Electrical Engineer – Substation, Renewables (Chicago)

Description

At Burns & McDonnell, you own your career. We align individual passions with opportunities to provide unbridled professional growth for the best talent in the industry. Burns & McDonnell is growing its renewable energy business and is seeking an Electrical Engineer with a passion for renewable energy to help growth this business in our Chicago Office. This position will partner with a multi-discipline team to develop electrical substations designs to support wind, solar, and battery renewable energy projects.

This position will be responsible for the overall work product of renewable substation projects, with a heavy focus on technical skillset, quality, and value engineering. Additionally, this role will establish and maintain a professional and satisfactory relationship with the Owner and other project stakeholders at the client. The renewable industry is a fast-growing industry. This role will require an entrepreneurial spirit and strong leadership abilities to deliver on the opportunity ahead. Renewable energy design experience is preferred.

Primary Responsibilities For This Position Will Include

• Performing field inspections and compliance documentation.
• Providing support for our clients during construction.
• Ability to provide value engineering principles to drive low-cost, reliable designs for our clients.
• Presenting designs and proposals to clients, permitting authorities, public interest groups.
• Prepare proposals, assist in presentations, and participate in contract negotiations.
• Leading a team of single- or multi-discipline professionals to ensure project success.
• Leverage existing client relationships, create new client relationships, and focus on repeat work within each client account.
• Meeting with clients, contractors, and vendors.
• Substation physical design including yard layout plans, sections, and details; grounding, lightning protection, control building arrangements, interior, and exterior raceways, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, and associated bill of material.
• Thinking creatively to address the complex challenges faced by the largest renewable generators in North America.
• Substation protection and control design including panel arrangements, single lines, three lines, AC/DC schematics, equipment wiring, and relay panel wiring.
• Preparing equipment specifications.
• Performing or overseeing quality reviews of design packages.

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree in Engineering may be substituted for one year experience.
• Proficiency with National Electrical Safety Code and IEEE / ANSI Standards
• Ability to work methodically and analytically in a quantitative problem-solving environment and demonstrated critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Desire to advance into leadership roles.
• Or Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology from an ABET accredited program and successful completion of Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
• Three (3) years of substation electrical engineering experience on renewable projects. Five years of experience strongly preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, facilitation, team building, collaboration, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor of Science in Engineering or related degree from an ABET accredited program.
• Strong computer skills.

EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans

Job Electrical Engineering

Primary Location US-IL-Chicago

Schedule: Full-time

Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time

Req ID: 211718 Job Hire Type Experienced

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