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Exelon Section Engineer - T&S Standards Lead BALTIMORE, Maryland

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We're powered by purpose-driven people like you who believe in being inclusive and creative, and value safety, innovation, integrity, and community service. We are a Fortune 200 company, 19,000 colleagues strong serving more than 10 million customers at six energy companies -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco).

In our relentless pursuit of excellence, we elevate diverse voices, fresh perspectives, and bold thinking. And since we know transforming the future of energy is hard work, we provide competitive compensation, incentives, excellent benefits, and the opportunity to build a rewarding career.

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Primary Purpose

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

The T&S Projects & Standards Team is responsible for maintaining and developing design standards and engineering practices that ensure standardized, safe, and cost-effective substation designs. This position is responsible for a specific class of T&S Design Standards including template drawings, material specifications, Job Processes (JPBs), and Engineering Practices (EPBs) for substation voltages of 13kV, 34kV, 115kV, 230kV, and 500kV. This position serves as a Subject Matter Expert and design authority for substation design and engineering within T&S, with a focus on general substation principles such as layouts, arrangements, equipment, protective relaying, and control systems. This consists of various responsibilities including reviewing, updating, and facilitating the development of T&S design and engineering standards, working closely with the various T&S groups to ensure effective standard implementation. This position includes oversight of both internal and contractor resources performing standards development. This position also collaborates with the other Exelon companies and is involved in creating, updating, and applying internal/industry design standards and technology in a specialized area of expertise. This position is a recognized department, company, and/or industry expert in the area of substation design and engineering and includes mentoring and providing direction to other engineers in the team and department.

Position may be required to work extended hours for coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies.

Primary Duties

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

  • Serves as a Subject Matter Expert for a specific class of T&S Design Standards including template drawings, material specifications, construction specifications (S-Sheets), Job Processes (JPBs), and Engineering Practices (EPBs) for substation voltages of 13kV, 34kV, 115kV, 230kV, and 500kV.

  • Sets the direction and strategy for substation design and engineering standards development.

  • Mentors and provides direction to other engineers in T&S Standards & Projects Team and the other T&S Engineering Projects Team.

  • Oversees resources developing standards documentation including Engineer of Choice (EOC), Specialty EOC (SEOC) internal resources, and internal resources.

  • Creates and reviews Request for Proposal (RFP) documents for standards development.

  • Verifies internal and contractor work, reviews and approves contractor invoices.

  • Point of Contact for technical questions related to material application and design standards.

  • Works with Vendors on material design improvements and implementation.

  • Collaborates with Equipment Specialists, Protection & Control Engineering, Substation Engineering, Transmission Engineering, Capacity Planning, Transmission Reinforcement, Substation Operations & Maintenance, Relay Testing other field groups, etc. to set the design and material standards and applications while ensuring safety, effectiveness, and constructability of standards.

  • Provides recommendations to management and implements action plans to improve reliability.

  • Provides detailed technical training, mentorship, peer review, and/or guidance to others.

  • Interface with applicable industry groups such as IEEE, EPRI, EEI, MEA, etc. to introduce new design improvements and materials.

  • Investigate common point of failure modes and trends for the purpose of material or design standard improvements as well as supporting the analysis of extent of condition.

Job Scope

JOB SCOPE

  • Highly influential on strategic management decisions that can have a major impact on the company.

  • Support/Lead employees and or contractors in the execution of plans developed to initially energize utility or customer equipment/systems and placed On System.

  • Set direction for the organization regarding technical issues.

  • Applies technical knowledge to help promote a safe work environment and to enhance customer satisfaction.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering discipline with at least 7 years of professional engineering experience. (1) (3) (See Note)

  • Completed Assignments and Projects showing evidence of:

  • Ability to analyze and interpret complex electrical and mechanical systems.

  • Knowledge and ability to apply problem solving approaches and engineering theory.

  • Knowledge of engineering designs, principles, and practices.

  • Advanced knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, practices, and advanced engineering principles (2).

  • Advanced knowledge of latest technologies necessary to perform a variety of specialized unique or complex assignments for various installation types of services.

  • *Note: there are a limited number of personnel available in the industry with the required knowledge, ability, and experience. (1) Master's Degree in Engineering reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year. (2) License must be issued by the state in which you are practicing. (3) PE License reduces the OJT experience requirement by 1 year.

  • Note: Items (1) and (3) are mutually inclusive, whereby the maximum experience requirement reduction is one (1) year (e.g., in the case of an employee with both a Master's Degree in Engineering AND a PE license, the minimum experience requirement would be reduced by one (1) year.

Preferred Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong teamwork, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate with all management levels.

  • Strong written and oral communication skills.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead the work activity of others.

  • Master of Science degree in Engineering (1) or Licensed Professional Engineer (2) (3) Industry expert who participates or leads industry committee or working groups or has published technical documents.

  • Power Systems-focused Graduate degree or Licensed Professional Engineering, Electrical Power focus.

  • 6+ years of substation engineering/design experience.

  • Experience developing protective relaying and/or control systems/SCADA device settings.

  • Substation project execution experience, including knowledge of key project deliverables (30/60/90/IFC, etc.)

  • Experience with applying and/or developing standardized drawings, documents, etc. related to substation projects.

Benefits

  • Annual salary will vary based on a candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and other factors:USD $109,600.00/Yr. - USD $164,400.00/Yr.

  • Annual Bonus for eligible positions: 15%

  • 401(k) match and annual company contribution

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

  • Life and disability insurance

  • Generous paid time off options, including vacation, sick time, floating and fixed holidays, maternity leave and bonding/primary caregiver leave or parental leave (based on position)

  • Long Term Incentive Plan for eligible positions

  • Wellbeing programs such as tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance and fitness reimbursement

  • Referral bonus program

  • And much more

Exelon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation to complete the application, please email us at DandI@exeloncorp.com.

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