, and oversee successful project implementation.

As an LRE at Asplundh Engineering Services, you will work on large-scale projects ranging from 13kV to 500kV and be responsible for providing mentorship to design and engineering project teams, as well as developing standards and specifications, providing training, and mentoring staff. You should have a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a minimum of 12 years of experience in the utilities sector.

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer
• 12 years' experience in the utility sector with relevant projects on applications that range from 13kV to 500kV
• SME in specific areas of engineering and a recognized expert
• Advanced knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, code, methods, practices, and engineering principles
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in electrical engineering
  
  

Responsibilities

• Design and Engineering 13kV through 500 kV substations – system protection and control packages; substation engineering - asset upgrades/replacements, brownfield facility upgrades, greenfield substations
• Protection and Controls for generation, transmission, and distribution systems including generator current differential, transmission line current differential, POTT, and DCB schemes, bus current differential, transformer differential and zero sequence overcurrent, breaker failure protection, distribution feeder instantaneous overcurrent and time-overcurrent protection
• Check conduit, grounding, control house, physical electrical arrangements, outdoor lighting and equipment vendor design packages
• Perform and check grounding calculations, conduit fill calculations, outdoor lighting calculations, lightning protection designs calculations, strain bus and rigid bus calculations, flexible jumper calculations, arc-flash calculations, insulation coordination calculations, and ampacity calculations
• Create and check material list descriptions for all major equipment
• Create and check material list descriptions for all minor substation material
• Ability to travel throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic is required
  
  

About Us

Asplundh Engineering Services (AES) provides safe, reliable and world-class engineering, design, planning, systems integration and testing services to transmission, distribution, substation, commercial, industrial and renewable infrastructure markets across the U.S.

An Asplundh Company

As part of One Asplundh, AES customers can take advantage of the full range of resources Asplundh has to offer through a single point of contact. From design to construction and testing to emergency storm restoration and utility vegetation management, our customers count on us for consistently safe and effective service.

Our Commitment

At AES, we believe in tackling challenges in partnership with our customers, leveraging our collective experience and resources to achieve success in every project.

Benefits

We offer a competitive range of benefits to support our employees’ health, well-being, and financial security. Medical, dental, and vision benefits are available to all eligible employees on the first day of employment. For more information on the benefits available for this role, please contact the recruiter or hiring manager.

Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation can contact the ADA Coordinator by calling 1-833-222-3066. We partner with the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Immigration Service to e-Verify all newly hired employees.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Please Note

• All job offers are subject to pre-employment drug screening and a background check.
• Unless otherwise noted, we do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.
  
  

Notice to Agencies: We only accept resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing services if a Service Agreement has been signed and we have requested recruitment/staffing services for the specific position. Any unsolicited resumes will become the property of the company, and no fees or compensation will be paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or staffing service.