Senior Electrical Engineer

Description:

Seeking an Electrical Engineer Manager to provide a wide range of engineering support to the company’s fleet of power generating facilities.  This includes providing subject matter expertise on all heavy electrical equipment, managing regulatory compliance programs, and support renewable development activities. The ideal individual will have excellent communication skills plus a combination of strong field engineering experience, troubleshooting, project management, power systems and transmission modeling. The Sr, Electrical Engineer will work closely and collaboratively with all levels of the organization from the Corporate C level, to plant staff and regulatory agencies. The individual will report to the Sr. Director Plant Performance.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Provide subject matter expertise for High Voltage Electrical equipment
• Support all company Interconnection projects across multiple ISOs for Solar and Battery Energy Storage Projects
• Provide NERC compliance oversight of all facilities and manage O&M service provider supporting day to day NERC compliance
• Support other Solar and Battery Energy Storage Development activities
• Promote safety by ensuring overall safe equipment condition and operation through enforcement of industry and company standards, policies and procedures
• Make technical decisions within area of competence with regard to decisions to accept as fit for purpose equipment, materials or components that are not in accordance with the original intent by virtue of wear and tear, defects, faults in manufacture or erection and where such decisions are made, to identify specific operating or maintenance restrictions that should be put in place in order to maintain an adequate level of risk
• Prepare project analysis, budgets, schedules, and plans 
• Prepare, implement, provide guidance, or assist in preparing and developing the engineering deliverables for electrical projects and major equipment such as power transformers, power circuit breakers, control house, and other low to high-voltage related materials including:
• equipment and construction specifications
• physical general arrangements
• electrical one-line
• all associated electrical calculations and studies
• construction permit development
• apply field mark-ups of project as-built drawings
• analyze bids and recommend selection of equipment and/or constructor
• Work closely with colleagues at the site to investigate and conduct root cause analysis of underperforming plant areas or systems and to identify options for the mitigation or elimination of these deficiencies
• Support day-to-day operational activities, outage work, new projects and programs as required
• Familiar with state and federal safety, regulatory compliance requirements, and construction codes
• Support construction and equipment testing and commissioning
• Coordinate and provide technical assistance for SCADA, substation/plant physical, and control projects in order to fully develop system integration of protection, control, and monitoring systems

Qualifications:

• B.S. (M.S. degree preferred) in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university with 5 years of experience is required
• Familiarity with the typical failure modes of the normal power plant materials, systems and plant component items and methods of non-destructive test used on generators, transformers, cables, insulation systems and major plant items
• Familiarity with the principles of power plant auxiliary power distribution systems, properties of electrical materials, test procedures and precautions to be taken to ensure safety
• Strong knowledge of AC/DC fundamentals, including understanding of three-phase power systems
• Proficient understanding of the utility grid (power generation, transmission and distribution) systems
• Knowledge of protection principles and practices for transmission lines, distribution feeders, and major plant and substation equipment
• Ability to understand relaying one-lines and control schematics
• Experience with plant and substation physical electrical, protection and control design schematics, SCADA systems, including station communications and station automation design
• Familiarity with NERC standards
• Familiarity with Transmission Planning Criteria and or Power Flow Modeling for Transmission and distribution networks
• Knowledge of relevant codes and standards such as NEC, NESC, IEEE, NEMA and ANSI
• Medium and high voltage experience with transformers, switchgear, breakers and power cables, generators, motors, MCC’s, power panels, buss-work, or electric transmission is required 
• Prior relevant experience in utility plant and/or substation engineering
• Design and project experience of overhead and underground medium and high voltage distribution/transmission cables, re-conductoring and asset replacement transmission projects in NYC or urban environment is desired
• Experience in electrical system modeling, relay coordination, short circuit studies, setting microprocessor-based relays, field commissioning of electrical systems, NYISO interconnect studies is a plus

• Team player who can work effectively in team environment
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• High level of computer and internet competency
• Proficiency with using Windows-based software programs