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Senior Electrical Studies Engineer

HDR Engineering is currently seeking a Senior Electrical Studies Engineer to join our growing local and nationally ranked team of Power Delivery professionals. You'll be part of a rapidly growing team wanting to take your career to the next level. Having developed a well-rounded foundational expertise in high voltage substation electrical design, you will be ready to undertake a more complex and responsible role as an overall Electrical Studies Subject Matter Expert. This role will require you to work independently while occasionally directing, mentoring, training, and/or supervising less-experienced EITs and/or Designers. You'll have the opportunity to perform physical / outdoor substation design, protection and control, and electrical studies on projects ranging from 4 kV through 765 kV. This is an opportunity for you to be challenged, learn, and generally grow your career.

As a Senior Electrical Studies Engineer, your role will encompass the following:

• Perform electrical design studies and reports including grounding, electromagnetic transient studies, electrical effects, lightning protection, bus analysis, short circuit analysis, and power flow studies
• Protection and control design including panel arrangements, one lines/single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring and relay panel wiring
• Preparing calculations for studies and reports (AC/DC load studies, rigid bus calculations, etc.)
• Preparing various types of specifications including performance specs, equipment / procurement specs, and construction specs
• Attending client stakeholder meetings and leading reviews with the client
• Effectively managing multiple tasks for multiple projects while being cognizant of schedule and budget
• Performing quality control reviews of projects from other teams as needed
• Providing engineering input on specific project design issues and questions
• Providing input to the development of project manhours estimates and task schedules
• Performing site visits during the design, construction and as-built phases of projects, including participating in field reviews or construction observation
• Mentoring and technical guidance of junior level engineers

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience in substation grounding, electrical effects, and protection and controls design
• Experience with electrical studies software (e.g., CDEGS, WinIGS, PSCAD, ATP-EMTP, ETAP, etc.)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with Renewables developers, data center substations, and utility interconnections a plus
• Industry involvement and/or involvement with working groups (i.e. IEEE or other)

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• A minimum of 10 years of experience
• Professional Engineers (PE) license
• Extensive experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector
• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, and Revit)
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture