Principal Engineer - Electrical Substation

Duties and Responsibilities

Senior technical resource may serve as technical advisor for team

Provides specialized technical input to studies and design for staff's specific area of expertise.

Develops study and design procedures to facilitate high quality cost effective work by others.

Participates in interdisciplinary review of project deliverables.

Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical efforts for projects.

Uses expertise in all steps of completing discipline component of PS&E package.

Performs quality control review of design calculations or drawings.

Prepares technical specification sections.

Provides input to the development of engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements.

Qualifications

Master of Engineering degree (or equivalent education) in an appropriate engineering discipline from an accredited college or university.

Chartered Engineer (CEng), or Professional Engineer (PE) license or equivalent in the relevant field from any global organization (e.g., Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK)

Overall 8+ years of work experience is preferred.

Minimum Requirements

Overall 8+ years of work experience is preferred.

Prior experience in leading large design engineering teams performing Grid Substation design in a global consultancy firm is preferred.

Experience on HV Plant Design for large EHV Grid Substations is mandatory.

Previous experience in design teams working for Grid Utilities (for e.g., National Grid, Transgrid, Powergrid etc.,) is highly desirable

Expsoure to International standards (IEC, IEEE, ANSI, Australian Standards and Middle East region codes and standards) is preferred

Previous design experience working with GIS and AIS EHV substation HV Plant Primary design is preferable

Chartership or Fellowship with IET or equivalent is highly preferable

Very good communication skills (Oral and Written) in English language is mandatory