POWER GRID ENGINEER

Job Title : POWER GRID ENGINEER ⚡

 

📋 Position Overview

KILONEWTONS is seeking a dynamic, highly technical, and innovative POWER GRID ENGINEER to spearhead our electrical infrastructure and high-voltage distribution operations in Phoenix 🌵. In this pivotal role, you will design, analyze, and optimize robust power transmission networks, substation architectures, and industrial grid integrations. Your expertise will power our heavy industrial facilities and ensure seamless energy reliability across our expanding operational footprint.

🎯 Key Responsibilities

  • Grid Design & Architecture: Design, model, and optimize high-voltage (HV) and medium-voltage (MV) power transmission systems, substations, and industrial grid connections. 🔌
  • Load Flow & System Stability Analysis: Perform comprehensive power flow, short-circuit, transient stability, and harmonic analysis to ensure uninterrupted and efficient grid performance. 📊
  • Equipment Specification & Integration: Specify, select, and oversee the installation of transformers, switchgears, protective relays, circuit breakers, and cabling infrastructure. ⚙️
  • Protection & Control Systems: Develop and test sophisticated protective relay schemes, SCADA integrations, and automation systems to safeguard electrical networks from faults. 🛡️
  • Regulatory Compliance & Standards: Ensure all electrical designs and installations strictly comply with NERC, FERC, IEEE standards, and local Arizona utility regulations. 📜
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with structural engineers, project managers, and civil teams to coordinate cable routing, substation civil works, and heavy equipment placements. 🤝
  • Commissioning & Troubleshooting: Lead on-site testing, system commissioning, root-cause failure analysis, and immediate troubleshooting of grid disruptions. ⚡

🛠️ Required Qualifications & Experience

  • Professional Experience: Minimum of 5 years of hands-on electrical engineering experience focused on power systems, transmission grids, or heavy industrial electrical infrastructure. ⏱️
  • Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline. 🎓
  • Software Proficiency: Advanced command of industry-standard power systems and CAD software, including ETAP, PSS/E, SKM PowerTools, DigSILENT PowerFactory, alongside AutoCAD and Revit (for electrical-structural spatial coordination) and STAAD.Pro or Tekla Structures (for reviewing substation gantry and tower loads). 💻
  • Technical Knowledge: Deep understanding of power grid dynamics, substation physical layout, earthing/grounding design, and protective relay configuration. ⚡
  • Language Skills: Professional proficiency in English (written and verbal). 🗣️

🌟 Soft Skills

  • Analytical Problem-Solving: Exceptional diagnostic abilities to untangle complex electrical transients and resolve grid instability under tight timelines. 💡
  • Cross-Disciplinary Communication: Ability to translate intricate power systems data into clear, actionable guidelines for non-electrical project stakeholders. 💬
  • Project & Risk Management: Strong organizational capabilities to manage multiple grid expansion milestones, vendor schedules, and safety protocols simultaneously. 🗂️
  • Safety Leadership: Uncompromising commitment to electrical safety protocols, lock-out/tag-out (LOTO) procedures, and industry best practices. 🛡️

🏢 About KILONEWTONS

At KILONEWTONS, we engineer the backbone of global industrial progress. Operating at the forefront of the iron and steel sector, our brand stands for unyielding strength, precision manufacturing, and electrical reliability. Join our world-class team in Phoenix and help us power the future! 🏗️✨

📝 How to Apply

Ready to energize your career with a global industry leader? Submit your resume, cover letter, and portfolio of electrical engineering projects directly through our careers portal at www.kilonewtons.com or send your application to our HR team today! 🚀💼

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