Are you ready to be a technology pioneer? Oil and gas factories 3000 meters underwater, heavy locomotive traction motors, electric vehicle chargers that deliver 100kw in 30 minutes . . . you’ll do ground-breaking, innovative work that will touch the lives of millions. TasksABB Inc. is hiring a Substation Project Lead Engineer/Substation Senior Project Lead Engineer to work within the Power Systems Division in Raleigh, North Carolina. The ideal candidate would be responsible for the engineering, coordination and execution of all engineering disciplines for medium-voltage and high-voltage substation projects, both Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS) and Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation projects, in the 34.5 – 550 kV range (future possibility up to 800kV) with an emphasis on project safety, cost, quality and reliability. You’ll work as part of our Power Systems team, which serves utility, industrial, and commercial customers with products and services to help distribute electricity efficiently and reliably, maintain power quality, and control and manage electrical networks. Typical duties include but are not limited to the following: • Manage and lead all engineering activities, both in-house and outsourced, during the proposal, design and construction stages of substation projects with strict adherence to the project contract. • On-site assessment and evaluation of existing equipment, steel structures, foundations, etc., in so called “brown field” substation projects • Support proposal efforts by introducing and promoting innovation, cost saving ideas, and value-added solutions to the overall system design concept. • Providing expertise and support to the proposal and project teams in validating sub-contractor bids, and in negotiating sub-contracts for electrical substation and switchyard projects • Conform ABB Bid packages with Customer Project Documents: • Review customer Request for Proposals / Quotations (RFPs / RFQs), and ABB’s proposals to ensure conformance with the bid package by: • Identifying and clarifying technical ambiguities and conflicts in the documents • Identifying potential or probable risk during construction and installation • Developing mitigation strategies for identified risks • Work with the proposal team to ensure that the sub-contractor scope of work is clearly defined, that contract Terms & Conditions include appropriate flow downs, and that risks are properly allocated between ABB and the sub-contractors • Validate Sub-Contractor Bids: • Analyze sub-contractor bid responses for inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes • Lead sub-contractor bid reviews to resolves bid response inconsistencies, oversights and mistakes • Provide cost recommendations to the proposal team based on the bid review analysis • Notify Engineering Manager/ Director of Engineering and the Project Manager of any difficulties encountered in the engineering and design that may adversely impact safety, reliability, quality, cost, or schedule of the ABB project deliverables, and provide recommendations for solutions. • Prepare, update and support the project execution engineering activities in the schedule with emphasis on; On-time delivery, Quality of deliverables and Project costs. • Develop the Design Criteria and the Document Deliverables list for the project. • Utilize knowledge of the National Electrical Safety Code to ensure that designs comply with the required safety clearances. • Provide substation project management support, including managing engineering scope according to technical contracts, equipment procurement, developing change orders, and maintaining project schedules. • Lead the development of single-line diagrams, layout drawings, raceway systems, grounding systems, station service and BOMs for substation design packages. • Perform technical, cost savings, and constructability reviews of design packages from internal engineering, outsourced sub-contractor engineering and equipment factories. • Generate equipment specifications, monitor vendor technical compliance and witness factory acceptance testing. • Will be working with both outdoor and indoor substation applications. Specifically on indoor applications, a solid understanding of the necessary building infrastructure to support Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) is required (e.g. wall penetrations, embedded steel supports, overhead cranes, maintenance access, SF6 reclaimers, etc.). • Will be working in High Voltage power cable system design, including ampacity calculations, cable pulling design, cable vault layouts, cable restraint design, and GIS sealing end/air termination applications • Will be working with various design calculation like grounding & shielding, rigid bus calculation, battery & charger sizing, AC & DC auxiliary system, voltage drop calculation, sag & tension calculation, input for substation tower & equipment support structure design. • Performing evaluation of power system study, insulation coordination study, harmonic analysis & capacitor bank sizing • Working with protection single-lines, Gas Insulated (GIS), Local Control Cabinet (LCC) schematics, protection and telecommunication interfaces, review of control & protection drawings, CT sizing, relay setting/coordination, is a bonus. • Knowledge of the benefits and strengths of Gas Insulated Switchgear vs. Air Insulated Switchgear substations as they relate to reliability, space savings, safety, maintenance, security, aesthetics, life-cycle costs, etc. • Adhere to ABB Power Systems * Substations quality processes and document control procedures to ensure design documents are complete and accurate. • Provide construction, installation & commissioning support RequirementsBasic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering * and- • Minimum of five years (5) technical, commercial and construction experience on high voltage substation projects * or- • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering * and- • Minimum of three years (3) technical, commercial and construction experience on high voltage substation projects Ideally this role could be filled at a Senior Level if the ideal candidate meets the following qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering * and- • Minimum of eight years (8) technical, commercial and construction experience on high voltage substation projects * or- • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering * and- • Minimum of six years (6) technical, commercial and construction experience on high voltage substation projects Preferred Qualifications: • Professional Engineering Certification • Ability to travel up to 30% both domestically and internationally. • Experience with CAD software such as Autocad and/or Microstation • Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the United States. Additional informationEqual Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf or http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm. As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. * 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. 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