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Senior Project Engineer - Substation

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 May 2025

About the role

We use in-house talent, expertise and resources to plan, design, engineer, manage, conduct maintenance on and construct projects. This turnkey project execution strategy ensures there is one point of contact to handle projects of any size from beginning to end and allows a cohesive and coordinated Quanta Services team to enter the project life cycle at the earliest stage possible.

Our turnkey service capabilities provide our customers with efficiency, consistency, attention to detail and safe execution. The QISG team brings together Engineering, Safety, Quality, Material Procurement, QA/QC, Right-of-Way Acquisition, Scheduling, Environmental Planning, Permitting, Title and Land Management expertise that ensure outstanding results for our clients.

JOB TITLE: Senior Substation Engineer
DEPARTMENT: Engineering
REPORTS TO: Supervising Engineer
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Senior Substation Engineer performs engineering and design duties as well as organizes all activities required for the development and implementation of high voltage electrical substation projects to ensure they are completed on time, within budget, and in compliance with all relevant regulations and standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background substation relay & control design and/or physical electrical design, with extensive experience in high voltage substation projects 115kV and above.

What We Offer:

Competitive salary.
Comprehensive health and retirement benefits.
Professional development opportunities.

What You’ll Do:

Ensure that projects are managed to meet project quality, schedule and profitability objective
Supervise and coordinate all project activities to ensure on time completion.
Assign tasks to project design team based on project needs
Work with project team to create or modify all design documents
Ensure project team is using project specific standards and that the design effort is progressing in the most efficient manner possible
Develop one line diagrams, electrical plans, and specifications for a project
Apply engineering application software to complete tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, etc
Perform engineering and design functions as necessary to meet project schedules
Communicate and coordinate project activities with customer representatives, project team, and management
Prepare, coordinate, and track project schedules and budgets, and ensure projects remain within allotted budgets and schedules and address deviations with management
Ensure project team applies engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
Properly use the document management system
Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work
Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party
Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
Other duties as required