Electrical Engineer - Substations for Wind / Solar / Battery Storage Generation Assets

Job Summary

This role will be focused on technical support and problem solving associated with the long term ownership of generator systems, substations, and balance of plant equipment for the Renewables O&M Engineering Team. This engineering role will support and ensure the operational success of wind/solar/battery storage plant assets in the WEC Fleet, as well provide subject matter expertise and technical review for new plants to be added to our rapidly expanding renewable fleet.

Job Responsibilities

• Demonstrates ownership of assigned equipment. Highly knowledgeable of design basis for a variety of systems. Supplies advanced system and plant wide knowledge to troubleshoot and improve performance and reliability. Utilizes performance monitoring tools and independently performs advanced calculations, tests and engineering analysis to develop recommendations to maintain and improve plant system and equipment performance, efficiency and reliability.
• Participates in long-term budget process for capital projects. Selects alternatives for projects based on the results of technical, economic and regulatory analyses. Prepares RFPs, coordinates the evaluation process and provides a recommendation. Performs contract administration and construction inspections for complex multidisciplinary projects. Provides detailed interpretation of drawings, specification, conditions, requirements and agreements. Communicates technical requirements to consultants and contractors.
• Preparation of complex engineering designs, construction and material specifications and project schedules, design and implementation of material and equipment evaluation methods, preparation of feasibility studies and/or cost-benefit analyses of proposed projects and/or review of third party construction plans. Provides subject matter expertise to field and staff personnel. Leads complex Root Cause Analysis activities and performs peer checks on Root Cause Analyses.
• Properly applies a wide variety of codes, standards and regulations and coaches others on proper use. Updates drawings and other engineering documentation and maintains corporate records by filing in accordance with business unit guidelines.
• Leads project teams on moderately complex assignments. 
• Travel is required for site visits to perform inspections and QA/QC of project work across the WEC territory.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering 

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant experience with inverter-based power generation plants
• Relevant experience with collector and interconnection substations
• Engineering experience operating, maintaining, testing, commissioning, and/or troubleshooting any of the following areas:
  
  • Substation medium and high voltage equipment
  • Medium voltage underground electrical distribution systems
  • Padmount step up transformers and switchgear
  • Overhead transmission and distribution systems
  • Protective relays and overcurrent devices
  • SCADA systems, power plant controllers and substation RTUs 
  • Central and string PV inverters
  • Other balance of plant systems
• Experience reviewing and using site drawings such as single line diagrams, schematics, communication network and fiber diagrams, collector systems and access roads layouts, racking and structural steel, foundations, and grading plans
• Design experience with any of the above topics
• Project management and/or lead engineering experience
• Performance analytics and data visualization experience using MS Power BI, Excel, or similar software
• Experience working across teams in setting standards for operation, maintenance, design, or other processes