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Company

Westinghouse Electric Company · 3 hours ago

Principal Engineer – Substation

United States

Contract

Remote

Senior Level

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Securing engineering consulting resources from a list of approved suppliers by developing a scope of work, securing bids, evaluating, and awarding work through NEER’s Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Group.

Coordinate with other project stakeholders to develop and secure a substation site, support any engineering updates, data and permits necessary to design and build the substation.

Competitively source, select and contracting geotechnical, survey, engineering, and construction services, and supporting the E&C Cost Estimating Team with scope assumptions.

Coordination with other groups to ensure that the assigned E&C substation projects are successful. Generally responsible for representing E&C’s internal and external interests on assigned projects, including presentations/briefing on current progress, issues, and risk mitigation in meetings with various levels of management.

Support Transmission Services during review of interconnection documentation including system impact studies, facility studies, reactive and harmonic studies and Interconnection agreements and ensures that Transmission Owner requirements and E&C engineering design are consistent and in compliance with all ISO requirements and incorporated into the project design.

Must be able to work with and communicate often to the respective transmission owners/operators/ISOs to ensure project deliverables will meet specific off-taker requirements, are timely and accurate.

Manage all project long lead major material orders to minimize risk of delays or exceeding the project budget. Assists ISC with all substation project SOW creation, review, approval, and preparation of shopping carts for engineering services and materials in a timely manner.

Support E&C Estimating with template update via project feedback, technical support, and scope modifications.

Works collaboratively with project engineering resources in various disciplines to determine project priorities, work plans and lines of demarcation.

Ensures projects are efficiently, cost effectively and safely implemented in accordance with department process, procedures, industry standards and policies.

Collaborate with component OEMs to enhance/adapt their designs to better integrate with NEER’s philosophies.

Qualification

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Substation designHigh Voltage engineeringProject EngineeringPMP certificationP.E. certificationProject ManagementElectrical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringCivil/Structural EngineeringCollaboration skills

Preferred

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering

7+ years experience in Substation design and engineering of High Voltage substation projects

Project Engineering and/or Project Management experience with a strong bias for action

PMP and/or P.E. in related discipline

Some travel required within North America

Company

Westinghouse Electric Company

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Westinghouse Electric Company provides nuclear power technology and services to utilities.

Founded in 1886

Cranberry, Pennsylvania, USA

5,001-10,000 employees

http://www.westinghousenuclear.com

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