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Engineer III

Fort Mill, SC 29715

Posted: 04/10/2023 Employment Type: Direct Hire/Perm Job Category: Engineering Job Number: 557372 Is job remote?: No Country: United States

Job Description

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. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible charge engineering duties, and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development and project cost estimating.

Duties & Responsibilities
- Advanced understanding of protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment
- Proficient in design of protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment, including bus, line, capacitor and transformer design and protection schemes and associated settings
- Advanced understanding of SCADA communication design
- Ability to lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity
- Proficient in principles of project management
- Basic understanding of substation design to include equipment arrangements
- Create substation P&C design project scopes, estimates, budgets, and schedules for substation projects
- Ability to read, interpret, design, and engineer P&C designs for utility stations 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
- Perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards
- Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters
- Experience checking designs for accuracy, appearance, and adherence to customer standards
- Collaborate, communicate, and liaise effectively with other design disciplines, colleagues, construction contractors, consultants, materials suppliers, and clients
- Visit sites, advise on P&C engineering issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction
- Manage budgets and project schedules

Requirements
- 3 to 7 years’ experience as a practicing engineer
- 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
- Licensed Professional Engineer or the ability to be licensed within one year

Other Skills/Abilities
- Self-Motivated
- Work independently
- Team-Oriented
- Customer Oriented
- Able to manage multiple tasks and provide leadership to other team members
- 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
- Proficient in practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations
- Good written and oral communication skills

Desired Qualifications
- 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.

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Planet Forward and The Planet Group of Companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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Although this hasn't been an issue at The Planet Group, the staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly and never provide banking information during the application process. Candidate safety is a top priority at The Planet Group.