Senior Substation Engineer – Protection and Control

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September 29

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NV5

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Engineering • Environmental • Infrastructure

NV5 is a leading provider of technology, conformity assessment, and consulting solutions for public and private sector clients supporting infrastructure, utility, and building assets and systems. The Company primarily focuses on six business verticals: conformity assessment, infrastructure support services, utility services, buildings & technology, environmental health sciences, and geospatial services.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1947

📋 Description

• Lead the engineering effort for new and ongoing substation projects • Support multiple projects simultaneously and work closely with NV5 Substation Engineering leadership to ensure project success • Work in small project teams to provide customer service and quality deliverables • Prepare conceptual designs and execution plans • Prepare engineering/project cost estimates and schedules • Perform and document quality reviews for other engineers and designers • Prepare construction drawings, documents, calculations, and studies for medium and high voltage substation projects • Responsible for technical delivery of power delivery engineering projects or tasks • Prepare calculations, studies, and reports meeting internal and client standards and requirements • Apply engineering design principles and practices including formulas • Coordinate with multi-discipline (Civil, Structural, Physical, P&C, Transmission Line) project teams to execute substation projects • Provide weekly updates to senior team leaders and/or project managers on milestone progress and percent completion of activities

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in the Substation/Power Delivery field • Experience with high voltage substation design (12kV through 500kV) preparing one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, panel layouts, AC/DC schematics and wiring diagrams, physical layouts, electrical elevations, plans (equipment, grounding, and raceway), and bills of materials including selection of non-standard equipment • Ability to interpret and apply standards including IEEE, IEC, NESC, and client standards • Knowledge of Protection and Controls design (must) • Experience with power system calculations (AC station service, DC battery sizing, and Voltage Drop/Cable Selection) is a plus • Experience with relay settings is a plus • Knowledge of substation physical equipment is a plus • B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field • PE license strongly preferred • Strong written and verbal communication, analytical and problem-solving, organizational and proactive skills

🏖️ Benefits

• medical • dental • life insurance • PTO • 401(k) • professional development/advancement opportunities