Substation Project Engineer

Power Delivery Substation / PDS - 11

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Mesa seeks a motivated Project Engineer to manage Substation Design projects for a client with a growing workload. Position requires working in the client office in Reno, Nevada alongside their internal engineering groups. Responsibilities include monitoring the status of project review packages and help ensure all the utility groups that need to provide comments have done so. Collaboration with the client's PMs and engineers will be required on a daily basis.

Required abilities:

• Possess strong knowledge of medium to extra high voltage substation protection & control systems and physical design requirements.
• At least 2 years of experience with NV Energy substation design standards and preferences.
• Possess strong verbal and written communications skills. Ability to coordinate with and interface with clients, vendors, engineers, colleagues, and other electric utilities personnel.
• Possesses strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and work effectively with clients, peers, and affiliates.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, scheduling software and possesses working knowledge of corporate accounting practices and business operations.
• Possess willingness to develop, promote and comply with Mesa safety requirements.
• Experience with electrical utility equipment, systems, and project/programs is required.
• Believes effective integration is the key to project success.

Responsibilities:

• Communicates effectively with project team and clients as required to facilitate coordination of design or construction activities and flow of technical information. This includes tracking/resolving action items, information requests and assisting the design team in the resolution of technical issues as required.  
• Coordinate/Communicate with Peers: Work with project team to identify, document and resolve changes that may impact schedule and budget performance of project.
• Maintain Project Status: Keep the project status reporting system (database) current with the actions and changes that take place on assigned projects so the overall organization is able to respond to client requests. 
• Manage Project Implementation: Leads assigned project team, ensuring that project goals/objectives are achieved and all business processes and applicable procedures are followed.
• Plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate detailed phases of engineering/design work for multiple projects. 
• Control costs: Assist Project Manager in controlling project expenditures and schedule performance as necessary to satisfy project requirements and ensure satisfactory budget performance on all projects.
• Analyzes trends on project performance metrics and makes recommendations to project management team on corrective actions. 
• Must be able to understand numerous utility stakeholder departments.
• Support the development and implementation of client’s project engineering/management tools, standards, and processes to support successful project engineering implementation.
• Must be able to conduct large meetings/calls with numerous project stakeholders, drive consensus and resolution to challenges discussed, drive assignment, follow-up, and completion, of action items.
• Must be able to anticipate project risks before they occur, plan and execute risk management and risk mitigation.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay – 10 Annually
• Group Medical/Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance (Company Paid)
• Disability Insurance (Company Paid)
• 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan
• 401(K) Matching Contribution
• Section 125 / Cafeteria Plan
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Fitness Center Reimbursement
• Annual Performance Bonus
• 9/80 Work Schedule

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