Responsibilities for Substation Engineer

Develop knowledge of the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) to ensure that designs comply with the required safety clearances

Utilize knowledge of the National Electrical Safety Code to ensure that designs comply with the required safety clearances

Provide substation project management support, including managing engineering scope according to technical contracts, equipment procurement, developing change orders, and maintaining project schedules

Lead the development of single- line diagrams, layout drawings, raceway systems, grounding systems, station service and BOMs for substation design packages

Perform technical, cost savings, and construct- ability reviews of design packages from internal engineering, outsourced sub- contractor engineering and equipment factories

Generate equipment specifications, monitor vendor technical compliance and witness factory acceptance testing

Will be working with both outdoor and indoor substation applications

Will be working in High Voltage power cable system design, including capacity calculations, cable pulling design, cable vault layouts, cable restraint design, and GIS sealing end/air termination applications

Will be working with various design calculation like grounding & shielding, rigid bus calculation, battery & charger sizing, AC & DC auxiliary system, voltage drop calculation, sag & tension calculation, input for substation tower & equipment support structure design

Performing evaluation of power system study, insulation coordination study, harmonic analysis & capacitor bank sizing

Qualifications for substation engineer

Demonstrated ability to analyze and creatively problem solve

Previous experience with Electrical Design

Past experience of working within the electrical Transmission and Distribution Industry

Be educated to BSc or MSc level in Electrical Engineering (or an equivalent and relevant qualification)

Experience in working closely with Clients and Colleagues the ability to work on project solely if the occasions should arise

Proficient to advance level experience in working with relevant CAD programmes to complete work / projects efficiently and accurately, and to deadlines