Substation Design Manager
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Job Location:
Sacramento, CA - USA
Yearly Salary:
USD 160000 - 210000
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Us:
At Clark Bros Inc. we pride ourselves on being a trusted leader in the construction industry with over 65 years of success.
As a heavy civil construction company we are dedicated to driving sustainable change within the water power and renewable energy resources industries and improving communities along the way. Our team is built on a foundation of excellence collaboration and a steadfast commitment to safety and our unique culture encourages independent ideas and problem-solving with ingenuity purpose and grit. As a company focused on building a better future we offer a competitive salary and benefits package along with ample opportunities for career development.
Join our team to be part of a company that is actively shaping the future and that values your contributions prioritizes your safety and supports your purpose whatever it may be.
Position Summary:
CBI is seeking hiring an experienced Substation EPC Design Manager to lead multidiscipline engineering execution across our substation portfolio from early pursuit and estimating through detailed design construction support and energization. Youll mentor a team of engineers coordinate external EORs and specialty firms and serve as the technical liaison between development estimating procurement and construction.
This role is ideal for a handson engineering leader who understands EPC workflows delivers constructible designs and raises the bar on safety quality and team performance.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Engineering & Project Delivery
- Own the engineering scope for assigned EPC substation projects (typically 69500 kV) from proposal through commissioning support.
- Define scope deliverables and design schedules; align engineering milestones with overall project schedule and procurement lead times.
- Coordinate physical layout grounding raceway steel/foundations bus equipment ratings lightning protection and protection & control (onelines threelines schematics wiring relays settings philosophy).
- Review and approve drawings calculations studies and specifications for technical accuracy compliance and constructability.
- Lead technical risk identification and mitigation; drive value engineering that optimizes safety cost performance and schedule.
- Interface with utilities for POI/GO/TO requirements interconnection deliverables and witness testing.
- Support the field with RFIs NCRs design clarifications and redlines; manage change control and asbuilt documentation.
- Support all procurement efforts of high-risk long lead equipment.
- Lead and mentor a team of pre-construction engineers; set clear goals provide regular feedback and grow technical and leadership capabilities.
- Plan staffing and resources across concurrent projects; manage internal/external design partners and specialty consultants.
- Standardize methods of practice templates and QA/QC checklists; promote a culture of safety accountability and continuous improvement.
- Partner with preconstruction and estimating to develop engineering execution plans levelofeffort schedules and risk registers for bids.
- Contribute to technical narratives and differentiators in proposals; present engineering strategies in client and partner meetings.
- Build strong relationships with utilities owners and EORs; represent engineering in phase gates design reviews and readiness checks.
- Track engineering budgets and KPIs; forecast needs and drive performance to plan.
- Champion a safetybydesign mindset; integrate safety and constructability into design decisions and reviews.
- Ensure compliance with applicable codes/standards and owner criteria (e.g. IEEE NESC NEC ASCE AISC ACI utility standards).
- Maintain rigorous document control RFI tracking design change logs and configuration management.
- Manage procurement of long lead equipment.
Qualifications and Expectations:
- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (or closely related field).
- 6-10 years of highvoltage substation engineering experience with EPC or utility/owner projects.
- Demonstrated leadership managing engineering scope teams and multidiscipline coordination.
- Strong knowledge of substation physical and P&C design grounding equipment selection and construction sequencing.
- Proficiency with common tools: AutoCAD Bluebeam short circuit/coordination tools scheduling (e.g. Primavera/MS Project) and MS Office.
- Excellent communication skills; able to engage effectively with clients utilities PMs construction and suppliers.
- Ability to travel to sites design partners and client meetings.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.
- Experience managing external Engineer of Record (EOR) and thirdparty specialty firms.
- Familiarity with EPC estimating procurement lead times (e.g. transformers breakers steel) FAT/SAT and commissioning workflows.
- Utility standards experience and interconnection process familiarity.
- Renewable Energy Interconnection experience.
Job Type:
- CBI is headquartered in Fresno CA.
- In-office employment is preferred but hybrid options are available.
Salary Range: $160000 - $210000
This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time with or without notice in accordance with the needs of the Company.
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Spanning over 2,000 acres, the solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) is poised to generate over 900,000 MWh of energy annually, sufficient to power nearly 63,750 homes. On completion, the project will have a 300 MW AC , four-hour BESS capacity.
