HDR

Power Project Engineer (Substation Design)

HDR$95K — $115K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license
  • 3+ years experience in project execution in the Power Market Sector
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and relevant design software (e.g., PLS CAD, AutoCAD)
  • Commitment to a collaborative, employee-owned culture

Responsibilities

  • Conduct physical substation design including layouts and grounding systems
  • Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets
  • Design protection and control systems, including schematics and wiring
  • Prepare calculations for various engineering studies and reports
  • Review project documents for inter-discipline conflicts
  • Write and edit project specifications and equipment specifications
  • Mentor and supervise less-experienced team members

Benefits

  • Participation in an employee-owned culture
  • Opportunities for professional mentorship and training
  • Support for obtaining Professional Engineer license
  • Work on a diverse range of projects within the Power Market Sector
  • Encouragement for independent work and responsibility in project execution
Full Job Description
You will be part of a growing team wanting to take your career to the next level. Having developed foundational expertise in high voltage substation design, including physical and protection & controls design for 12 kV through 500kV projects, you will be ready to undertake a more complex and responsible role requiring you to work independently while at times, directing, mentoring, training, and/or supervising less-experienced EITs and/or Designers. As a Power Project Engineer (Substation Design), your role will encompass the following: • Understanding physical substation design including yard layouts, plans, sections and details, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, and associated bills of material • Support preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that schedules and budgets are met • Understands protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring • Prepare calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC/DC load studies, etc.) • Review project documents for areas of conflict with other disciplines • Write and edit project specifications • Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and/or factory acceptance testing • Coordinate the work of the power design team through the schematic design development and contract document phase of a project • Establish meetings and participate in reviews with various governing agencies for code compliance • Coordinate workload to complete the deliverable on schedule • Conduct work sessions at the project site in conjunction with the Project Manager and other disciplines • Coordinate with and assist affected disciplines with addenda, requests for information (RFIs), change orders (COs), and take responsibility to incorporate agreed-upon changes into the project documents • Provide construction contract administration as needed • Works independently and may direct, mentor, train, quality check, and/or supervise efforts of other Engineers, Project Coordinators or Designers, or BIM Technicians as needed • Perform other duties as needed Preferred Qualifications • Masters degree in Engineering • California Professional Engineer license or ability to obtain within 12 months • A minimum of 3 years experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector (Utilities, Substation, Transmission, Renewables, etc.) • Specific experience performing aspects associated with substation design including One Lie Diagrams, General Arrangements, Grounding & Conduit Plans, Foundation Plans, Material Lists, Relay and Control Systems, Control Schematics and Wiring Diagrams is required • Previous experience with an engineering consulting firm *LI-MO1 Qualifications Required Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in Engineering • Professional Engineer (PE) license • Previous experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector. • 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

About HDR

HDR is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska. The company was founded in 1917 as Henningson Engineering Company and has since grown to become one of the largest engineering firms in the United States. HDR provides a wide range of services, including architecture, engineering, environmental consulting, and construction management. The company has worked on a number of high-profile projects, including the Hoover Dam Bypass and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. HDR is committed to sustainability and has been recognized for its efforts in this area by organizations such as the U.S. Green Building Council.
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10,000 employees
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Founded
1917

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