Job Title: Electrical Engineer Substation - Lead Location: Binghamton, NY (Kirkwood), Rochester, NY.
Work type: Office
The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from
$116,640 to
$145,800.
Job Summary Responsible for Substation designs for major capital projects in New York (NYSEG and RG&E), this includes input into standards and training needs. The electric delivery system in New York contains approximately 5,600 miles of transmission lines & 621 substations.
Position reports to the Substation Projects Coordinator, but the position will work day-to-day in a cross-functional project team and support project needs as dictated by the project manager.
Responsibilities:- Capital project engineering performance including all phases such as scoping and budgeting, conceptual engineering, contract management and design, engineering design, construction and closeout.
- Perform standard and complex electrical engineering analyses, designs and calculations using standard methodology and principles and other viable approaches.
- Develop alternate methods or design concepts to resolve problems or to improve processes/services
- Responsible for leading and creating new conceptual designs and overseeing the work of external detailed designers.
- Solve unique and complex electrical engineering problems.
- Analyzes possible solutions and assesses each using standard procedures related to lines and power engineering.
- Ensure all engineering designs implemented by the company meet applicable company, local, state, and national codes and standards.
- Support technical requests from current and proposed customers
- Utilize knowledge to influence and guide department engineers.
- Provide technical leadership in complex projects that have a wide impact on the department.
- Mentor, develop and support team in technical skills.
- Ability to collaborate across departments
- Liaison/ direct contractors on company policy, standards and best practices.
- Work independently with little supervision.
Required Qualifications:Required Education:- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and 7 years minimum of relevant experience required.
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.
General Skills:- Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills to decipher unique technical and analytical problems.
- Proven ability to lead and manage projects.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to articulate highly technical concepts.
- Strong management and leadership skills, ability to drive change and adoption of new technologies.
- Knowledge of the regulatory environment, including relevant output and incentive mechanisms.
- General contract, commercial and regulatory awareness with the ability to balance effective and efficient customer service and project delivery, ensuring maximum return on investment.
- Track record of effective stakeholder and customer service engagement and management.
- Ability to communicate and present information effectively at all levels.
- Ability to manage competing priorities using sound engineering and financial judgment to determine optimal solutions.
- Awareness and understanding of key business drivers.
- Ability to devise solutions to both common and complex problems/challenges.
- Where appropriate, technical and operational experience in a relevant engineering role within a utility environment.
Where required, knowledge of:- Construction and maintenance standards in accordance with regulatory requirements - Engineering standards and specifications up to 345k.
Routine Technical Skills:- Physical Substation Design - Expert
- Project Scoping and Estimating - Expert
- Equipment Specifications - Expert
- Construction and Outage Sequencing - Expert
- Commissioning - Expert
- AC/DC Loading Calculations - Expert
- Codes, Standards, and Regulations - Expert
- Unique Technical Skills:
- Substation Grounding- Expert/Competent1
- Thermal Ratings- Expert/Competent1
- Lightning Analysis- Expert/Competent1
- Lighting Analysis- Expert/Competent1
- Transient Analysis- Expert/Competent1
- Insulation Coordination- Expert/Competent1
- Substation Equipment Commissioning - Expert/Competent1
Preferred Qualifications:- Professional Engineering License.
Behavioral Competencies: • Develop self & others
• Empower to grow
• Collaborate and share
• Be a role model
• Focus to achieve results
• Be agile
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Company:NY STATE ELECTRIC & GAS CORP
Mobility InformationJob Posting End Date:July-31-2026
