Substation Electrical Engineer

Edp Renewables North America - Houston, TX

Full-time - Mid Level

Houston, TX

10,001+ employees

Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers

About the position

The Substation Electrical Engineer will support the High Voltage (HV) Operations Team in maintenance activities, project integration, and interdepartmental communication. This role serves as a subject matter expert on high voltage issues, ensuring the reliability and compliance of renewable energy facilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical, high-voltage, collection system, and substation support to operating renewable generation facilities, including intermittent on-call support.
• Participate in the engineering, design, and construction review processes, including review of collection system, substation, and transmission line designs.
• Support new project commissioning, documentation support, and assist with project energization.
• Review and continuously improve commissioning, maintenance, and standard operating procedures.
• Review maintenance records and recommend corrective actions to ensure reliability and compliance with applicable NERC standards.
• Develop, review, and maintain work instructions for reactive and preventive maintenance activities.
• Develop and maintain electrical troubleshooting guides for intelligent electronic device (IED) training.
• Conduct event analysis of protection system operations to determine misoperation status in support of meeting FERC or NERC requirements.
• Develop and submit NERC MIDAS reports.
• Develop structured feedback sessions for all lessons learned with project team to include misoperations, root cause analysis, and safety-related events.
• Review and maintain IED settings repository.
• Review and update project documentation.
• Maintain compliance of NERC standards PRC-027 and validate/update arc flash studies.
• Develop and implement site betterment projects including preparation of scope documents, exhibits, budgets, schedules, and requests for proposals.
• Interact closely with internal teams to ensure that project needs and objectives are met.
• Lead or participate in project meetings and conference calls.
• Evaluate and provide feedback on project plans, specifications, drawings, and documentation pertaining to renewable energy generation facilities.
• Assist with updating of project documents that are NERC-related and act as subject matter expert during internal and external audits.
• Perform additional duties as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
• 5+ years of relevant technical experience.
• Expert knowledge of medium- and high-voltage substation electrical equipment including relay protection systems, collection systems, transmission designs, and operations.
• Experience with power generation or distribution event analysis preferred.
• Experience with establishing HV field service preferred.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Office, Project software suites, and SEL Equipment.
• Experience with substation relay and protection system testing and troubleshooting.
• Experience with LOTO and OTO procedures.
• Familiarity with the operation of capacitor banks, transformer load tap changers, circuit breakers, and motor/manually operated air disconnect switches.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of Microsoft products and/or complementing products.
• Competency in Analytical Problem Solving, Strong Communication, Customer/Partner Relationships, and Technology Expertise.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Opportunities for development and internal mobility
• Positive and innovative work environment
• Health and wellness programs
• Inclusive workplace