Design Engineer - Substation
$80,000–$80,000 year
On-siteChicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Design physical substation components, including yard layouts, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, raceways, and auxiliary AC/DC power systems. Develop protection and control schematics, wiring diagrams, cable lists, and panel layouts. Create design drawings, calculations, and bills of material from engineering documents for planning, construction, operation, and maintenance. Conduct engineering calculations, including voltage drop, cable pulling, flicker analysis, and grounding analysis. Ensure project team applies engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE, and ANSI. Perform quality reviews to check for inaccuracies, omissions, or compliance issues, and provide recommendations. Work collaboratively with engineers and project teams to develop solutions and modifications as needed. Maintain detailed project documentation and support engineering calculations. Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of stakeholders. Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments, up to 25% of the time.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering from an ABET-accredited program
- Curiosity for and willingness to learn about the major components of a substation
- Basic knowledge of substation components
- Previous design or construction experience
- Word processing, spread sheet, and e-mail software
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers
- Ability to deal with ambiguity
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to manage multiple tasks
- Ability to determine priorities in a complex environment
- Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
- Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
- Experience performing detailed design for high voltage substation projects
Desired Qualifications
- Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam
- Basic knowledge of substation components
- Previous design or construction experience
- Experience in the electric utility industry
- Experience performing detailed design for high voltage substation projects
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