What are the responsibilities and job description for the Substation Engineer position at Actalent?
Description:
P&C Substation Engineer
Engineering design related to the company’s electric substation, transmission line, and generation equipment control and fault protection systems.
Responsibilities:
- Perform design relating to the company's electric substation, transmission line and generation equipment control systems and fault protection systems to ensure reliability and safety.
- Specify substation equipment using substation ratings (e.g., bus, ground mat, conduit, switches, power circuit breakers, transformers, relay panels, instrumentation, capacitor banks, reactor banks) to ensure reliability and safety.
- Design protective relay systems, metering and SCADA by referencing standards, past projects, new research, regulations and system requirements in order to ensure reliability and safety.
- Gather and analyze system ratings (e.g., voltage, power ratings, ampacity, system impedance, CT ratios, and relay settings) by researching substation current conditions and configurations to provide data to reporting agencies (i.e., SPP, NERC, FERC) and meet new system requirements.
- Produce detailed system protection and control project scopes and cost estimates to assist in multi-year projects and budget planning by using data from previous projects, bids, and research to ensure accuracy and completion of tasks on time and on budget.
- Prepare and study technical drawings and specifications of electrical systems and equipment to ensure that installation and operations conform to requirements (e.g., Company, protection, code).
Qualifications::
- Requires a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an ABET accredited program.
- The preferred candidate will have utility experience directly related to electric substation, generation, and transmission line equipment control and fault protection systems.
- Create and review detailed system protection and control project bills of material, cable schedules, other project documents.
- Experience with the use of drawing management systems or document management systems (VAULT or other similar)
- Prior experience with the use of AutoCAD (AutoCAD certification, does not need to be Power User)
Skills:
Physical Substation, Protection and Controls, Electrical Engineering
Experience Level:
3 years of Electrical Substation Engineering with Protection & Controls.
About Actalent:
Actalent connects passion with purpose. Our scalable talent solutions and services capabilities drive value and results and provide the expertise to help our customers achieve more. Every day, our experts around the globe are making an impact. We’re supporting critical initiatives in engineering and sciences that advance how companies serve the world. Actalent promotes consultant care and engagement through experiences that enable continuous development. Our people are the difference. Actalent is an operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $40 - $58