High Voltage Electrical Engineer

High Voltage Electrical EngineerSummary

Perform engineering and design duties, which require application of engineering principles and knowledge of substation design

 Education / Experience

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university, with a power background preferred.  Must be a licensed professional engineer or able to obtain a license within one year.  Two to ten years of related experience and/or proven knowledge in power engineering and design is required.

 Qualifications

Possess skills in the following areas:

?  Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals

?  Knowledge and understanding of three phase power systems

?  Knowledge and understanding of per-unit mathematics and symmetrical components

?  Knowledge and understanding of substation components and their functions

?  Knowledge of design documents and drawings necessary to complete a project

?  Knowledge of engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI

?  Knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet, and e-mail software

?  Working in a team environment

?  Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc.Duties & Responsibilities

Employee may be called upon to perform any or all of the following functions:

?  Work with project team to create all design documents and drawings for a project, including creating wiring diagrams from schematics, generating bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups of project as-built drawings with minimal supervision

?  Perform Engineering support tasks such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit calculations with minimal supervision

?  Apply engineering application software to complete engineering tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, and load flow and short circuit studies with minimal supervision

?  Review project schedules and work with project engineer to insure projects remain on schedule

?  Apply engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI

?  Properly use the document management system

?  Apply corporate standard engineering practices

?  Supervise project activities

?  Communicate and coordinate project activities with project engineer, customer representatives, and others as needed

?  Spend time at job sites to gain hands-on knowledge and additional training in substation construction and design

?  Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work

?  Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party

?  Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignmentsOther duties as required