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K&A Engineering Consulting · 1 day ago

Substation Planner III

Charlotte, NC

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$40/hr - $45/hr

10+ years exp

K&A Engineering Consulting is a privately held company providing comprehensive consulting and engineering services to power utility and industrial clients. They are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Substation Planner III to work on challenging projects in the energy and utility sectors, focusing on planning and executing construction and maintenance activities with a strong emphasis on safety and compliance.

Business Information SystemsEnergy Efficiency

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Has professional safety behavior and holds high expectation of others to work safely and follow safe work practices

Has expert verbal communications skills and the use of 3-way communications, concurrent and independent verification

Can review and critique isolation procedures and project sequencing

Can provides peer level technical support for line and/or substation maintenance or construction

Can remain focused under internal and external pressures, is resilient to conflict, leads team while under pressure and ensures all distractions are eliminated

Can plan and sequence any construction or maintenance activities, within any station, no matter the sensitivity and complexity

Has working knowledge and experience at installing, commissioning, testing and troubleshooting line/substation facilities

Can lead teams to ensure paperwork and files are accurate and submitted in timely fashion with no issues

Can lead other planners in organization, develop and execute a procedure, and develop work plans to complete a task with error free performance

Has working knowledge of line and substation engineering and equipment database systems of record, to be able to identify and understand equipment information required for work planning

Can identify Clearance boundary requirements for performance of work, including recognizing and mitigating risks associated with close margins and contingency scenarios, and including becoming Switching and Tagging qualified with Duke Energy to submit Clearance Requests/Outage Requests/Hot Line Tag

Complete understanding of NERC compliance and importance for accurate data and timely completion

Qualification

Substation maintenanceConstruction planningNERC complianceTechnical supportRisk mitigationBasic computer skillsVerbal communicationTeam leadership

Required

Must have greater than 10 years of experience performing transmission line or substation maintenance and/or construction work

Must demonstrate basic computer skills

Minimum of Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience