Substation Engineering Lead - Physical - Remote (U.S.)

AECOM has a position available for a Substation Engineering Lead with a specialization in utility substation design. The focus of your experience must be in the power delivery industry and be associated with electrical engineering with respect to the physical design of utility scale substation development.

The responsibilities for the position include, but may not be limited to:

• Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team.
• Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for substation scopes.
• Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high-quality cost-effective work by others.
• Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.
• Develops estimates of technical efforts for projects.
• Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings
• Prepares technical specification sections.
• Provides input for the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.
• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers and may determine the key clients in some instances.
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work.
• Remove any impediments that are obstructing the engineering team from achieving its goals.
• Works to advise Management about how to maximize ROI for the team.
• Attending all client technical review meetings.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Minimum 6 years of relevant high voltage substation design (physical) experience 
• Professional engineer license (PE)
• Experience with use of AutoCAD and/or Bentley MicroStation
• Experience with use of CDEGS, WinIGS

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficiency in assessing mechanical forces and thermal effects of high fault currents on rigid bus
• Knowledge of construction practices and constructability
• Experience with proposal writing and project estimating
• Working knowledge of scheduling and project controls processes
• 2+ years of overseeing and managing a project team
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and assignments. 
• Superior Verbal & Written Communications
• Good knowledge of the industry and technology trends specific to substations.
• Strong familiarity with the NEC and National Electrical Safety Code