Electrical Senior Project Engineer - Substation

Affiliated Engineers Inc. (AEI) is a leading multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm and collaborative community of over 800 employees who plan design and deliver highperformance 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 allelectric energy system to our decarbonization projects at NYU and MIT AEI is committed providing sufficient electrical capacity at some of the nations most premiere higher ed institutions and National Labs.

As a Senior Electrical Project Engineer Substation Power Systems in our Chapel Hill office you will help us empower our clients to achieve energyefficient building solutions save global environments and create a better greener future for all.

Heres 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 followthrough 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 microprocessorbased devices. Familiarity with programming and testing practices in support of startup 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 yearend 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 worldchanging projects align with your goals we would be thrilled to meet you.

Come and collaborate with us!

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