Senior Substation Design Engineer - K&A Engineering Consulting PC

K&A Engineering Consulting – White Plains, NY- is a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection, and collaboration, and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in our industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. Our company has earned its reputation through challenging work, uncompromising precision and continuous learning and adapting. 

K&A Engineering is a privately held, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients. K&A's experience includes all aspects of generation, transmission, substations, distribution, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resource (DER) projects, from planning and environmental and regulatory analyses through engineering and design, construction, program management, project controls, and commissioning. The utility industry is a vast market, and K&A quickly established our name and reputation as a top-tier service provider. We were recently ranked #126 on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and the top engineering firm with a three-year growth rate of 3,166%.

Due to company growth, we are actively seeking a Senior Substation Design Engineerto join our team in Pleasanton, California. 

The role involves detailed electrical engineering design, including creating substation construction drawing packages, developing bills of materials, and performing conduit fill calculations.

• Detailed design of Electrical Engineering – Includes conceptual design and detailed estimates
• Substation Design Includes the creation of substation construction drawing packages, developing bill of materials and the procurement of minor materials
• General arrangement/ physical and electrical layout, electrical equipment plans, elevation & section views (including transformers, bus work, etc)
• Equipment cable trays, cable design, conduit fill calculations
• Rigid bus calculations
• System Protection & Control (SP&C) Design includes the creation of SP&C construction drawing packages and the procurement of materials
• Drawings in specified formats shall include elementary diagrams, relay one-line diagrams, connection diagrams, panel layout diagrams, and circuit schedules.
• Materials shall include relays, communication and monitoring systems, panel meters, control house panels, cables and associated wiring materials

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an accredited university
• 8+ years of professional experience within substation design and engineering for electrical utilities
• Experience and or knowledge with power analysis software is ideal (i.e. SKM, Etap, EasyPower, etc)
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Must be able to report to the office 3 days a week in Pleasanton, CA

The salary range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licenses and certifications; and other related skillsets. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.