Design Engineer

Position : Substation Engineer

Level : Graduate, mid-level, and senior roles

Focus : Engineering design for substations, including physical and protection & control practices. Requires knowledge of substation systems from 34.5kV to 500kV and basic principles of high-voltage substation engineering design.

Location : Lewisville, TX - Hybrid 3 days in office

Duties & Responsibilities

Employees may perform any or all of the following :

• Create design documents and drawings : Work within a project team to develop all project deliverables, including wiring diagrams from schematics, bills of materials, and applying field mark-ups to as-built drawings with minimal supervision.
• Perform engineering support tasks : Conduct calculations such as relay burden, lighting, load flow, and short circuit with minimal supervision.
• Apply engineering software : Use tools for tasks like ground grid design, relay coordination, transformer sizing, load flow, and short circuit studies with minimal supervision.
• Review schedules : Monitor project timelines and collaborate with project engineers to keep projects on track.
• Apply standards : Adhere to NEC, NESC, NEMA, IEEE, and ANSI standards.
• Use document management : Properly utilize systems for project documentation.
• Apply corporate practices : Follow Primoris standard engineering procedures.
• Communicate and coordinate : Coordinate with project engineers, customer representatives, and others.
• Gain hands-on experience : Spend time at job sites for training in substation construction and design.
• Ensure quality : Take ownership of work accuracy and quality.
• Identify issues : Report potential problems and solutions to supervisors.
• Travel : Occasional short-term out-of-town travel for projects.
• Other duties : As assigned by management.

Minimum Qualifications & Experience

Education

Required Experience

Technical Skills & Knowledge

Soft Skills