Edoxx Technical Services LLC is a US Company based in Houston, Texas, with access to +350 highly experienced and advanced Engineers and Technicians delivering know-how and expertise in Civil, Mechanical, Piping, Electrical, and Instrumentation engineering. Other related fields such as Projects Control, QA/QC Inspection, 3D Geometrical and Intelligent Modeling, and Drafting are also available.
Our client is looking for a Principal Substation Engineer to join their team. This person will provide engineering support for the design of substation facilities for voltages up to and including 765 kV for our client and its Customers as an integral part of the Power Networks team. This includes new substations and switchyards, modifications, additions and upgrades to existing facilities.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Substation physical design including overall engineering and analysis for new switchyards and substations, additions and modifications
- Preparation of specifications and provide procurement support
- Preparation of engineering drawings including layout and general arrangements for all major equipment and structures required for high voltage switchyards or substation.
- Perform auxiliary electrical power system studies including load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, protection and coordination, ampacity, and battery sizing studies.
- Perform substation grounding calculations and studies, lightning protection and insulation coordination, lighting, bus calculations, transformer and bus sizing calculations, fault calculations, and AC and DC auxiliary system sizing calculations.
- Perform proposal preparation, proposal estimates, and provide input to scope documents and client presentations
- Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable client standards
- Supervise/coordinate other engineers of equal and lesser experience to successfully deliver a project. Provides technical direction to subordinate team members.
- Complete tasks in accordance with project procedures, applicable codes and/or standards, on schedule and within budget
- Discuss technical problems and communicate effectively with other project personnel and outside Customers
- Perform the function of a team leader that is capable of solving complex issues and act as a lead engineer responsible for the quality of the deliverables
- Interface with other departmental staff, project management, and with outside Customers
- Ability to travel to job sites to perform site walkdown
- Responsible for the quality assurance of the documents to the applicable drawing standards and responsible for the proper document management procedures are followed
Qualifications:
- 8+ years of experience in substation engineering
- Highly effective technical and practical engineering skills and ability to consistently deliver quality, accurate and timely work to Worley and its Customers
- A sound knowledge of the fundamental requirements of the electrical engineering, and the basic requirements of other engineering fields
- A sound knowledge of applicable local and international standards and statutory and regulatory requirements
- Competent use of electrical engineering specific software
- Competent use of relevant software such as MS Office Suite
- Substantial technical land practical experience in electrical engineering in the same or similar industry including experience in working in multi-disciplinary projects and teams
- Experience working in project leadership role
- Experience in estimating project costs and writing proposal content
- Ideal candidate should have strong interpersonal and written communication skills that permit working efficiently alongside other senior substation engineers and designers in a team setting
- 4 or 5 year Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering
- Professional Engineer (PE) in the United States preferred
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What We Do
Edoxx Technical Services LLC is a U.S. company based in Houston, Texas, with more than 75 engineers and technicians delivering advanced solutions in 3D intelligent modeling and asset data management. Edoxx is a highly specialized Engineering Unit and a member of the Group of Companies of Vepica International B.V. (www.vepica.com) with over 1.800 engineers and technicians and ranked as one of the top 100 International Design Firms by ENR.
By means of linking the as-built engineering model and data with the reliability and integrity information of the asset, our company delivers a service that enhances the productivity of our clients and dramatically reduces their operational costs.
Edoxx helps engineers, contractors and owner-operators make faster and smarter decisions by building precise, error-free as-builts and intelligent 3D models based on accurate data captured through the use of state-of-the-art laser scanners.
Data is visualized over a 4D Platform ( 3D Model + Data ) generates dramatic cost savings while exponentially improves the risk mitigation and the generation of new ideas that benefits the project efficiency.
Business Benefits Obtained by Clients:
-Operational Excellence
Access to important asset information on real-time facilitates the generation of faster and more accurate decisions which translates into lower operational costs, better productivity and higher level of engineering .
-Plant Safety
Proactive monitoring and sharing of asset information along with safety training helps protect employees and reduces the risk of costly downtime or disasters.
-Compliance
Accurate and accessible data enables timely reporting for regulatory and governmental compliance.
-Subcontractors claim reductions
Better and easy framework for management discussions regarding plant modifications, upgrades and negotiations.
