Senior Electrical Studies Engineer
HDR Engineering is currently seeking a Senior Electrical Studies Engineer to join our growing local and nationally ranked team of Power Delivery professionals. You'll be part of a rapidly growing team wanting to take your career to the next level. Having developed a well-rounded foundational expertise in high voltage substation electrical design, you will be ready to undertake a more complex and responsible role as an overall Electrical Studies Subject Matter Expert. This role will require you to work independently while occasionally directing, mentoring, training, and/or supervising less-experienced EITs and/or Designers. You'll have the opportunity to perform physical / outdoor substation design, protection and control, and electrical studies on projects ranging from 4 kV through 765 kV. This is an opportunity for you to be challenged, learn, and generally grow your career.
As a Senior Electrical Studies Engineer, your role will encompass the following:
- Perform electrical design studies and reports including grounding, electromagnetic transient studies, electrical effects, lightning protection, bus analysis, short circuit analysis, and power flow studies
- Protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
- Preparing calculations for studies and reports (AC/DC load studies, rigid bus calculations, etc.)
- Preparing various types of specifications including performance specs, equipment / procurement specs, and construction specs
- Attending client stakeholder meetings and leading reviews with the client
- Effectively managing multiple tasks for multiple projects while being cognizant of schedule and budget
- Performing quality control reviews of projects from other teams as needed
- Providing engineering input on specific project design issues and questions
- Providing input to the development of project manhours estimates and task schedules
- Performing site visits during the design, construction and as-built phases of projects, including participating in field reviews or construction observation
- Mentoring and technical guidance of junior level engineers
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in substation grounding, electrical effects, and protection and controls design
- Experience with electrical studies software (e.g., CDEGS, WinIGS, PSCAD, ATP-EMTP, ETAP, etc.)
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working with Renewables developers, data center substations, and utility interconnections a plus
- Industry involvement and/or involvement with working groups (i.e. IEEE or other)
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- A minimum of 10 years of experience
- Professional Engineers (PE) license
- Extensive experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector
- Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, and Revit)
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture