Electrical Engineer 3 - Substation Design at SolveNow in Houston, Texas, United States

Job description

• Function as a mid-level engineer in substation design. 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.
• Interface with clients, vendors and subcontractors.
• Work on complex projects with a team of highly collaborative and supportive engineers!
• Functions in a mid level engineer capacity, or technical specialist. Under general supervision, performs all aspects of conventional design engineering and analysis. Broadens knowledge and skill set in area of discipline. May start to expand knowledge in other disciplines and/or functional areas

Responsibilities

• Continues to learn and remains current on departmental design guides, standards, systems, applicable engineering codes and company's policies and procedures
• Applies to assigned tasks as appropriate
• Begins to independently apply knowledge and complies with company's quality program relative to assigned tasks
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts
• Prepares a variety of moderately complex engineering deliverables
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Collects, assimilates, and manages data for engineering work
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Understands and adheres to budget, schedule, and quality requirements
• Recognizes, defines and resolves problems within assigned area
• May provide direction and guidance to others
• Assigns tasks to and coordinates with other internal/external team members on less complex projects
• Initiates contact with other disciplines as needed to identify and coordinate details of the work
• Actively seeks to understand client interests and drivers through normal client contact and through interaction and communication with project leadership
• Applies understanding of client interests and drivers to their own behavior and performance of the work under his/her responsibility
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities
• Shares current knowledge of latest technology and processes
• May assist with performance management process, mentoring, recognition, and any corrective actions required

Requirements

• Requires a 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 3 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.
• Learning on the Fly
• Problem Solving
• Intellectual Horsepower
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Informing
• Listening and Dealing with Ambiguity
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Skills

Required

• Engineering design principles
• Applicable design guides and standards
• Substation design
• Physical design
• Engineering calculations
• Quality program compliance
• Problem solving
• Client interface
• Vendor and subcontractor interface

Preferred

• Learning on the Fly
• Intellectual Horsepower
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Informing
• Listening and Dealing with Ambiguity