[Hiring] Senior Substation Engineer @Crest Industries

Role Description

Beta Engineering is currently looking for a Substation Engineer to join their team. Substation Engineers (SE) are responsible for the design, interpretation, application, and documentation of drawings and calculations pertaining to the physical design of a substation. SEs ensure that designs and their applications are completed to code and standards set forth by the appropriate authoritative bodies. In addition, SEs are required to work with customer representatives, Project Management Teams, and other engineering disciplines to ensure designs meet appropriate specifications and requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Checks conduit, grounding, control shelter, electrical arrangements, outdoor lighting, and equipment vendor design packages.
• Performs and checks grounding calculations, conduit fill calculations, pulling tension calculations, vehicle tracking calculations, outdoor lighting calculations, lightning protection designs calculations, substation Sag-10 calculations, flexible jumper calculations, bus design calculations, arc-flash calculations, insulation coordination calculations, and underground ampacity calculations.
• Creates and checks material list descriptions for all major equipment and minor substation material.
• Demonstrates integrity and ethics in all client relationships and communications.
• Answers technical questions posed by construction managers, field staff, project managers, customers, and their representatives.
• Recognizes and recommends methods to improve customer’s experience.
• Performs other studies as able and required.
• Travels periodically to both customer offices for project meetings and to job sites for construction visits and testing.
• Manages day-to-day activities of schedule and design of projects assigned to them.
• Coordinates and problem solves between design teams and departments.

Expectations:

• Performs quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interacts professionally with other employees and customers.
• Works effectively as a team contributor on all assigned projects.
• Communicates regularly with supervisor regarding designs, concerns, studies, or tests.
• Desire to participate in continued education and training.
• Occasional overnight travel to active job sites.
• Must have a clean driving record as use of company vehicles is a requirement of the position.
• Adhere to and practice the Beta core competencies and Beta principles.
• Maintains check print set of all work they perform.
• Utilizes the department resources in an effective manner to get all work accomplished on time and correctly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering.
• 5 plus years of experience in the physical design of high voltage substations is required.
• PE license is required.
• Strong background in Microsoft Word, Mathcad, Excel, and PowerPoint required; strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Knowledge of all or some of the following applications are preferred: AutoCAD, CDEGS grounding software, CYMCAP, LitePro, FEAP, Southwire SAG/Ten, Alcoa, Vehicle Tracking, SAP-2000.

Working Conditions

• Will work in an office environment with minimal exposure to dust, noise, and other environmental hazards.
• Overnight travel is required to an active construction site for a period of one or two weeks at a time.
• Ability to perform duties safely and to adhere to each job site’s safety requirements while working on an active job site, outdoors, is a requirement.

Salary

$100,000 - $175,000 a year. Salary range is estimated. Actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications and application of any geographic salary differential.

Company Description

At Beta Engineering, we empower our employees to identify innovative solutions and opportunities for future growth. Recognizing that our success begins with our people, we invest in our teams through technical, team building, and leadership training. If you want to be part of a team that is built on trust and excellence, apply today.