Lead Substation Physical Engineer
Leidos
- Portland, OR
- $101,400-183,300 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform conceptual and detailed HV and MV Substation Physical/Electrical design for medium to large scale utilities/substations (including basic layout, electrical arrangement, one line, three line drawings, plan-section, grounding, AC and DC system drawings)
- Perform advanced engineering studies and calculations
- Perform Quality Control reviews on medium to large substation physical design projects
- Create and review bill of materials for substation physical projects
- Develop and review proposals, and scopes of work for substation physical projects
- Develop and provide advanced technical presentations to the team to assist with staff technical development
- Be involved in client interaction (including site visits) with a drive for customer satisfaction
- Provide leadership and mentorship to junior engineers
- Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with the internal teams and clients to meet project objectives
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, civil or related degree with eight (8+) plus years of related Substation physical design experience.
- Comprehensive understanding of the utility grid (power generation, transmission and distribution) system
- Experience with advanced engineering studies and calculations (lighting, grounding studies, Arc flash, AC & DC load studies, volt-drop, lightning studies and protection)
- Experience with HV and MV Physical Electrical Design for medium to large scale utility substations(Including Electrical Layout, Design and Specification for :-DC Systems – Station Service, Battery, DC Panels and Switchgear, Chargers, ATS, MTS AC Systems – AC Station Service, AC Panels and Switchgear, AC Transformer Auxiliary Power)
- Registered Professional Engineer (P.E) license
- Master’s degree in related field
- Experience with bus calculation
- Experience with WinIGS or CDEGS
- With opportunities for both technical and non-technical training
- By working with different types of projects ranging from distribution to transmission level voltages
- By participating in our mentorship program
- By gaining knowledge in electrical power calculations and NESC