Company: Worley
Primary Location: USA-PA-Reading
Job: Electrical
Schedule: Full-time
Employment Type: Employee
Job Level: Experienced
Job Posting: Aug 15, 2024
Unposting Date: Sep 15, 2024
Reporting Manager Title: Engineering Director
Building on our past. Ready for the future
Worley is a global professional services company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value over the life of their portfolio of assets. Join us and help drive innovation and sustainability in our projects.
*** THIS POSITION CAN BE REMOTELY BASED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES***
Purpose:
You will provide engineering support for the design of substation facilities for voltages up to and including 765 kV for Worley and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team.
Responsibilities:
- Substation physical design including overall engineering and analysis for new switchyards and substations, additions and modifications.
- Preparation of specifications and provide procurement support.
- Preparation of engineering drawings including layout and general arrangements for all major equipment and structures required for high voltage switchyards or substation.
- Perform auxiliary electrical power system studies including load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, protection and coordination, ampacity, and battery sizing studies.
- Perform substation grounding calculations and studies, lightning protection and insulation coordination, lighting, bus calculations, transformer and bus sizing calculations, fault calculations, and AC and DC auxiliary system sizing calculations.
- Perform proposal preparation, proposal estimates, and provide input to scope documents and client presentations.
- Work in a team-oriented environment with ability to work independently or as part of a group.
- Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable Worley and client standards.
- Supervise/coordinate other engineers of equal and lesser experience.
- Complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget.
- Discuss technical problems and communicate effectively with other project personnel and outside Customers.
- Perform independent audits and reviews of technical work.
- Perform the function of a team leader capable of solving complex issues.
- Interface with other departmental staff, project management, and with outside Customers.
- Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown.
What you will bring:
- 8+ years of experience in substation engineering.
- Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills.
- A sound knowledge of the fundamental requirements of electrical engineering.
- Competent use of electrical engineering specific software.
- Experience working in project leadership role.
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
Education - Qualifications, Accreditation, Training:
Required:
- 4 or 5 year Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering.
Preferred:
- Professional Engineer (PE) in the United States.
Moving forward together
We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.
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