TotalEnergies · 1 hour ago
Senior Substation Engineer - O&M, U.S.
Greater Houston
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expTotalEnergies is a global energy leader driving the transition to renewables, and they are seeking a Senior Substation Engineer - O&M to power the future of clean energy. The role involves serving as an electrical subject matter expert for Operations and Maintenance activities related to high voltage substations, ensuring compliance and reliability strategies are implemented effectively.
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Responsibilities
Ensure strict compliance with TERUSA Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) policies across all areas of responsibility, and verify that external third parties—including OM Contractors, EPC firms, and consultants—consistently adhere to TERUSA HSE standards
Provide leadership for HV substation and collection system electrical equipment reliability strategies and prepare project justifications to address plant reliability issues as well as support continuous improvement initiatives
Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs to minimize downtime and extend asset life
Offer subject matter expertise to TERUSA operating facilities during emergencies involving critical equipment failures and oversee as well as authorizing short-term repair strategies to ensure safe return-to-service decisions
Review and approve maintenance procedures/programs, work plans, and technical documentation
Ensure adherence to NERC, IEEE, and local regulatory requirements
Assist in substation upgrades, retrofits, and commissioning activities
Evaluate equipment performance and recommend improvements or replacements
Support the revision of ISO checklists, TSPs, and EPC switching plans, as well as activities such as energization, LOTO, commissioning plans, and SAT reports. Provide assistance to external EPCs and subcontractors to facilitate the timely and safe energization and commissioning of HV substations and PV/BESS/Wind plants
Assess and provide guidance on compliance, testing, and pre-commissioning requirements throughout the installation and energization of electrical equipment, ensuring that all relevant documentation and drawings are updated appropriately
Oversee and ensure HV contractors conduct RCFA for critical equipment failures at TERUSA operating plants. Apply reliability strategies to address recurring issues and enhance system reliability and availability
Oversee the execution of an electrical safety program in accordance with OSHA 1910 and NFPA 70E standards, encompassing arc flash hazard evaluations, a comprehensive five-year arc flash management plan, and the governance of electrical mechanical integrity
Develop and lead technical aspects of the NERC regulatory compliance program related to Operations and Planning (O&P) and support Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Standards for TERUSA generation and transmission assets
Collaborate with operating plants to oversee NERC-related engineering initiatives and act as the principal point of contact for audits, spot checks, self-certifications, requests for information (RFIs), and NERC alerts
Conduct compliance assessments, gap analyses, and simulated audits to identify vulnerabilities related to reliability compliance and provide support for mitigation initiatives
Ensure contractors create Management of Change (MOC) for plant modifications, upgrades, and improvements in TERUSA operating plants and facilitate field engineering packages for implementation
Review equipment configurations and protection & control settings and manage and monitor updates and revisions to protection equipment for accuracy and compliance
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience with HV substations in transmission, distribution, or generation
Undergraduate engineering degree, or technical diploma plus 5 years of relevant experience; High School Diploma/GED also accepted
Demonstrates a strong commitment to hands-on work and applies advanced troubleshooting expertise to serve as the electrical Subject Matter Expert (SME) during major site outages, providing leadership until the unit or site is fully restored to service
Comprehensive expertise in the design and troubleshooting of electrical equipment and protection devices in the field, including switchgear, motor control centers (MCCs), protection relays (line distance, feeder, differential, high impedance), transformers and substation
Advanced knowledge of various protection relaying functions including line protection, transformer protection, breaker failure, cap bank protection, communication-based schemes, differential protection, etc
Familiarity with engineering design packages for protective relaying and communications systems, including one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams, AC schematics, DC schematics, logic and functional diagrams, panel layouts, control house layouts, wiring/connection diagrams, interconnection diagrams, relaying equipment specifications and bill of materials
Strong knowledge of OSHA, Electrical Safe Work Practice (NFPA 70E), NETA ATS/MTS, NEC, NFPA 70B, API 541 and API 547, including proficiency in LOTO procedures and arc flash protection
Proficiency in electrical drawings, SEL Synchrowave tools, and arc flash evaluations
Extensive experience in testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintaining low, medium, and high-voltage electrical equipment
Experience with NERC standards (O&P, CIP), specifically MOD and PRC requirements
Excellent communication, organizational, and multitasking skills
Valid U.S. work permit and driver's license
Company
TotalEnergies
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Vice President, Distributed Generation
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