Director of Substation Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

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LUZCO Technologies, LLC is looking for a spirited candidate to join our passionate, ever-growing team. LUZCO is an award-winning Energy & Utilities Consulting Firm, offering project management services, engineering design services, and transmission and distribution engineering services.

You're more than an employee. You're a familia member. As a member of the familia, we make sure this is more than just a job.

• Benefits : Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k match, paid time off, free monthly massages.
• Schedule : Work-life balance is key. Flexible working hours are offered, we just ask that everyone is in the office from 9am-3pm.

Make your schedule work for you. Paid Time Off and Holidays included.

• Diversity : We value diversity and the perspectives of all people. We group together a variety of professions with broad expertise to create unique ways to approach the same problem.
• Professional Growth Opportunities : Tuition Reimbursement for both traditional schooling and certifications. Work closely with industry professionals to develop career goals and action plans.
• Philanthropy : Give back to the community. We offer a set amount of paid time off each year for our employees to get out into their communities and give back.
• Work Environment : Relaxed atmosphere, weekly staff meetings with lunches provided, fully stocked kitchen with snacks, coffee, and treats, dog friendly office, Fun Fridays (a weekly get-together, come hang out in our game room, refreshments provided!)

Sound like a familia you're ready to join? Here's the details on what we are looking for in this position.

This position is for the Director of Substation Engineering. The position's primary responsibility will be to perform oversight duties related to substation design, personnel mentorship, and business development duties with LUZCO clients.

The Director of Substation Engineering will have overall responsibility for the Substation department consisting of both physical and protection & control (P&C) engineers, designers, and drafters.

The individual will be responsible for providing oversight to the substation department leads. Additionally, they will be accountable for client relationships and department growth.

This position reports to the Vice President of Engineering and Professional Services in the St. Louis, Missouri office.

Essential Responsibilities :

• Project design estimate and proposal preparation.
• Answering questions from the lead engineers on Substation P&C and Physical design.
• Resource planning and analysis to execute client design packages.
• Coordination of QA / QC process for physical and P&C design packages for voltage levels 4.16-500kV substations. Including but not limited to :
• Maximum equipment one-lines, relaying and metering one-lines, relay panel arrangements, relay bills of material, panel wiring diagrams, interconnection wiring diagrams, and cable lists.
• Substation general arrangements, elevations, and sections; steel drawings, conduit schedules, installation details, and physical bills of material.
• Power system analysis including load flow, short circuit, and arc flash.
• Power system protection such as line protection, bus protection, transformer protection, and protective device coordination.
• Protective system communication topologies and associated hardware.
• Identify and execute training requirements with the department leads.
• Answer questions from engineering, construction, testing and commissioning for support of projects.
• Work with internal LUZCO Business Development resources to obtain additional clients.
• Develop and maintain a 3-to-5-year strategic plan for the substation department.
• Responsible for the profitability of the substation department.
• Some travel to existing clients will be expected.

Knowledge & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the utility industry or ability to perform QA / QC on Substation projects.
• Understanding of substation design packages that include but are not limited :
• Breaker upgrades
• Bus protection
• Transformer Replacement and Protection
• RTU Upgrades, Line and Bus work
• Fiber Upgrades
• Feeder Breaker Replacement
• Ground grid, rigid and strain bus, and raceway designs, etc.
• Good understanding to create / modify technical specifications for major substation equipment, such as power transformers, power circuit breakers and control house.
• Relevant Electrical Utility industry knowledge.
• Knowledge of relevant codes and standards, such as : NERC, NEC, NESC, IEEE, NEMA and ANSI strongly preferred.
• P.E. License required.

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