Position Overview: Provide substation protection and control design, engineering, technical support, and oversight to a transmission substation engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems for projects including a wide range of utility substation projects, battery energy storage systems and solar collector substations.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ability to understand protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment

• Ability to design protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor and transformer protection schemes and associated settings

• Ability to understand SCADA communication design

• Quickly develop a basic understanding of protection and control design for utility substation and transmission line equipment facilities through 500kV, including one lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams, settings, relays, and SCADA

• Ability to perform studies and create reports for coordination, voltage drop, fault current, and insulation coordination

• Ability to perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards

• Ability to interpret written specifications and implement them on engineering drawings

• Ability to check designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards

• Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines

• Visit sites, advise on P&C engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction

  Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an EAC/ABET accredited Engineering Program OR an approved evaluation of non-ABET credentials by NCEES OR graduation from a Master’s or Doctoral Program in Engineering from an institution with EAC/ABET accredited Undergraduate Engineering Programs

• 0 to 2 years’ experience as a practicing engineer

• Understanding of basic engineering theories and principles

  Other Skills/Abilities

• Self-Motivated

• Work independently

• Team-Oriented

• Customer Oriented

• Able to manage multiple tasks and provide leadership to other team members

• Understanding of basic practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations

• Think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems

• Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds

• Good written and oral communication skills

  Desired Qualifications

• Received a passing grade on the Engineering Fundamentals Exam

• Understanding of basic principles of project management

• Experience in the utility industry

  NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

  Pike Engineering is an equal opportunity employer

  EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled

  Pike Engineering is a Non-Union Company

About Us

Founded in 1945, Pike is a leading provider of construction, repair and engineering services for electric and gas utilities, as well as telecommunications companies with a growing portfolio of turnkey renewable projects. We work with hundreds of utility clients across the country, and we continuously expand our offerings to supply our customers with the ideas, technology, experience, manpower and equipment to perform any job.

“Essential” is the one word that sums up who we are, the work we do and what our people mean to us. Each of our employees plays a critical role in ensuring that infrastructure systems are up and running when people and businesses need them.

Pike is a family-oriented workplace with a strong culture of safety, collaboration, innovation and exceptional customer service.

Requisition ID: 23004796