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HNTB · 1 month ago

Sr Project Engineer - Traction Power Design

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

6+ years exp

HNTB is a well-established company that has been delivering solutions for large infrastructure projects for over a century. The Sr Project Engineer - Traction Power Design will be responsible for producing and modifying design calculations, technical reports, and engineering plans for various projects, while also mentoring junior engineers and ensuring project delivery meets client expectations.

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Responsibilities

Uses senior-level technical expertise to consider broad range of engineering solutions

Responsible for the discipline-specific planning, work distribution, and leadership and adherence to the schedule, and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects

Assists in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation

Develops scope of work and level of effort and manages adherence to scope and budget on complex or unusual engineering projects within discipline

Oversees completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline

Provides technical guidance and mentoring to team members to achieve overall project objectives on complex or unusual engineering projects

Coordinates technical aspects of the project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline on complex or unusual engineering projects

Leads discipline delivery on larger, multi-disciplinary projects. Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects

Assists with coordination and planning of schedules, hours, and distribution of work for other disciplines on multi-discipline projects on complex or unusual engineering projects

Performs other duties as assigned

Prepare reports, plans and designs for projects

Prepare project quantity and engineer's estimate

Lead design team for AC and DC power distribution systems and AC and DC traction power substation, including 600/750V DC rail transit traction power substations and 25/12kV AC rail transit traction power substations

Design auxiliary power and switchgear systems in a transit environment

Lead design team with traction power system analysis and simulations including load flow, short-circuit availability, motor-starting, and protective relay coordination studies

Generate traction power specifications and design drawings

Solve complex design issues utilizing knowledge, experience and industry resources

Support design services during construction for traction power projects

Performs site investigations in substations and along railroad tracks

Work closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects

Qualification

Traction power designAC/DC power distributionEngineering calculationsProject managementTechnical report preparationMentoring junior engineersProblem solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 8 years of relevant experience

Master's degree in Engineering and 7 years of relevant experience

PhD in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience

Prepare reports, plans and designs for projects

Prepare project quantity and engineer's estimate

Design auxiliary power and switchgear systems in a transit environment

Lead design team with traction power system analysis and simulations including load flow, short-circuit availability, motor-starting, and protective relay coordination studies

Generate traction power specifications and design drawings

Solve complex design issues utilizing knowledge, experience and industry resources

Support design services during construction for traction power projects

Performs site investigations in substations and along railroad tracks

Work closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects

Preferred

Master's degree in Engineering

10 years of relevant experience

Professional Engineer (PE)

Company

HNTB

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HNTB Corporation is an architecture, civil engineering consulting and construction management firm.

Founded in 1914

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.hntb.com/

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