Substation Physical Engineer - Electrical Design

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May 30

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

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Timmons Group

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Engineering • Infrastructure Design • Environmental Services

Timmons Group is a multidisciplinary firm offering engineering, design, and technology services, established in 1953. The company specializes in enhancing the beauty, safety, and functionality of contemporary communities through offerings such as civil planning, infrastructure design, environmental and geotechnical services, and structural engineering. Timmons Group is strategically positioned to assist clients across various sectors, including commercial, healthcare, residential, and governmental. The firm's interdisciplinary teams, comprising landscape architects, urban planners, and visualization experts, strive to create dynamic, enduring spaces that integrate ecological and resilience factors. Additionally, Timmons Group leverages technology solutions such as application design and asset management to meet modern needs.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1990

📋 Description

• Develop scopes of work, conceptual designs, and execution plans • Prepare engineering cost and man-hour estimates and schedules • Physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, and details, grounding plan, lightning protection, control building, exterior raceway systems, and develop complete bills of material • Arrangement of substation structure elements, and associate equipment and their foundations • Develop section views and other detail drawings that show structures, prepare equipment and bus work installation drawings • Ground grid design plan and equipment/structure grounding details • System sizing studies • Prepare calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, insulation coordination studies, etc.) • Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and participate in factory acceptance testing • Coordinate design activities with other departments (Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.) • Provide guidance and mentoring to less experienced team members • Regularly meet and correspond with clients or outside personnel • Provide short term field support during construction

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from accredited program • Minimum 7 years related experience (completion of master's degree in related field may be substituted for one year of experience) • Professional Engineer (PE) is preferred • Proficiency with National Electrical Safety Code and IEEE / ANSI Standards • Knowledge of computer drafting tools such as AutoCAD preferred • Excellent written & verbal communication skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Capability of solving difficult problems that require adaptation and modification of standard approaches, techniques, procedures. and criteria