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Duquesne Light Company · 2 days ago

Sr Electrical Engineer - Substation

Pittsburgh, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

7+ years exp

Duquesne Light Company, headquartered in downtown Pittsburgh, is a leader in providing electric energy and has been in the forefront of the electric energy market. The Senior Engineer, Asset Management will develop engineering solutions to complex issues, serve as a subject matter expert on substation equipment issues, and provide mentoring and guidance to other engineers.

Electrical DistributionEnergyEnergy Efficiency

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Develop replacement strategies for protective relay and control assets within Transmission and Distribution substations. Work closely with Protection Engineering to plan and scope upgrades of legacy relay and control panels and associated devices

Manage maintenance and testing programs for protection system, automatic reclosing, and sudden pressure relay devices in compliance with NERC regulatory standards. Monitor, trend, prioritize, and provide technical support in the troubleshooting and corrective maintenance of substation protective devices. Prioritize work within projects and programs and work with Schedulers, Asset Management, and System Planning to coordinate job scopes. Identify opportunities for improving efficiencies in maintenance practices to reduce spend

Lead the investigation, mitigation, repair, and communications throughout the duration of the restoration of urgent or emergent trouble events. Complete root cause analysis, as required, and recommend remediation action or actions working with Supply Chain, Workforce Development, and/or Engineering

Interface with industrial and commercial customers to plan, maintain, and upgrade equipment at customer substations

Update Work Management System (i.e., Maximo) accordingly as assets are installed, removed, replaced, including creation of work orders, assets, and job plans. Manage work order, requisition, and expense approvals within the Work Management System

Mentor less experienced engineers in scope development, design, maintenance practice, and work management processes and decisions

Support restoration activities associated with power outages due to storms. Other emergent work may require evening and overnight support throughout the length of the event

Perform other job-related duties as assigned

Storm team duties as assigned

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringSubstation ExperienceProfessional Engineer LicenseANSI/IEEE StandardsTechnical WritingDoble RTSPowerbaseLeadership ExperienceVerbal Communication