Substation Engineer - Transportation Market

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Our transportation and utility services professionals offer practical, forward-thinking expertise in a wide range of practice areas, including active transportation, bridge design, roadway design and traffic engineering, intelligent transportation systems, utility and broadband services, grant writing, program management and so much more! From interstates and intersections to bridges and bike paths, we invite you to join us in designing transportation systems that connect us to the people and places we care about most.

Responsibilities:

• Plans, organizes and supervises the work of a staff of engineering professionals and technicians.
• Detailed design of high voltage substations, including but not limited to:
  • General Arrangement and Equipment layout
  • Elevations and Sections
  • Bus and Cable layout and calculations
  • Grounding design and analysis
  • Shielding design and analysis
  • Facility lighting
  • Single and Three-Line diagrams
  • Protection and control schematics
  • Wiring and connection diagrams
  • Foundation layout and design
  • Secondary Containment design and calculations
  • Protective relay settings
• Preparation of the following:
  • Calculations for faults, grounding, lightning protection, rigid bus bracing and support
  • Transformer sizing
  • AC and DC auxiliary system sizing
  • Arrester and insulator coordination and selection
  • Project Specifications for materials, equipment and construction requirements.
• Other Electrical Design: Substation Design, Studies (Arc Flash, System, Capacitor, Grounding, etc.), Design support for electrical power supply elements in Street Lighting and Traffic Signal designs.
• Point selection of substation IED’s and interfacing SCADA, Communications and Security

Minimum Qualifications:

• Detailed knowledge of the following is required:

• NEC and NESC code requirements
• Power utilization equipment including: switchgear, protective relays, breakers, transformers, motors and generators

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Mechanical Engineering (BSME), or other related degree from an accredited four year college or university.
• 5-10 Years of experience in High Voltage Electric Substation Design.
• Registered Professional Engineer. Willingness to acquire licenses in other states.
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Experience in the utility industry

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