Lead Design Engineer

Lead Design Engineer

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Lead Design Engineer. The Project Operations Team provides comprehensive engineering, procurement, and construction services throughout the entire project lifecycle. Our team is committed to delivering reliable and efficient turnkey services while ensuring client satisfaction throughout the project journey. Our turnkey solutions encompass various stages such as project conception, specification development, engineering design, equipment procurement, construction, installation, testing, and commissioning. With a single point of accountability, our team specializes in handling both greenfield and brownfield turnkey projects and has expertise in designing and constructing high and medium-voltage substations and developing power distribution solutions for utilities, government, data centers, industrial, and commercial facilities. The expected annual salary range for this role is $93750.03 - $137500.04 a year. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What You'll Do:

• Provide design engineering services instrumental to the completion of turnkey projects.
• Provide engineering guidance to teams of designers/discipline specific engineers to create complete designs including both electrical and civil packages.
• Responsible for leading design deliverables to maintain project schedule, design budget, design accuracy, and submittal completeness working in concert with a broader execution team.
• The LDE is charged with value added engineering to provide a quality product while driving efficiencies.
• Ability to lead medium/high voltage designs for both substations and MV power distribution.
• Participate in site walk downs to assist in developing proposals for new work.
• Develop engineering estimates to develop scope, budget, and review technical documents.
• Ability to develop and maintain schedule/budget.
• Ability to work with and mentor other engineers on team.

Qualifications:

• Basic Qualifications:
• BS in engineering from an accredited institution with minimum of seven (7) years of electrical engineering or electrical design experience OR AS in Engineering from an accredited institution with minimum of Ten(10) years of electrical engineering or design experience; OR In lieu of degree, minimum twelve (12) years of electrical engineering or design experience.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position.
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
• Must be located in one of the desired locations to be considered including (AL, GA, MS, TX, OK, NM, NC, SC, TX, FL, LA and TN). No relocation offered.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Professional Engineer qualification.
• Field experience in testing/commissioning medium voltage equipment.
• Working knowledge of NERC/FERC, NESC, NEC, ANSI, NETA.

Skills:

• Equipment Specifications
• Single line/Three line drawings
• Schematics/Wiring/Interconnection diagrams
• General arrangement drawings
• Conduit/cable plans
• Grounding drawings
• AC/DC control power drawings
• SCADA design
• Equipment Testing Procedures/Commissioning plans

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