Engineering Manager, Power Systems

Location: United States (Southern region) — Remote start, phased transition to site Engagement type: Contract / Staff augmentation Experience required: 10+ years

The Opportunity: A major North American heavy industrial operator is expanding one of its flagship manufacturing facilities. The expansion includes new production capacity requiring a complete high voltage power infrastructure — from utility interconnection through main substation and plant-wide distribution to energisation. We are seeking a senior power systems authority to own this electrical scope end to end. This is an owner-side role embedded within the client's engineering team, carrying both front-end technical design and field execution oversight through to commissioning. The engagement begins remotely and transitions to site in the southern United States as the project moves into execution. What You Will OwnUtility interconnection and system studies — load flow, short circuit, interconnection coordination through to energisation approval Main substation design — single line diagrams, bus arrangement, equipment sizing and selection, grounding to IEEE 80, lightning shielding to IEEE 998 Plant high voltage distribution — step-down transformers, breaker vaults, feeders, series reactors Power quality — flicker assessment to IEEE 1453, harmonic analysis to IEEE 519, sizing and specification of SVC, STATCOM and passive harmonic filter systems Load characterisation — furnace and drive loads, melting cycle behaviour, worst-case flicker and harmonic injection conditions Protection and control — relay coordination, transformer protection, substation automation Long lead equipment specification and procurement support Construction oversight, commissioning and energisation