Westinghouse Electric Company · 3 days ago
Principal Engineer
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Responsibilities
Training, due diligence, and technical oversight of external engineers of record (EOR) for all assigned substation projects to ensure compliance with required generation interconnection agreements, scope of work documents, project specifications, site-specific design requirements, IEEE, NESC, ASCE, and all other applicable industry codes and standards.
Securing engineering consulting resources from a list of approved suppliers by developing a scope of work, securing bids, evaluating, and awarding work through NEER’s Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Group.
Coordinate with other project stakeholders to develop and secure a substation site, support any engineering updates, data and permits necessary to design and build the substation.
Competitively source, select and contract geotechnical, survey, engineering, and construction services, and support the E&C Cost Estimating Team with scope assumptions.
Coordination with other groups to ensure that the assigned E&C substation projects are successful. Generally responsible for representing E&C’s internal and external interests on assigned projects, including presentations/briefing on current progress, issues, and risk mitigation in meetings with various levels of management.
Support Transmission Services during the review of interconnection documentation including system impact studies, facility studies, reactive and harmonic studies, and Interconnection agreements and ensure that Transmission Owner requirements and E&C engineering design are consistent and in compliance with all ISO requirements and incorporated into the project design.
Must be able to work with and communicate often to the respective transmission owners/operators/ISOs to ensure project deliverables will meet specific off-taker requirements, are timely and accurate.
Manage all project long lead major material orders to minimize the risk of delays or exceeding the project budget. Assist ISC with all substation project SOW creation, review, approval, and preparation of shopping carts for engineering services and materials in a timely manner.
Support E&C Estimating with template update via project feedback, technical support, and scope modifications.
Work collaboratively with project engineering resources in various disciplines to determine project priorities, work plans, and lines of demarcation.
Ensure projects are efficiently, cost-effectively, and safely implemented in accordance with department processes, procedures, industry standards, and policies.
Support assigned project commissioning activities to meet corporate objectives.
Support Legal in any regulatory filings, depositions, and/or hearings.
Collaborate with component OEMs to enhance/adapt their designs to better integrate with NEER’s philosophies.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering is preferred.
7+ years experience in Substation design and engineering of High Voltage substation projects is highly preferred.
Project Engineering and/or Project Management experience with a strong bias for action.
Some travel required within North America.
Preferred
PMP and/or P.E. in related discipline is a plus.
Company
Westinghouse Electric Company
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Funding
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Late StageTotal Funding
$173.93MKey Investors
UK governmentToshiba Corporation
2023-07-27Grant· $13.43M
2022-10-13Acquired· by Brookfield Renewable Partners
2017-02-17Secondary Market· $157M
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