Senior Substation Engineer

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

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. This includes new substations and switchyards, modifications, additions and upgrades to existing facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Independently perform tasks that typically include 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 substations.
• 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 when and as required.
• Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable Worley and client standards.
• Commitment to Customer service and ability to work independently on more varied and complex tasks when required.
• Supervise/coordinate other engineers of equal and lesser experience to successfully deliver a project.
• 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 that is capable of solving complex issues and act as a lead engineer responsible for the quality of the deliverables.
• 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

Technical and Industry Experience:

• 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 in estimating project costs and writing proposal content.
• 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.