Lead Electrical Engineer - Substation Design

About this role

The Opportunity
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical lead substation design engineer. Substation design encompasses distribution, sub-transmission and transmission level voltage classes.

• Develop electrical design deliverables, including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design

• Actively participate in management, project scheduling, and work/resource planning meetings

• Interface directly with clients, vendors and subcontractors

• QA/QC projects and mentor junior engineers

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.

• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.

• All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design experience Physical and/or Protection & Controls

• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects

• Professional Engineering (PE) License

• Written Communications

• Drive For Results

• Priority Setting

• Planning

• Delegation

• Directing Others

• Conflict Management

• Informing

• Listening

• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams

• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Key Responsibilities
Engineering Standards:

• Continues to learn, remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and Customer policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks
Quality/Continuous Improvement:

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with Customer quality program relative to assigned tasks

• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with Customer quality program

• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline

• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables

• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection

• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles

• Manages assigned budget, schedule, and quality requirements

• Plans and conducts independent evaluation, selection and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures and criteria

• Reviews lower level engineering work or assignments

• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection, assimilation, and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects
Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects

• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects

• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing, Innovation and Technology:

• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having in-depth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry

• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)

People Management - (supervision, career development, training, mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required
Certifications
Most positions - depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division - will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country, or be in active pursuit* of such registration.
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