Electrical Project Engineer - KEYS

The Project Engineer is tasked with providing overall project management, contract management, budgeting, control, coordination and execution of assigned projects. 

• Manage project engineering from beginning to end. Budget/estimate project costs; develop bid specifications, contractor technical evaluation and award, onsite project management, deliverable review, documentation review- including all drawing reviews, change order coordination, invoice review authorization and project closeout. 
• Investigate, document and determine the structural integrity of transmission structures and hardware. Design replacement and document procedure for hardware replacements. Draft bid specifications for structural and/or hardware replacements. Coordinate with Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Department and consultants.
• Troubleshoot daily outage problems through various software systems (supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, engineering access to relay information, geographical information system (GIS). Provide technical assistance to engineering planners.
• Manage and ensure compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Compliance standards.
• Develop and coordinate with engineering department and accounting department for annual budget and five-year plan for capital and O&M budget for related projects. Prioritize and provide updates to spending and outlooks monthly.
• Review and provide recommendations of contractor’s requests for payment and change orders.
• Perform engineering analysis on load flow software and provide recommendation as needed.
• Develop drawing designs and assist AutoCAD Operator in drawing finalization.
• Review switching procedures developed by the Control Center and provide comments or approval, as applicable.