Senior HV Engineer - Level 4

About the Role

• Ensure compliance with NEC, IEEE 1547, NERC, and FERC regulations for transmission-level interconnection. • Conduct QA/QC reviews of engineering deliverables, ensuring design accuracy and constructability. • Mentor and train junior engineers, ensuring best practices in HV system design, interconnection studies, and relay coordination. • Drive continuous improvement in substation safety, switching operations, and system resilience. • Optimize substation land use, safety clearances, and grounding methodologies to enhance system efficiency. • Lead design and execution of high-voltage substations, ensuring optimal grid integration of PV and BESS assets. • Oversee protection and control system development, ensuring relay settings and breaker coordination align with grid reliability requirements. • Lead SCADA system integration efforts, supporting remote monitoring, fault detection, and predictive maintenance strategies. • Engage with utilities, ISOs, and RTOs to accelerate interconnection approvals and optimize grid support strategies. • Support construction teams during substation commissioning, troubleshooting technical issues and validating system performance. • Carry Weight: infrequently carry weight and/or lift objects (light to heavy) weighing up to 10 pounds • Perform complex interconnection studies, including load flow, contingency analysis, transient over-voltage, transient stability, and harmonic distortion evaluations. • Lead technical discussions with permitting agencies, resolving compliance issues and ensuring project viability.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸qa/qc
• ▸substation design
• ▸protection coordination
• ▸scada integration
• ▸interconnection studies
• ▸utility liaison

What You Bring

• 6+ years of experience in HV substation design, interconnection planning, and regulatory compliance. • Hearing and Speech: frequently communicates with the ability to hear and talk on a regular basis with employees, coworkers, and all personnel matters; must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations • Noise level ranges from low to moderate (if in office setting) • Regular attendance,in accordance with company's attendance policy and supervisory assignment, is an essential job duty requirement for this position • Certifications: PE License or relevant advanced HV certifications (Preferred). • Sight: frequent use of sight to detect images on computer, office documents, and office objects near and far • Software Skills: • Noise level ranges from moderate to high (if on construction worksite) • AutoCAD (Advanced). • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Master’s preferred. • Stationary Position: frequently remains stationary up to 90% of the time and sitting up to 8 hours in a day • Advanced expertise in HV equipment specification, protection settings, and transmission grid interconnection. • Travel: up to 30% as needed • ETAP, EasyPower, or similar (Proficient).

Requirements

• ▸6+ years
• ▸pe license
• ▸autocad
• ▸etap
• ▸electrical eng
• ▸hv expertise

Benefits

• Regular professional, office business setting

Work Environment

Hybrid