Engineering Designer 4- Protection and Control (Education)
Position Overview:Provide substation protection and control design, technical support, and coordination to a transmission substation engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality design and drafting projects. Provide technical competency on complex problems for projects including a wide range of utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems, and solar collector substations. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline work for projects and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development and project cost estimating.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Advanced understanding of protection and control designs as they apply to utility substations and transmission line equipment
- Create/Improve quality control measures to ensure design and drafting meet standards
- Create substation P&C design drawings from client standards and industry best practices for P&C designs of utility stations through 500kV, including one lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA
- Ability to interpret written specifications and implement them in engineering drawings.
- Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters
- Create/Improve quality control measures to ensure design and drafting meet standards
- Experience checking designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards
- Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients
- Visit sites, advise on engineering issues. Modify the design to resolve issues during construction
- Provide general project management capabilities to coordinate staff, assign tasks, and accomplish projects in an efficient manner
- Manage budgets and project schedules
Requirements
- 8+ Year(s) experience in CAD Design
- Proven Autocad and/or Microstation skills
Other Skills/Abilities
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Self-Motivated
- Work independently
- Team-Oriented
- Customer Oriented
- Able to manage multiple tasks and provide leadership to other team members
- Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
- Think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in the utility industry
- Preferred coursework and/or degree in utility CAD Design
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Pike Engineering is an equal opportunity employer
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled
Pike Engineering is a Non-Union Company
