Senior Electrical Engineer – P&C Substation

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As an award-winning woman-owned minority-owned boutique engineering firm were on the lookout for spirited candidates to join our ever-growing familia.Were proud to be recognized as a2025 Best Place to Work in St. Louis a reflection of our people-first culture and commitment to creating a workplace where everyone thrives. Our mission is simple: deliver world-class engineering services while fostering close-knit collaborations with our clients. If youre passionate diligent and ready to make an impact youll find your place with us at LUZCO. Lets exceed expectations together and make engineering a space where everyone belongs.

Youre more than an employee. Youre a familia member. As a member of the familia we make sure this is more than just a job.

• Benefits:Weve got you covered with top-notch medical dental and vision insurance plus a 401k match paid time off and a fun employee recognition platform to celebrate your wins!
• Work-Life Balance:Flexibility is our thing. While we do ask everyone to be in the office from 9 am-3 pm you can tailor the rest of your schedule to fit your life. Paid Time Off and Holidays are part of the package too!
• Diversity:We thrive on diversity and the unique perspectives everyone brings. Our team is a melting pot of skills and experiences which helps us approach challenges from all angles.
• Growth:Your growth is our priority. Whether its tuition reimbursement for school or certifications youll work closely with industry pros to map out and achieve your career goals.
• Giving Back:Were all about making a difference. Each year we set aside paid time off for you to get involved in your community and give back.
• Work Environment:Enjoy a relaxed vibe with weekly staff meetings (lunch included!) a fully stocked kitchen a dog-friendly office a relaxed dress code and weekly happy hours!

Sound like a familia youre ready to join Heres the details on what we are looking for in this position:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Advanced understanding of protection and control fundamentals as they apply to utility substation and transmission line equipment.
• Proficient in design of protection schemes for substation and transmission line equipment including bus line capacitor and transformer design and protection schemes and associated settings.
• Advanced understanding of SCADA communication design.
• Ability to lead a team of engineers and designers in a lead engineer capacity.
• Proficient in principles of project management.
• Basic understanding of substation design to include equipment arrangements.
• Create Substation P&C design project scopes estimates budgets and schedules for substation projects.
• Ability to read interpret design and engineer P&C designs for utilities through 500kV including one-lines three-lines AC/DC schematics panel layouts wiring diagrams cable lists settings relays and SCADA.
• Ability to perform studies and create reports for coordination voltage drop fault current and installation coordination.
• Perform calculations and studies using client specified software and standards.
• Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters.
• Experience checking designs for accuracy appearance and adherence to client standards.
• Collaborate communicate and liaise effectively with other design disciplines colleagues construction contractors consultants material suppliers and clients.
• Visit sites advise on P&C Engineering issues and modify designs to solve issues during construction.
• Manage budgets and project schedules.
• Prepare/create engineering and construction estimate documents for the installation of new or modifications to existing substations including: bill of materials yard layouts plans and section views and electrical details.
• Prepare substation ground grid rigid and strain bus and raceway designs.
• Design auxiliary AC and DC power systems.
• Create/modify technical specifications for major substation equipment such as: power transformers power circuit breakers and control house.
• Develop system integration of protection control and monitoring systems by coordinating with other engineers as appropriate.
• Provide engineering construction testing and commissioning support for projects.
• Apply field mark-ups of project as built-up drawings and perform basic calculations such as: voltage drop CT burden and saturation lighting and short with minimal supervision.
• Up to 25% travel required.
• Complete other duties as assigned including a willingness to temporarily fill-in for other roles/duties as required.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4 years utility substation P&C design experience (15kV through to 500kV).
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an EAC/ABET accredited Engineering Program OR an approved evaluation of non-ABET credentials by NCEES.
• Knowledge of relevant codes and standards such as: NEC NESC IEEE NEMA and ANSI.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication skills to coordinate with project engineers designers and client representatives.
• Ability to interact with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Proficient in practices of researching engineering and design issues evaluating alternatives making sound recommendations and preparing and presenting recommendations
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite particularly Excel and Word.
• Vehicle drivers license for multi-state travel required.
• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or the ability to be licensed within one year.

• 5-10 years of substation P&C design experience
• AutoCAD MicroStation and/or Bluebeam experience
• Proficiency with SEL or GE relays
• SCADA system & communications interface knowledge
• Relay settings/System Protection experience
• Substation lightning stroke shielding plan and grounding plan experience
• Software experience with ETAP ASPEN acSELerator SKM WinIGS CYME CAPE and/or GE URsetup
• Ability to lead a large portion or the entirety of a substation design project.

Join our team. Were all familia here.