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ENERCON · 18 hours ago

Principal Substation Engineer

Lake Mary, FL

Full-time

Hybrid

Lead/Staff

$125K/yr - $185K/yr

10+ years exp

Enercon Services, Inc. is seeking Substation Principal Engineers due to continued growth in their Power Delivery group. The role involves leading complex low to high voltage substation engineering projects and interfacing with customers, while also providing project leadership and technical expertise in substation design and engineering.

Environmental ConsultingManufacturingRenewable EnergyWind Energy

No H1B

Responsibilities

Imagine a day where you lead the creation of powerful, reliable substations—uniting engineering expertise, precise design, and seamless collaboration to bring critical energy infrastructure to life

Substation Design Expertise : Act as the subject matter expert for detailed 4kV -500kV substation design and/or protection control and SCADA design projects. Typical substation design deliverables include one-line drawings, three-line drawings, general arrangement drawings, section and plan views, conduit and cable plan & schedule, grounding plan, foundation plan drawings, Bill of materials and construction aid documentation. Typical substation protection and control engineering projects deliverables include relay one-line drawings, AC and DC schematic drawings, Panel front drawings, Bill of materials, Control house layout, wiring drawings, construction letters. Perform substation design calculations and analysis such as ground grid analysis and design, lightning protection studies, lighting design, rigid bus calculations, AC and DC voltage drop calculations. Perform physical design in MicroStation, AutoCAD or similar CAD tools on an as needed basis

Project Leadership & Coordination : Lead substation design projects on an as needed basis. Coordinate projects with different teams for Protection & Controls, Structural, Civil, Transmission and Design/Drafting teams. Work closely with peers to ensure accurate and on-time delivery of electrical design that will meet client and industry standards and specifications and meet good engineering practices. Produce project cost estimates, schedules, and budgets for projects. Other duties as assigned

Protection & Control Engineering : Review Protection and control relay settings files and work with relay settings engineers to ensure the relay settings are correct

Quality Assurance : Perform quality control checks on substation physical engineering and/or protection and control design project

Technical Documentation & Specifications: Develop technical equipment, construction specifications and work scopes

Construction & Commissioning Support : Provide on-site technical support for select ENERCON clients during construction and commissioning as required

Qualification

Substation Design ExpertiseProtection & Control EngineeringMicroStationAutoCADP.E licenseNESC familiarityIEEE standards familiarityConstruction SupportOffice software proficiencyTime managementTechnical Documentation

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Civil Engineering with 10 or more years' experience in substation protection and control and physical engineering design

Experience with MicroStation, AutoCAD and/or Bluebeam

Experience working with WinIGS and CDEGs

Familiarity with NESC, IEEE and other applicable codes and standards

Willingness to enter energized electric substations with proper training and PPE

Ability and willingness to travel 10% of the time. To include travel for project and marketing meetings as well as to clients' construction sites, requiring a valid driver's license, and having access to a car. Most travel is expected to be within driving distance of the ENERCON office at this time

Self-driven in time management to meet deadlines and provide accurate deliverables

Proficient with typical office software such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Windows