Owner's Engineer

PDS5 / Power Delivery Substation

This position is not eligible for recruiting or sourcing by outside parties.

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Mesa seeks an experienced Owners Engineer to act as a trusted technical representative and advocate for project owners throughout the lifecycle of electrical substation this role you will be responsible for providing high-level technical oversight ensuring outside engineering contractors deliver designs that meet strict utility standards and safeguarding the owners best interests. Youll also be responsible for checking and oversite of deliverables associated with substation Physical & P&C design projects. This is a part-time long-term position.

Job Responsibilities:

• Review engineering deliverables drawings and calculations provided by outside engineering contractors to ensure compliance with project requirements industry standards and utility best practices.
• Check/review junior personnels work for accuracy/adherence to client and national standards
• Perform/review project scoping activities
• Prepare engineering labor cost estimates
• Mentor junior engineers and designers
• Advocate for the project owner during design reviews factory acceptance testing and construction/commissioning phases.
• Ensure the constructability reliability and safety of substation physical layouts and protection schemes.
• Interface clearly and effectively with owners EPC contractors vendors and internal teams to maintain project schedules and quality control.
• Be self-sufficient and proactive with a proven ability to work independently and manage deliverables in a remote setting.

Education/Licensure:

• A Bachelors degree in engineering from and ABET accredited university is preferred
• Professional Engineer license is a plus but not required

Experience:

• 15 years of progressive experience in high-voltage (HV) electric substation engineering is required
• Experience working directly for a utility is a plus but not required
• Familiarity with relay coordination control schemes single/three-line diagrams and schematics etc.
• Familiarity with yard layouts rigid/strain bus design grounding and lightning protection etc.

Work Schedule:

• Mesa provides a very flexible schedule to all of our associates. This part time position will offer even greater flexibility.
• We prefer candidates that can dedicate an average of 20 hours per week.
• Being willing to work additional hours to meet deadlines may occasionally be requested but is not expected to occur more than a few weeks per year.

Location:

• This position will report to our Knoxville Tn office.
• Reporting to the Knoxville office in a Hybrid schedule is preferred but not required.
• Highly qualified candidates will be considered for fully remote work but in the Southeast Region due to customer locality.
• For fully remote workers quarterly visits to the Knoxville office may be required depending on experience and performance.

Benefits:

• Mesa provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes Health Insurance 401k matching PTO Paid Holidays fitness benefits etc.

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Required Experience:

IC