Design Engineer I

Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, LLC•Houston, TX

About The Position

QISG leverages Quanta’s comprehensive resources to deliver collaborative solutions for our partners' energy infrastructure needs. We use in-house talent, expertise and resources to plan, design, engineer, manage, conduct maintenance on and construct projects. Our turnkey service capabilities provide our customers with efficiency, consistency, attention to detail and safe execution. The QISG team brings together Engineering, Safety, Quality, Material Procurement, QA/QC, Right-of-Way Acquisition, Scheduling, Environmental Planning, Permitting, Title and Land Management expertise that ensure outstanding results for our clients. This role involves performing substation design assignments including physical layout and protection & control systems while ensuring compliance with safety and construction standards. This role involves designing substation components, selecting materials, preparing design documents, and collaborating with engineers and field personnel to ensure project accuracy and efficiency. This position will report to a Supervising Engineer and be part of a substation design team with other engineers, designers, and drafters supporting substation projects across the QISG platform. There are four bands to this title; an employee moves up in band as they gain experience and demonstrate mastery of new skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or civil engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
Curiosity for and willingness to learn about the major components of a substation is required.
Word processing, spread sheet, and e-mail software.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Working in a team environment
Communicating effectively with co-workers
Able to deal with ambiguity and ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks and determine priorities in a complex environment.

Nice To Haves

Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is highly desirable
Basic knowledge of substation components is a plus.
Previous design or construction experience is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Design physical substation components, including yard layouts, grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, raceways, and auxiliary AC/DC power systems.
Develop protection and control schematics, wiring diagrams, cable lists and panel layouts.
Develop design drawings, calculations, and bills of material from engineering documents for planning, construction, operation, and maintenance.
Conduct engineering calculations, including voltage drop, cable pulling, flicker analysis, and grounding analysis.
Ensure project team applies engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
Perform quality reviews to check for inaccuracies, omissions, or compliance issues, and provide recommendations.
Work collaboratively with engineers and project teams to develop solutions and modifications as needed.
Maintain detailed project documentation and support engineering calculations.
Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the stakeholders.
Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments.
Perform other duties as assigned.