LRE (Leeward Renewable Energy) is a high-growth renewable energy company forging a sustainable future through integrity, innovation, and positive impact. We own and operate 30 large wind, solar, and energy storage projects across the United States, totaling over 3 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity.
LRE has an ambitious goal of 10GW of operating assets by 2028 and are developing and contracting an increasing pipeline of new projects every year. We take a full-lifecycle approach to our projects, built on a long-term ownership model and a company culture dedicated to our community partners and protecting the environment.
POSITION: Senior High Voltage Engineer
Department: Project Execution/Engineering
Location: Dallas, TX, Chicago IL, Houston TX
Status: Exempt
JOB SUMMARY:
This position reports to the Manager of Electrical Engineering and is responsible for supporting substation electrical engineering to interconnect new solar, wind, and energy storage plants. The goal of this position is to ensure substation and transmission line projects in project execution/construction and the development pipeline meet Leeward’s technical and business requirements while maintaining our long-term ownership focus. The position requires experience with substation design and construction for utility-scale renewable energy plants.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Prepare substation and transmission line scopes of work, equipment specifications, and other technical documentation required to support substation EPC RFPs and contracts.
- Management of an outside consulting engineer to support the high voltage-related preliminary design and associated studies.
- Develop transmission line and substation cost estimates including visiting proposed sites to determine the most cost-effective interconnection means.
- Support the transmission planning team in reviewing grid interconnection feasibility studies, system impact studies, facility studies, and interconnection agreements.
- Perform owner’s review of EPC contractor’s technical deliverables related to substation and transmission line design packages and associated electrical studies such as load flow, voltage drop, arc flash, protection and coordination, and reactive power studies.
- Ensure engineering work meets applicable codes, industry standards, and safety practices.
- Coordinate technical interfaces with ISOs and utilities to comply with interconnection agreement requirements.
- Participate in constructability reviews and review commissioning and testing reports.
- Work closely with Project Engineers, Project Management, and Construction Management to assure the design is constructible and fully integrated into the project schedule.
- Work collaboratively with Operations team members for technical specifications and design review interfaces.
Required Skills:
- Prior experience in developing and reviewing equipment specifications and substation design including selection of substation equipment (power transformers, breakers, protection relays, etc.).
- Familiarity or experience with renewable plant substation designs and interconnections in CAISO, ERCOT, PJM, and other regions.
- Familiarity with NERC PRC standards.
- Working knowledge of NESC, NEC, ANSI & IEEE codes, and standards.
- Knowledge of ETAP or equivalent Software preferred.
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to communicate ideas to non-engineers.
- Demonstrated ability to manage priorities in a complex and dynamic environment.
- 4-Year bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. PE registration preferred.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant technical experience with substation engineering and transmission line design.
Physical Demands:
- Position will require sitting for long periods of time
- Occasionally lift 20-pound or more
- Willingness and ability to travel at least 25% of time
Leeward Management Services, LLC is committed to employing a diverse workforce and provides equal employment opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies: Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiting vendors or employment agencies. Only recruiting vendors with a current, signed agreement in place with LRE are authorized to submit resumes for specific, requested positions. All unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles submitted to LRE, or any LRE employee, without an active agreement or written request from LRE’s HR Department, will be considered property of LRE. LRE will not be responsible for any fees or expenses associated with unsolicited resumes or candidates submitted in this manner.
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What We Do
Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) is a leading renewable energy company that owns and operates a portfolio of 24 renewable energy facilities across nine states totaling about 2,500 megawatts of generating capacity. LRE is actively developing and contracting new wind, solar, and energy storage projects in energy markets across the U.S., with 1.9 gigawatts contracted and 20 gigawatts under development and construction spanning over 100 projects. LRE is committed to providing long-term, sustainable energy solutions across all its projects that benefit its community partners while protecting and enhancing the environment. LRE is a portfolio company of OMERS Infrastructure, an investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest defined benefit pension plans with C$121 billion in net assets (as of December 31, 2021). For more information, visit www.leewardenergy.com.
