Substation Project Engineer

HDR • St. Louis, MO

9h

About The Position

HDR is looking for a Substation Project Engineer to join our growing and nationally ranked team of Power Delivery professionals. In the role of Substation Project Engineer, we'll count on you to support preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that schedules and budgets are met. You will be responsible for understanding, developing, and delivering physical substation designs 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. You will also be responsible for understanding, developing, and delivering protection and control designs including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring. You will prepare electrical calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC/DC load studies, etc.) and prepare equipment specifications for procurement and/or factory acceptance testing. You will coordinate design activities with other departments (Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.) and effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with manager, clients, and others as needed. You will work independently and may direct, mentor, train, and/or supervise efforts of less-experienced EIT's and/or Designers. You will also conduct QA/QC on the work of other Engineers, Project Coordinators or Designers, or BIM Technicians as needed and perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) 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

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Foundational expertise in high voltage substation design, including both physical and protection & controls design
• A minimum of 3 years' experience in project execution within the Power Delivery, Substation Sector
• Previous experience with an engineering consulting firm

Responsibilities

• Support preparing scopes, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that schedules and budgets are met
• Understanding, developing, and delivering physical substation designs 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
• Understanding, developing, and delivering protection and control designs including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
• Prepare electrical calculations for studies and reports (grounding, lighting protection, AC/DC load studies, etc.)
• Prepare equipment specifications for procurement and/or factory acceptance testing
• Coordinate design activities with other departments (Civil/Structural, Networks, Transmission Line, etc.)
• Effectively communicate and coordinate project activities with manager, clients, and others as needed
• Works independently and may direct, mentor, train, and/or supervise efforts of less-experienced EIT's and/or Designers
• Conduct QA/QC on the work of other Engineers, Project Coordinators or Designers, or BIM Technicians as needed
• Perform other duties as needed

Benefits

• Employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.
• Fostering a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities.
• Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level