Lead Substation Engineer

January 28

🤠 Texas – Remote

Although this job is listed in Texas, this company may be open to hiring remote in other states.

💵 $155.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Wood is an industry-leading consultancy and engineering company dedicated to designing the future of energy and materials. Wood operates in diverse markets such as oil and gas, carbon capture, hydrogen, power, renewables, chemicals, life sciences, and minerals and metals. The company specializes in optimizing and decarbonizing industrial assets to address some of the world's most critical and complex challenges. Wood offers digital solutions and engineering services to increase efficiency and support sustainability, focusing on areas like methane reduction, carbon advisory, clean fuels production, and industrial asset integrity. With a commitment to making the world a better place, Wood positions itself as a leader in the energy transition and digital transformation of industries.

Engineering • Project Management • Construction Management • Procurement • Production Support

10,000+ employees

Founded 1982

⚡ Energy

📋 Description

• Wood is currently recruiting for a Lead Substation Engineer in Houston, TX to design electrical substations of 13kV Distribution to 500 kV Transmission. • Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week. • Telecommuting permitted up to 100%. Candidate may reside and work anywhere in the U.S. • Employing entity: Wood Group USA, Inc.

🎯 Requirements

• Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or a related field, and 6 years of progressive, post-baccalaureate related work experience. • Of the required experience, must have 6 years of experience in each of the following: • Working on Transmission and Distribution Utility or EPC organization designing substations; • Substation layout design and review; • Substation Protection & Control design and review; • Substation design standards and codes, specifically IEEE. • Of the required experience, must have 4 years of experience in each of the following: • Engineering team management, including training and mentorship; • Client specific engineering and materials management tools; • Managing project including controlling budgets, schedules, quality, and any changes (change control) that occur through the lifecycle of the project. • Of the required experience, must have 3 years of experience in substations studies, including grounding studies, protection and control studies.

🏖️ Benefits

• Domestic travel required up to 20%.