Senior Substation Technical Advisor

🕒 August 13

🎰 Nevada – Remote

🎰 Nevada – Remote

💵 $44 - $95 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Qualus

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Seed Round on 2022-03

Construction • Logistics • Manufacturing

Qualus is a leading pure-play power services firm and innovator at the forefront of the energy transition and transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange.

📋 Description

• Serve as the technical subject matter expert for substation construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, and reliability • Provide technical oversight of multiple energized substations supporting mission critical loads • Review and support substation design, protection schemes, relay settings, commissioning plans, and operational procedures • Provide expertise in protective relays, protection and control systems, SCADA systems, communications, and substation automation • Support troubleshooting, root cause analysis, outage planning, switching activities, and reliability improvement initiatives • Monitor substation construction activities and act as the owner's technical representative during project execution • Interface with engineering firms, EPC contractors, utilities, commissioning providers, construction managers, and facility operations teams • Review construction deliverables, testing documentation, schedules, and quality processes • Participate in factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT), commissioning, energization, and project turnover activities • Evaluate the condition and performance of substation equipment including transformers, breakers, disconnect switches, grounding systems, battery systems, protection panels, and associated apparatus • Develop technical reports, recommendations, and professional communications for both technical and non-technical stakeholders • Support emergency response and operational troubleshooting as required

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with high-voltage substations, including construction, commissioning, operations, and maintenance • Demonstrated expertise in protective relays • Demonstrated expertise in protection and control systems • Demonstrated expertise in SCADA and substation communications • Demonstrated expertise in high-voltage substation apparatus • Demonstrated expertise in electrical system troubleshooting • Ability to read and interpret one-line diagrams, relay schematics, protection drawings, and construction documents • Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills • Ability to effectively engage with field personnel, contractors, engineers, project managers, and executive leadership • Strong organizational, problem-solving, and technical leadership abilities

🏖️ Benefits

• Sign-on Bonus Offered • Medical • Dental • Vision • Life Insurance • Short and Long-Term Disability • 401(k) match • Flexible Spending Accounts • EAP • Parental Leave • Paid time off • Holidays