Lead Engineer - Substation

Iberdrola

  • Rochester, NY
  • $107,500 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 19 days ago
Job Title: Lead Engineer- Substation
Location: Rochester NY or Binghamton NY
Work Type: HybridSalary: The base salary range for this position is dependent upon experience and location, ranging from $107.5k to 126.5kJob Summary:The Lead Engineer in Projects organization is an engineer position with responsibilities over the portfolio of projects assigned to the Unit where the Lead Engineer will be assigned to, ensuring each project is engineered in compliance with regulations, company standards, and consistently across the board.
Position reports to the Unit Manager, but the position will work day-to-day in cross functional project team and support project needs as dictated by the Project Manager and Unit Manager.Responsibilities:
  • Project detailed engineering, complex engineering analyses, designs and calculations using standard methodology & principles including all phases such as: scoping and budgeting, conceptual engineering, contract management and design, engineering design, construction and closeout.
  • Approve, maintain, & understand drawings (e.g. schematics, one-line diagrams, etc,…).
  • Develop & specify equipment, assemble documents & other requirements for assignments of complex level of difficulty using depth & breadth of expertise in own discipline.
  • Ensure all engineering designs implemented by the company meet applicable company, local, state, and national codes and standards.
  • Provide technical leadership in projects that have a wide impact on the department.
  • Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
  • Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills.
  • Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best practices.
  • Ability to collaborate across departments
  • Work independently with little supervision
Skills and Requirements:Education & Experience Required:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering required
  • +7 years minimum relevant experience
Preferred Qualifications: (Optional)
  • Master’s Degree Preferred
  • Professional Engineering License Preferred
Technical Skills/Competencies
  • Theoretical Engineering knowledge - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Analytic, modeling & Calculation, understanding the business model; Global View of the Business (Values cross-functional collaboration, understands importance of growing knowledge and developing relationships and links across the organization)
  • Practical engineering experience/application - Planning, Operations and Engineering Design, Construction, (e.g. field experience, standardization "Perform economic analyses of engineering alternatives, develop business cases and defend in front of stakeholders.")
  • Engineering documentation – Ability to adequately document and interpret engineering documentation
  • Ability to review and approve engineering work done by others to ensure compliance with company standards, specifications, and contract requirements
  • Knowledge of Regulatory and Compliance Environment – Local, State and Federal Regulatory Standards and requirements
  • (For Smart Grids) Networking, Computer Security, and Databases - Understanding Networking, security, computer hardware, software applications, database structure, and data communication equipment.
Functional/job/business specific Competencies:
  • Deep knowledge of the regulatory environment including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.
  • Deep knowledge company, local, state, and national codes and standards.
Substations and Integrated:
  • Deep knowledge in Substations design and construction for utility environments or large corporations.
Transmission Lines and Integrated:
  • Deep knowledge in Distribution and Transmission Lines design and construction for utility environments or large corporations.
Competencies
  • Be a role model
  • Be agile
  • Collaborate and Share
  • Develop Self & Others
  • Empower to grow
  • Focus to achieve results
  • Technical Skills
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