Job Description

Annual Salary: 60-93K/annually

Location: Houston, TX

DIRECT HIRE ROLE.

Primary Function:

Performs engineering work with a focus on substation engineering design including both physical and protection & control practices. Requires knowledge of substation systems from 34.5kV to 500kV with familiarity with basic principles related to the engineering design or high voltage substations.

Duties & Responsibilities

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

* Work within a 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 a project engineer to ensure 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 assignments

* Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications / Experience

Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degrees, from an accredited university. Experience in substation design; successful candidates will have at least 3 years experience in substation engineering design with more senior level positions requiring 7 years or more in hands on engineering design. Senior applicants must be a licensed professional engineer with ability to become licensed in multiple states or must be able to gain license within one year of hire.

* Familiarity with electrical relays currently utilized in the electric power utility industry

* Experience in application of relays and metering in an electrical substation at 138kV and above

* Experience in the design of electrical schematics for relay applications and control systems

* Experience in the design of connection drawings and cabling

* Relay coordination experience is a plus

* 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 projects

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

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

* Communicating effectively with co-workers, vendors, clients, etc.

* Ability to work in a team environment.

Physical Requirements:

* This position requires minimal physical effort.

* Must be able to endure prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day

* While performing the duties of this job, the
To apply please email your resume to bzhong@rothstaffing.com

Job Snapshot

• Employee Type:Full-Time
• Location:Houston, TX
• Job Type:Engineering
• Experience:3-5 years
• Education:4 Year Degree
• Date Posted:5/6/2024
• Contact: Brianna Zhong (949) 345-1237
• Pay Range: $60,000.00 - $93,700.00 Annually

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