Principal Substation Engineer

Westinghouse Electric Company
US - Nevada - Reno
June 29, 2024

Principal Substation Enigneer - 1 Year

Juno Beach, FL or Remote

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse's mission to provide clean energy solutions? At WECTEC Staffing Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

Your Day-to-Day:

Training, due diligence, and technical oversight of external engineers of record (EOR) for all assigned substation projects to ensure compliance with required generation interconnection agreements, scope of work documents, project specifications, site specific design requirements, IEEE, NESC, ASCE and all other applicable industry codes and standards.
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.
Support assigned project commissioning activities to meet corporate objectives.
Support Legal in any regulatory filings, depositions and/or hearings.
Collaborate with component OEMs to enhance/adapt their designs to better integrate with NEER's philosophies.

Who You Are:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering is preferred.
7+ years experience in Substation design and engineering of High Voltage substation projects is highly preferred.
Project Engineering and/or Project Management experience with a strong bias for action.
PMP and/or P.E. in related discipline is a plus.
Some travel required within North America.

Why WECTEC Staffing Services?

WECTEC Staffing Services provides customer-focused solutions with offerings ranging from high-volume and low-cost to specialized niche solutions, never compromising on delivering best-in-class customer service to both our clients and our employees each day.

WECTEC Staffing Services offers competitive pay to all of our employees. Additionally, most positions qualify for benefits including the following:

Competitive Pay
Comprehensive Health and Income Protection Benefits
401(k) Savings Plan
Paid Vacations for Qualifying Positions

EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability.

WECTEC Staffing Services continues to successfully place professional and technical resources into key roles globally. You can learn more by visiting***

EOE of Minorities / Females / Vets / Disability.

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