Hiring A RemoteHybrid Tech Lead Substation Design Engineer In Kansas City MO

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Today we are hiring a Remote /Hybrid Tech lead Substation Design Engineer for our client In Overland Park/Kansas City MO.

This is a Remote/Hybrid opportunity located in Overland Park Kansas (Kansas City metropolitan area). Flexible hybrid expectations allow three inoffice days and two flex/remote days per week.

In this role you will have the opportunity to:

• Function as a technical lead Substation Design Engineer. Substation design encompasses distribution subtransmission and transmission level voltage classes
• Develop electrical design deliverables including protection and control design (protective relays) and/or physical design
• Actively participate in management project scheduling and work/resource planning meetings
• Interface directly with clients vendors and subcontractors
• Quality Assurance/ Quality Control projects and mentor junior engineers

The Team

The Energy & Process business is driven to meet our clients rapidly changing infrastructure needs in generation storage transmission and distribution of safe reliable electric power. Our business continues to invest in renewable energy to power the future and support their vision of more sustainable solutions. By joining our business you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping our clients with the most innovative energy solutions.

Our client provides complete engineering procurement and construction new asset and operating asset services in the following areas:

• Substations
• Overhead Transmission Lines
• Underground Transmission Lines
• Renewables Integration
• HVDC/FACTs

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Standards:

• Continues to learn remains current and applies independent knowledge and interpretation about departmental design guides standards systems applicable engineering codes and policies and procedures relative to assigned tasks

Quality/Continuous Improvement:

• Consistently and independently applies knowledge and complies with the quality program relative to assigned tasks
• May be responsible for ensuring compliance with their quality program
• Provides guidance and direction to others from the same project and discipline
• Supports continuous improvement and change management efforts

Engineering Production:

• Prepares a variety of complex engineering deliverables
• Performs complex research and develops recommendations for equipment and/or materials selection
• Prepares complex engineering calculations following standard methods and principles
• Manages assigned budget schedule and quality requirements
• Plans and conducts independent evaluation selection and adaptation of engineering techniques procedures and criteria
• Reviews lowerlevel engineering work or assignments
• Is responsible for one or more of the following: overseeing collection assimilation and management of data for engineering work; leading smaller production teams; and serving as the responsible charge for a project

Project Coordination:

• Actively coordinates with all other internal/external team members on moderately complex projects

Client Focus:

• Responsible for assisting with identification of key client interests and drivers on less complex projects
• Communicates client interests and drivers to project team members and develops approaches to accommodate these concerns in the performance of the work on less complex projects
• May provide support to business development or pursuit activities

Knowledge Sharing Innovation and Technology:

• Recognized as a technical specialist by the division having indepth knowledge of an engineering process and/or of technical aspects of an industry
• Designs a complete project of moderately complex scope within an assigned practice area(s)

People Management (supervision career development training mentoring):

• Typically assists with performance management process mentoring recognition and any corrective actions required

Management Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in engineering from either a recognized accredited program in their home country or the country in which the professional is practicing.
• Minimum of 5 years related work experience.
• All applicants must be able to complete preemployment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check drug screen and motor vehicle records search in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Substation Design experience Physical and/or Protection & Controls
• Quality Assurance and Quality Control of substation design projects
• Professional Engineering (PE) License; or EIT (Engineer in Training) in pursuit of obtaining PE License
• Written Communications
• Drive For Results
• Priority Setting
• Planning
• Delegation
• Directing Others
• Conflict Management
• Informing
• Listening
• Dealing with Ambiguity and Building Effective Teams
• Intermediate knowledge of engineering design principles and applicable design guides and standards related to assigned engineering discipline

Certifications

Most positions depending on the nature of work performed as defined by the division will typically require incumbents to have professional registration or licensure in their designated home office country or be in active pursuit* of such registration

• For ex: Professional Engineering (PE) License; or EIT (Engineer in Training) in pursuit of obtaining PE License

Work Environment/Physical Demands

Competencies

Collaborates

Communicates effectively

Courage

Directs work

Instills trust

Interpersonal savvy

Organizational savvy

Customer focus

Decision quality

Salary Plan

ENG: Engineering

This client is committed to being an employer of choice by creating a valuable work experience that keeps our people engaged productive safe and healthy.

Our comprehensive benefits portfolio is a key component of this commitment and offers an array of health care benefits including but not limited to medical dental and vision insurances along with disability and a robust wellness program.

To support a healthy worklife balance we offer flexible work schedules paid vacation and holiday time sick time and dependent sick time.

A variety of additional benefits are available to our professionals including a companymatched 401k plan adoption reimbursement tuition reimbursement vendor discounts an employment referral program AD&D insurance pretaxed accounts voluntary legal plan and our Credit Union. Professionals may also be eligible for a performancebased bonus program.

We are proud to be a 100 percent ESOPowned company. As employeeowners our professionals are empowered to drive not only their personal growth but the companys longterm achievements and they share in the financial rewards of the success through stock ownership.

Remote Work :

No