Senior Substation Engineer

About the role

We understand that finding the right place to work isn't easy. At Beta Engineering, we believe in cultivating a team that wins together and takes on the most challenging projects in the high-voltage industry.

We engineer, procure, and construct (EPC) projects for a variety of customers, including those in the utility, industrial, and renewable energy markets. Our work includes substations, transmission lines and more. We help our customers achieve their goals of creating a stronger power grid by reducing risks and identifying innovative solutions for their project challenges.

Our Purpose: We pursue that which challenges us, growing our community to provide critical, creative solutions that achieve extraordinary results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Checks conduit, grounding, control shelter, electrical arrangements, outdoor lighting and equipment vendor design packages.
• Performs and checks grounding calculations, conduit fill calculations, pulling tension calculations, vehicle tracking calculations, outdoor lighting calculations, lightning protection designs calculations, substation Sag-10 calculations, flexible jumper calculations, bus design calculations, arc-flash calculations, insulation coordination calculations, and underground ampacity calculations
• Creates and checks material list descriptions for all major equipment and minor substation material.
• Demonstrates integrity and ethics in all client relationships and communications.
• Answers technical questions posed by construction managers, field staff, project managers, customers and their representatives.
• Recognize and recommend methods to improve customer’s experience.
• Perform other studies as able and required.
• Travels periodically to both customer offices for project meetings and to job sites for construction visits and testing
• Manages day-to-day activities of schedule and design of projects assigned to them
• Coordinates and problem solves between design teams and departments

Expectations

• Performs quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interacts professionally with other employees and customers.
• Works effectively as a team contributor on all assigned projects.
• Communicates regularly with supervisor regarding designs, concerns, studies or tests
• Desire to participate in continued education and training
• Occasional overnight travel to active job sites
• Must have clean driving record as use of company vehicles is a requirement of position
• Adhere to and practice the Beta core competencies and Beta principle
• Maintains check print set of all work they perform
• Utilizes the department resources in an effective manner to get all work accomplished on time and correctly

Education and Experience

• Bachelor degree (or higher) in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Civil Engineering.
• 5 plus years of experience in the physical design of high voltage substations is required
• PE license is required
• Strong background in Microsoft Word, Mathcad, Excel, and PowerPoint required; strong verbal and written communication skills are required.
• Knowledge of all or some of the following applications are preferred: AutoCAD, CDEGS grounding software, CYMCAP, LitePro, FEAP, Southwire SAG/Ten, Alcoa, Vehicle Tracking, SAP-2000.

Working Conditions

• Will work in an office environment with minimal exposure to dust, noise, and other environmental hazards.
• Overnight travel is required to an active construction site for a period of one or two weeks at a time. Ability to perform duties safely and to adhere to each job site’s safety requirements; while working on an active job site, outdoors, is a requirement.