Substation Engineer

Position: Substation Engineer

Pay: 40/hr

Location: Glen Allen, VA

Job Summary

Our client is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer/technical specialist to join our Electric Transmission - Substation Engineering department! As a member of the physical design team you’ll play a crucial role in shaping the future of our high-voltage electric grid, which operates from 69 kV to 500 kV. This opportunity will be involved with greenfield and brownfield projects, data center related projects, and renewable generation interconnect projects, to name a few. The successful candidate will be able to satisfy the following:

Motivated and Engaged Engineer: We’re seeking someone who is passionate about their work, eager to innovate, and ready to contribute to our dynamic team.

Responsibilities: You’ll be involved in the development of detailed design and construction review. Your focus will be on the physical design of electrical substations, both for new construction and upgrades to existing facilities.

Engineering Expertise: You’ll apply your expertise in substation physical design, including creating and maintaining standard drawings for electrical, mechanical, and control systems. This includes developing engineering packages, performing calculations, conducting analysis, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Independence and Adaptability: You’ll exercise independent judgment, evaluating and selecting engineering techniques and criteria. You’ll also adapt to moderately complex challenges, making necessary modifications to achieve optimal results.

Document Review and Collaboration: You’ll prepare and review critical substation documents, such as one-line diagrams, general arrangements, elevations, conduit and foundation plans, cable schedules, ground grid plans, and bills of materials. Collaboration with other disciplines, including grading plan development, steel structures, and bus design, will be essential.

Site Visits and Modeling: Engage in site visits to support construction activities and asset owners. Additionally, experience with modeling tools (preferably Microstation and/or AutoCAD) will be advantageous.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities & Experience

• Experience with Electric Utility preferred

• Thorough understanding of the principles and practices for transmission lines, distribution feeders, and major substation components.

• Ability to read, interpret, and verify accuracy of one-line diagrams, relay functional drawings, elementary diagrams, and wiring diagrams

• Knowledge of MicroStation and / or AutoCAD

• Knowledge and application of engineering theories and principles, concepts, and fundamentals

• Competency in applying engineering principles, fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures requiring some evaluation, originality and/or ingenuity to achieve project objectives

• Planning, organizational and project management skills

• Effective decision-making skills

• Effective oral and written communication skills (includes technical writing)

• Ability to think analytically and solve complex problems

• Ability to interpret codes, regulations, and practices

• Equally effective working independently or in a team environment

• Ability to process information quickly and effectively manage multiple tasks

Education Requirements

For placement of a candidate in the Engineer job series, the following criteria must be met:

• Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an ABET accredited Engineering program based on the year that the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or

• Possess a 4-year Engineering degree from an institution outside of the U.S. which is accredited through the country's own Engineering accrediting body under the Washington Accord as a full signatory, and is a degree that was recognized by the country's accrediting body on or after the date that full signatory status was achieved, or

• Possess a 4-year degree in Engineering (non-ABET accredited), Physics, Chemistry, Math or Engineering Technology and a post-graduate Engineering degree from an institution where the undergraduate degree in the same Engineering discipline is ABET-accredited based on the year the Engineering program was accredited by ABET, or

• Holds or has previously held a valid U.S. Professional Engineer license.