Section Engineer - Transmission & Substation

Job Description

Description

At Exelon, we've got a place for you! 

Join the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with one of the largest electricity generation portfolios and retail customer bases in the country. You will be part of a family of companies that strives for the highest standards of power generation, competitive energy sales, and energy delivery. Our team of outstanding professionals is focused on performance, thought leadership, innovation, and the power of ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce. 

Exelon will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build, and enhance a successful career. We are also dedicated to motivating the success of our employees through competitive base salary, incentives, and health and retirement benefits. 

Join Exelon and share your passion at a forward-thinking Fortune 100 company. Establish yourself in a place where you can truly shine and create a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. Energize your career at Exelon! 

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION 

T&S Regional Substation Engineering Projects is a new unit focused on the execution of design and engineering (D&E) deliverables for system performance programs (substation, system protection and control, and distribution).  The team will support capital improvements involving high voltage equipment (including circuit breakers, power transformers, instrument transformers, switches, and arrestors), reactive assets (capacitor banks and reactors), structures and foundations, grounding, security fencing, buildings, roadworks, cable trenches, bus and conductors, supporting systems (lighting, battery banks, chargers, oil retention and separation systems, standby generators, and fire protection), and system protection and control (protective relays, RTUs, metering, annunciator, event disturbance monitoring, and substation monitoring). 

The successful Section Engineer candidate will serve as the team subject matter expert (SME) to provide guidance and direction to both internal staff, external D&E consulting engineers (EOCs and SEOCs), and Owner’s Engineer (OE).  The Section Engineer will be responsible for developing and managing a work and resource plan to execute technical (Civil, High Voltage, and Protection and Control) deliverables for system performance projects in substations located in BGE’s Northern or Southern areas.  Each area with have two regions (NE & NW or SE & SW) consisting of approximately 130 substations. The Section Engineer will evaluate all planned and active projects/programs identified at each BGE substations and provide recommendation on how to optimize the execution of the D&E deliverables and oversee the work.  The Section Engineer will be a facilitator/decision maker in resolving complex issues in several technical areas requiring advance knowledge and experience.  For new technologies or special projects such as a battery energy storage systems and smart substations, the section engineer may serve as the project lead.  Other responsibilities include assisting the team in providing estimates on required resources and costs, contract administration, developing P6 schedules, outage sequencing, and managing technical challenge sessions.     

Position may be required to work extended hours, including 24 x 7 coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies. 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

•    Leads highly technical consultation and training through OJT/OJE (may include some classroom instruction as well) on highly complex and unique technical areas requiring the application of advanced engineering principles and may require advanced knowledge of complex analog and digital field test equipment.
•    Evaluates complex technical issues that require highly specialized knowledge in very specific areas and recommends actions or programs for their resolution which may necessitate the review/evaluation of engineering design documents.
•    Leads the work activities of project teams and others on the implementation of large specialized technical projects and/or programs to develop studies, proposals, commissioning plans to support safely energizing and placing major utility and customer systems and equipment On System.
•    Participates in technical and industry societies and committees to enhance knowledge of new technologies or issues in area of company interest.
•    Participates in department/project management planning and monitor performance for the accomplishment of committed results.
•    Acts as an expert witness and provide expert opinions for internal committees.
•    Develop and coach engineers in technical areas of substation engineering  
•    Provide technical guidance to internal staff & engineering consultants on BGE Standards and Engineering Procedures to ensure quality of design & engineering deliverables.

POSITION SCOPE 

•    Highly influential on strategic management decisions that can have a major impact on the company.
•    Support/Lead employees and or contractors in the execution of plans developed to initially energize utility or customer equipment/systems and placed On System.
•    Set direction for the organization regarding technical issues.
•    Applies technical knowledge to help promote a safe work environment and to enhance customer satisfaction

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

•   Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline with at least 9 years of professional engineering experience. 
•    Completed Assignments and Projects showing evidence of:
•    Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems.
•  Knowledge and ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theory.
•   Knowledge of engineering designs, principles, and practices.
•    Advanced knowledge and experience in unique areas of engineering expertise to substation, high voltage, civil/structural, or protection and control engineering and design for facilities covering voltage classes 13.8 kV through 230 kV. 
•    Advanced knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, practices, and advanced engineering principles.
•   Advanced knowledge of latest technologies necessary to perform a variety of specialized unique or complex assignments for various installation types of services.
•   *Note: there are a limited number of personnel available in the industry with the required knowledge, ability and experience. (1) Master's degree in Engineering reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year. (2) License must be issued by the state in which you are practicing. (3) PE License reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year.
•    Note: Items (1) and (3) are mutually inclusive, whereby the maximum experience requirement reduction is one (1) year (e.g., in the case of an employee with both a master's degree in Engineering AND a PE license, the minimum experience requirement would be reduced by one (1) year.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

•     Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate with all management levels.
•     Strong written and oral communication skills.
•     Demonstrated ability to lead the work activity of others.
•     Master of Science degree in Engineering (1) or Licensed Professional Engineer (2) (3)
•     Industry expert who participates or leads industry committee or working groups or has published technical documents.
•     Preparation of specifications and request for proposal for technical services, material, and equipment
•     Design of substation upgrades to replace aging assets
•     Design of control and protection facilities for substations, including protective relaying, SCADA, and telecommunication facilities
•     Project engineering experience in transmission and distribution substations
•     Experience in outsourcing technical services; familiar with contract administration
•     *Note: there are a limited number of personnel available in the industry with the required knowledge, ability, and experience. (1) Master’s degree in Engineering reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year. (2) License must be issued by the state in which you are practicing.  (3) PE License reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year.
•     Note: Items (1) and (3) are mutually inclusive, whereby the maximum experience requirement reduction is one (1) year (e.g., in the case of an employee with both a master’s degree in Engineering AND a PE license, the minimum experience requirement would be reduced by one (1) year.