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Senior Substation Commissioning Engineer
Position Summary
The Senior Substation Commissioning Engineer is responsible for leading the commissioning, testing, energization, and operational acceptance of transmission and distribution substations, protection systems, SCADA systems, and associated electrical infrastructure. This role ensures all substation assets are commissioned safely, reliably, and in accordance with engineering design specifications, regulatory requirements, manufacturer recommendations, and industry best practices.
The incumbent serves as the technical authority for substation commissioning activities and provides leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineers, technicians, contractors, and operational personnel throughout the project lifecycle.
Essential Functions
Substation Commissioning & Energization
- Lead all commissioning activities for transmission and distribution substations, switchgear, transformers, breakers, protection systems, and associated equipment.
- Develop and execute commissioning plans, schedules, procedures, and energization strategies.
- Coordinate commissioning activities with Engineering, Operations, Contractors, Vendors, and Project Teams.
- Conduct pre-commissioning inspections, system walk-downs, punch list reviews, and readiness assessments.
- Verify equipment installation and functionality prior to energization.
- Lead energization and operational acceptance testing activities.
- Ensure all commissioning deliverables are completed and accepted prior to turnover to Operations.
Protection, Control & SCADA Systems
- Review and approve protection relay settings, schemes, and commissioning procedures.
- Oversee testing and commissioning of protection, control, communications, and SCADA systems.
- Validate relay calibration, functional testing, and operational performance.
- Troubleshoot and resolve protection and control system issues during commissioning and startup.
- Ensure proper integration of substations into the grid control and monitoring environment.
Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Review and approve commissioning reports, test records, and turnover documentation.
- Ensure compliance with utility standards, engineering specifications, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Support internal and external audits as required.
- Verify that all systems meet operational performance requirements before acceptance.
Safety Leadership
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure all commissioning activities are conducted safely.
- Lead Job Hazard Analyses (JHA), switching reviews, and pre-job briefings.
- Ensure compliance with all company safety policies, electrical safety standards, and operational procedures.
- Participate in incident investigations and corrective action initiatives as required.
Leadership Responsibilities
- Provide technical oversight and mentorship to engineers, technicians, and commissioning personnel.
- Lead cross-functional project teams during commissioning and startup activities.
- Coordinate external contractors, consultants, and equipment vendors.
- Support workforce development and knowledge transfer initiatives within Engineering and Operations.
Other Requirements
- Participate in emergency/storm restoration assignments.
- Represent BGC in meetings with regulators, consultants, major customers, and external partners.
- Perform other engineering duties as assigned by the VP of Engineering.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to substations, field sites, and customer locations.
- Willingness to work extended or irregular hours during outages, system events, or major projects.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive engineering and grid security information.
Qualifications
- Minimum 7+ years of engineering experience in protection and control, power systems, or utility operations.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems or related field.
- Extensive experience with protection relays, SCADA systems, system studies, and utility control systems.
- Proficiency with power system analysis tools (ETAP, ASPEN, CYME, or equivalent).
- Strong written, verbal, and analytical communication skills.
- Professional Engineer (PE) license or eligibility for registration in The Bahamas.
- Experience with utility scale automation, grid modernization, DER integration, or digital substations.
- Advanced knowledge of IEEE, NERC, IEC, and utility protection standards.
- Experience in designing, reviewing, or commissioning P&C systems.
- Experience in mentoring or leading engineering teams.
What's In It For You
- Competitive compensation and performance based incentives.
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
- Retirement savings plan with company matching.
- Generous paid time off and leave benefits.
- Life and accident insurance coverage.
- Opportunities for professional growth and career development.
- Direct influence on long term capital investment decisions and national energy reliability planning.
- Opportunity to lead high impact engineering functions including system planning, protection strategy, and network development.