Job description:

Growing Power Design firm in Atlanta, Georgia has a need for an Electrical/Power Engineer.

Position Overview: Provide substation protection and control design, engineering, technical support, and oversight to a transmission substation engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems for projects including a wide range of utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems and solar collector substations. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible charge engineering duties, and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development, project cost estimating, and business development efforts.

Duties & Responsibilities

Advanced understanding of protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment

• Expert in design of protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor and transformer protection schemes and associated settings
• Create processes to improve all parts of a P&C design, including P&C one- and three-lines, AC/DC schematics, panel drawings, and wiring diagrams
• Advanced understanding of SCADA communication design
• Ability to lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity
• Expert in the principles of project management
• Through understanding of substation design to include equipment arrangements
• Create quality control checklists for substation P&C design project scopes, estimates, budgets, one lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA
• Ability to create and report on studies for voltage drop, fault current, and insulation coordination.
• Perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards
• Ability to write specifications and implement them on engineering drawings
• Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters
• Experience creating processes for design accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards
• Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients
• Visit sites, advise on physical engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction
• Manage budgets and project schedules
  
  

Qualifications:

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a practicing engineer
• Bachelors degree from an EAC/ABET accredited Engineering Program OR an approved evaluation of non-ABET credentials by NCEES OR graduation from a Masters or Doctoral Program in Engineering from an institution with EAC/ABET accredited Undergraduate Engineering Programs
• Licensed Professional Engineer

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

80 year old firm with a variety of projects. Great stability with expansion and growth opportunities.

Salary Type : Annual Salary

Salary Min : $ 150000

Salary Max : $ 200000

Currency Type : USD