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Electrical Senior Project Engineer - Substation

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Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) is a leading, multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm and collaborative community of over 800 employees who plan, design, and deliver high-performance, innovative, and holistic engineering solutions — positively impacting society and advancing humankind.

 

Recognized as a Top 20 Electrical Engineering Firm by EC&M Magazine, AEI is dedicated to the energy & utilities market where electrical capacity, system reliability and distributed energy resources (DERs) are critical discussions in our ever increasingly electrified world.

 

From collaborating with Stanford University to transform their campus to an all-electric energy system to our decarbonization projects at NYU and MIT, AEI is committed providing sufficient electrical capacity at some of the nation’s most premiere higher ed institutions and National Labs.  

 

As a Senior Electrical Project Engineer - Substation Power Systems in our San Francisco office, you will help us empower our clients to achieve energy-efficient building solutions, save global environments, and create a better, greener future for all.

 

Here’s why we need you:

In this role, you will build and maintains relationships with clients and project partners and will be responsible for the overall power systems design process on assigned project.  AEI projects may require experience in some or all of the following expertise: substation design, utility coordination, relaying and protection, switchgear automation, dynamic load analysis, SCADA design, Vdc distribution, DER and renewable energy generation, battery energy storage systems, microgrids, and campus distribution for medium and high voltage.   You will develop innovative and unique design solutions to align with project, client and project partner needs and leads the team in implementing solutions in the power, mission critical, manufacturing, automotive, higher ed, pharmaceutical, federal, and institutional markets.

 

Expertise of our most successful Senior Electrical Project Engineer: 

  • BSEE from an ABET accredited program.
  • Professional engineering registration required. Ability to obtain licensure in various states as needed.
  • 10+ years of experience designing MV or HV power distribution, and/or generation, and/or transmission systems.
  • Proficiency in computer operation for power engineering design programs (power systems modeling, SCCAF).
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Ability to work well in a team environment, including carrying out appropriate follow-through with others, mentoring, delegating work, and giving and receiving constructive feedback. Communicates well with clients, project partners and with individuals at all levels in the organization.

Effective skills to help you flourish:

  • Experience in medium and/or high voltage substation design.
  • Expertise in relaying, protection, and metering design incorporating microprocessor-based devices. Familiarity with programming and testing practices in support of start-up and acceptance testing.
  • Expertise in switchgear/substation automation sequence of operations.
  • Expertise in facilitating SCADA implementation.
  • Experience coordinating with Utility Companies for point of demarcation, interconnect agreements, design standards compliance, etc
  • Distributed Energy Resources (DER) and renewable energy generation.
  • Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) technology.
  • Grid scale Photovoltaic (PV) technology.

Our dedication to you: 

  • AEI passionately invests in our brilliant talent by allowing for personal and professional growth through supporting clients like NASA; Lawrence Berkeley National Labs; the US Department of Homeland Security and US Department of Energy; and Stanford University and Vanderbilt University.
  • Our flexible and collaborative work environment demonstrates our dedication to employee appreciation and collective commitment to excellence.
  • Our culture encourages professional development while adhering to a set of core values that drive company and team decisions. Our commitment to these values – innovation and expertise, integrity, communication, quality, responsibility, opportunity, and growth – informs both project decisions and behavior amongst colleagues and clients
  • An exceptional benefits package (health, dental, vision) and a year-end bonus based on company profits, individual responsibility, and performance.

We provide the tools and a support system to ensure a thriving career. If this environment and opportunity to work on world-changing projects align with your goals, we would be thrilled to meet you.

 

Come and collaborate with us!

 

To be considered, apply online at https://aeieng.com/about/careers/.  

 

If you know other candidates that would excel at this position, please share this posting with them directly via email, or to your network on LinkedIn. 

 

AEI is proud to be an EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled.

 

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