Apex Systems is actively hiring for a Substation Engineer role with a Fortune 200 Utilities Client!
This position is designated as on-site with preferred candidates sitting in North Palm Beach, FL.
**For immediate consideration, please send your most up-to-date resume in a Word Document to Andrew at ablankenship@apexsystems.com**
Please apply if interested and qualified. Please note that only qualified candidates will be contacted.
Position Details:
Role: Substation Project Engineer
Pay Rate: $60/hr max, depends on experience
Address: On-site, North Palm Beach, FL
Position Specific Description
Our client's Engineering & Construction Business Unit is looking for a Project Engineer-Level 1 to join their engineering team in Juno Beach, FL.
Job Overview
Employees in this job plan, monitor and manage internal projects from initiation through completion. This role provides direction on projects to the department or project team members.
Job Duties & Responsibilities include:
- All assigned substation projects from conception (Early Stage) through construction and commissioning (Execution).
- In the conceptual phase, you will work with the Early-Stage Project Manager to support the engineering requirements and scope with the Development Group. Projects can begin as FERC 1000 competitive transmission project proposals, or as greenfield projects for NEER affiliates (FRP, FPL).
- Plans, coordinates and completes large-scale or several medium or small, complex or long-term project(s) within budgetary and scheduling guidelines.
- Secures required resources and uses formal processes and tools to manage resources, budgets, risks and changes.
- Identifies issues and challenges, measures and validates results, and implements solutions.
- Provides information to internal and external clients on moderate to complex issues.
- Creates and communicates presentation materials for report out and updates with various levels of internal and external stakeholders.
- Training, due diligence, and technical oversight of external engineers of record (EOR) for all assigned substation projects to ensure compliance with required generation interconnection agreements, scope of work documents, project specifications, site specific design requirements, IEEE, NESC, ASCE and all other applicable industry codes and standards.
- Securing engineering consulting resources from a list of approved suppliers by developing a scope of work, securing bids, evaluating, and awarding work through client Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) Group.
- Coordinate with other project stakeholders to develop and secure a substation site, support any engineering updates, data and permits necessary to design and build the substation.
- Coordination with other groups to ensure that the assigned E&C substation projects are successful. Generally responsible for representing E&C’s internal and external interests on assigned projects, including presentations/briefing on current progress, issues, and risk mitigation in meetings with various levels of management.
- Support Transmission Services during review of interconnection documentation including system impact studies, facility studies, reactive and harmonic studies and Interconnection agreements and ensures that Transmission Owner requirements and E&C engineering design are consistent and in compliance with all ISO requirements and incorporated into the project design.
- Manage all project long lead major material orders to minimize risk of delays or exceeding the project budget. Assists ISC with all substation project SOW creation, review, approval, and preparation of shopping carts for engineering services and materials in a timely manner.
- Support E&C Estimating with template update via project feedback, technical support, and scope modifications.
- Works collaboratively with project engineering resources in various disciplines to determine project priorities, work plans and lines of demarcation.
- Ensures projects are efficiently, cost effectively and safely implemented in accordance with department process, procedures, industry standards and policies.
- Collaborate with component OEMs to enhance/adapt their designs to better integrate with client philosophies.
- Conducts external research and stays abreast of new developments or innovative advancements pertaining to the project.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Mechanical or Civil/Structural Engineering is preferred.
- 4+ years’ experience in Substation design and engineering of High Voltage substation projects is highly preferred.
- Project Engineering and/or Project Management experience with a strong bias for action. PMP and/or P.E. in related discipline is a plus.
Travel required within North America.
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