Amped I LLC was founded in 2010 as a design and engineering firm specializing in power infrastructure projects ranging from transmission to distribution for power utility, industry, government and commercial facilities. Amped I is a small, certified Women’s Business Enterprise with the goal to provide exceptional value, integrity, and client satisfaction to all of our clients’ needs. Amped I is also committed to both career growth and job satisfaction for each individual team member. We are proud and stand behind our core values of accountability, collaboration, positive energy, problem solving, and continuous improvement.

Job Summary

The Substation Physical Design Engineer Consultant role is a mid level, part-time, contract position. This position is fully-remote, allowing you to work from home, as work is needed. While working alongside a team of experienced electrical engineers and providing guidance to junior engineers and designers, this position is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing electrical systems and protection controls for substations. If you’re looking for an exciting opportunity where your contributions are valued from day one, we invite you to apply!

Duties/Responsibilities

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Exceed customer’s schedule and budget requirements
• Perform Physical design with high degree of accuracy
• Willingness to travel and work overtime as needed
• Perform careful self-checking activities to ensure the quality of work before it is presented to peers for independent reviews
• Check/review other personnel's work for accuracy/adherence to client/national standards
• Oversee multiple projects simultaneously and occasionally oversee other designers and engineers in order to complete projects on time and on budget
• Perform project scoping activities
• Mentor junior engineers and designers

Required Skills and Abilities

• Thorough understanding of substation equipment, protection schemes, and industry standards
• Strong understanding of a substation project lifecycle at the utility level
• Excellent technical communication and detail-oriented work practices
• Proficiency in the development of the following: 
  • Electrical General Arrangement and Layout drawings
  • Yard Equipment Details & Elevations
  • Grounding Plans & Details
• Conduit/Cable/Raceway Plans & Details
• Bill of Materials
• Station Service and Battery Systems 
• Lighting Plans & Details
• Electrical Bus Calculations (Loading, Span, Ampacity, etc.)
• Phase-to-Phase and Phase-to-Ground Electrical Clearances
• Lightning Protection/Grounding Studies
• Extensive experience utilizing AutoCAD and/or MicroStation and must also be able to use Microsoft Design Suite products (Excel, Word, etc.)
• CDEGS and/or WinIGS experience is a plus  
• Possession of proven leadership skills involving supervision of a design team or teams is a plus

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an ABET-accredited university in Electrical Engineering required
• Minimum 9 years of experience in physical design of high voltage 15-500 kV substations
• Extensive experience utilizing AutoCAD and/or MicroStation software
• EIT required, PE strongly preferred