Senior Electrical Designer

Sr Protection and Control Designer

The position falls within the Protection and Controls Department of the organization. The designer will develop electrical construction drawings for substations. They will supervise and mentor lower-level designers.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Create and modify three-line diagrams, AC & DC schematics, wiring diagrams, cable schedules, relay schematics, or other equipment schematics such as MOABs, circuit breakers, CCVTs, and panel front views using MicroStation and Inventor
• Design protection schemes that deal with breaker controls, line relaying, bus relaying, and communication internal to the station as well as external to the station
• Work with the latest standards to create drawings for a given project
• Set up layouts for plotting using existing drawing templates or develop new templates as required
• Work with part naming and numbering conventions; and file naming and management protocols
• Use ProjectWise for project documentation to track all design modifications and new designs
• Handle complex projects without supervision
• Coordinate with people from other departments who are involved in a design project
• Supervise and mentor less experienced designers
• Check and validate drawings for the project and the drawings of peers and subordinates
• Will be considered a "Subject Matter Expert" for Protection and Control Design
• Function as project lead on small, less complicated projects with little guidance from an engineer