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Job Information
Location:
San Ramon, CA 94583
Pay Rate:
Salary :70,000.00 - 80,000.00 USD /year
Position Type / Job Duration:
Full Time, Employee
Job Posted:
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Substation Engineer - High Voltage/Substation/Electrical 70-80 K/yr


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A world leading power and transmission engineering firm in San Ramon, California needs a High Voltage Substation Design Engineer with 2 to 5 years of US utility or EPC experience. Relocation assistance is available for the right candidates.

Responsibilities

  • Interact with the company clients
  • Develop engineering documents, specifications, and procedures
  • Develop project scope, proposals, estimates, and budgets
  • Develop one line and schematic diagrams for High Voltage – 69 to 500 kv - Substations, and switchyard construction
  • Order materials, and coordinate construction activities
  • Coordinate installation and commissioning with clients, and subcontractors

Requirements

  • A BS or MS in Electrical Engineering
  • At least 2 years experience working for a United States Electric Utility company and/or an United States EPC firm designing high voltage substations
  • Recent experience Outdoors-Physical designing, and leading a HV Substation Design team…. Preferably from an Engineering Firm perspective
  • Substation grounding design experience for outdoor substation / switchyard equipment, fence, etc..     
  • Intimate familiarity with outdoor HV equipment and devices, and materials, including manufactures, vendors
  • Experience reviewing designs of others
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Some field work

Benefits

  • Excellent benefits and relocation assistance is available


Questions you will be asked:

• Do you have a BSEE or higher?

• Do you have 2+ years of United States Based experience designing high voltage 69-500 kV substations? If so, please briefly highlight your experience, i.e. when, where, for who, etc.

• Please tell us about your experience with outdoor substation physical design, i.e. switchyard, hardware, bus, connectors, PT, Line trap, HV switches, insulators, lightning arresters, etc., for outdoor HV equipment, Station Services, etc.

• Please tell us about your experience with substation grounding design.

• Where do you live now? What is your most recent salary?



This Job is located in San Ramon, CA -> United States




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