Senior / Lead Substation Engineer

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Dashiell is a leading national provider of technical services to the electric utility, power generation, industrial, renewable and energy industries. These services include planning and systems studies, design and engineering, maintenance and testing, program management, construction, and turnkey EPC projects.

Job Title : Senior Substation Engineer

Job Location : 720 East Butterfield Road STE 200, Lombard, IL 60148

Primary Function

As the leader of a project team, the Senior Substation Engineer performs engineering and design duties as well as organizes all activities required for the development and implementation of high voltage electrical substation projects across a multidisciplinary team of drafters, designers, and various levels of engineers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure that projects are managed to meet project quality, schedule and profitability objective
• Supervise and coordinate all project activities to ensure on time completion.
• Assign tasks to project design team based on project needs
• Work with project team to create or modify all design documents
• Ensure project team is using project specific standards and that the design effort is progressing in the most efficient manner possible
• Develop one line diagrams, electrical plans, and specifications for a project
• Apply engineering application software to complete tasks such as ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, load flow, and short circuit studies
• Perform engineering and design functions as necessary to meet project schedules
• Communicate and coordinate project activities with customer representatives, project team, and management
• Prepare, coordinate, and track project schedules and budgets, and ensure projects remain within allotted budgets and schedules and address deviations with management
• Ensure project team applies engineering standards including NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE and ANSI
• Properly use the document management system
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his / her work
• Bring potential project-related problems and possible solutions to the attention of the responsible party
• Travel out of town for short periods of time as required by projects and assignments
• Other duties as required

Minimum Qualifications / Experience

Bachelors degree in electrical engineering from an accredited university is required, a power focus is preferred. Must be a licensed professional engineer; if registered in a state other than where the engineer will practice, the employee must be able to obtain a license within eighteen months of date of hire. A minimum of ten years of direct experience and proven knowledge in high voltage (138kV and above) electrical substation engineering and design field is required.

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Dashiell is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

Dashiell Corporation provides a competitive compensation and benefits package. The Company provides life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, long term disability insurance, and an employee assistance plan at no cost to the employee. Benefit offerings also include a choice of traditional PPO or one of two HDHPs, with corresponding FSA or HSA, dental, vision, supplemental life insurance, short-term disability insurance, critical illness insurance, group accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, a 401(k) with immediate vesting, and more!

Must be at least 18 years of age and legally authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis without visa sponsorship.

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