Engineer 1, 2, Senior - Apparatus Engineering

Job Brief

Provide engineering services to SRP in a technically sound, safe, timely and cost effective manner to enable SRP to realize its goals and objectives for providing water and energy related services.

Job Responsibilities

• Responsible for project budgets and schedules.
• Prepare specifications, assemble drawing/bid packages, attend design reviews, evaluates bids, make recommendations to management, review drawings, perform factory inspections, witness testing, and perform equipment receiving inspections.
• Provide engineering assistance for equipment field installation, startup, troubleshooting and warranty claims.
• Participate in vendor quality management and lead equipment trials.
• Lead equipment failure root cause analysis and failure response.
• Provide equipment end-of-life recommendations and documentation.
• Act as an in-house engineering consultant and/or advisor in a technical specialty to other organizations inside SRP.
• Act as an engineering project leader on important projects.
• Administer, review and evaluate technical studies and analysis performed by consultants or others.
• Prepare written and oral reports and conduct presentations.
• Participate in industry forums and organizations.
• Travel (Domestic and International) for job related purposes.

Experience

• Five years full time engineering experience in the electric utility industry.
• Prefer experience with equipment and vendor quality management strategies, procedures, and systems.
• Prefer experience leading electrical power system projects involving inter-departmental teams and/or outside entities.
• Background in substation design and/or maintenance with a focus on major substation equipment relating to transmission/distribution systems for system voltages ranging from 12.47 to 525kV. 
• Prefer experience specifying and procuring substation switching equipment including circuit breakers, disconnect switches and switchgear.
• Prefer experience specifying and procuring substation instrument transformers and capacitor banks.

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering preferred, Professional engineering registration (PE) is desired.

Additional Information

• Knowledge of specifying and procuring major substation equipment, and/or experience in substation design.
• Knowledge of power transmission and distribution fundamentals including substation equipment application, with an emphasis on circuit breakers, switchgear, circuit switchers, disconnect switches, switchgear, instrument transformers and substation DC systems.
• A good understanding of substation design and maintenance is a plus.
• Familiarity with design and safety practices including IEEE, ANSI, ASTM, NEC, and NESC.
• Familiarity with electrical drawings and standards including related area such as design, relaying, control, telecom, etc.
• Ability to work effectively within SRP as well as entities outside of SRP.
• Must be able to work as a member of a team and handle multiple tasks and priorities.
• Able to work in high pressure situations on highly critical equipment under compressed deadlines.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills both oral and written.
• Skilled at communicating complex concepts to varying audiences.
• A history of building strong relationships with customers, internal and external.
• Willing to think critically and offer solutions to complex problems.

Certifications or Testing Required