Senior Electrical Engineer

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Location
Villa Park, IL
Candidate No.
276097

About this Candidate

DAVRON CV: Candidate 276097

SENIOR ELECTRICAL ENGINEER | SUBSTATION DESIGN, PROTECTION & CONTROL, UTILITY STANDARDS

Core Expertise

  • Utility standards development for transmission, distribution, substations, generation, and distributed energy resources.
  • Substation design and delivery for 46 kV to 500 kV, including IFC and IFA package production.
  • Protection and control engineering, relay coordination, SEL relay applications, and relay-setting documentation.
  • Renewable energy and BESS integration: inverter-based resources, utility-scale solar, and battery systems.
  • Commissioning and field testing with factory acceptance, commissioning plans, and brownfield troubleshooting.

Project Background

  • Led standards programs that standardized relay replacements, bills of materials, CAD files, and training materials.
  • Managed substation projects from conception through construction, overseeing budgets, schedules, and resource allocation.
  • Engineered utility-scale solar and BESS projects including 13.8 kV to 230 kV systems and grid interconnection studies.
  • Performed fault, short-circuit, load-flow, transient, arc-flash, grounding, and harmonic studies for transmission and distribution.
  • Designed substation automation, SCADA, communications, and relay databases to improve integration and operational reliability.

Key Skills

  • AutoCAD | AutoCAD Electrical | MicroStation | Revit | Autodesk Vault | Bentley ProjectWise | Bluebeam
  • ETAP | SKM | Siemens CAPE | ASPEN | CYMCAP | CDEGS
  • SEL software | RTAC | Relay programming | PLC programming
  • Protection & control | SCADA & substation automation | Instrumentation and controls
  • Fault analysis | Short-circuit | Load-flow | Transient | Arc-flash studies
  • Equipment specification | BOM creation | Factory acceptance testing | Commissioning
  • Standards & codes: IEEE | NEC | ANSI | IEC | NERC CIP | FERC

Education

  • B.S., Electrical Engineering — University of Georgia; Minor: Physics

Why Interview this Candidate?

A senior electrical engineer with 15+ years of utility and industrial experience in substation design, protection-and-control, and standards development. Demonstrated ability to develop company-wide standards, lead multidisciplinary teams, and deliver protection, fault, and integration studies that enhance grid reliability. Strong technical proficiency across modeling, relay software, and CAD environments; motivated to assume technical leadership and pursue PE licensure.

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