Job Description
The Electrical Engineer will support power generation and delivery projects by leading design, analysis, and interconnection studies for high-voltage electrical systems, substations, and renewable energy facilities, ensuring compliance with industry standards and coordinating with multidisciplinary teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead high-voltage power engineering design from project kickoff to issuance for construction across generation, transmission, distribution, and substations.
- Coordinate with multidisciplinary teams including substation physical, PC, SCADA, civil, structural, transmission, distribution, studies, construction, procurement, and project management.
- Prepare design packages, technical documents, reports, specifications, BOMs, estimates, and outage plans.
- Support proposals and change orders with technical scopes and effort estimates.
- Perform site visits, walkdowns, and client meetings as needed.
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and codes such as NEC, NESC, NFPA, IEEE, ANSI, and USDA.
- Conduct interdisciplinary reviews to ensure interface alignment across disciplines.
- Perform power system studies including load flow, dynamic, short circuit, grounding, cable ampacity, and protection coordination analyses.
- Review utility interconnection studies for compliance and produce technical reports.
- Utilize engineering tools such as PSSE, PSCAD, ETAP, CYME, SKM, PowerWorld, and others for analysis and modeling.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET Accredited program
- Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Certification is desired for Level I through III
- Professional Engineer (PE) License is desired for Level IV and above
- Experience in leading HV power engineering design from kickoff to IFC across generation, transmission, distribution, and substations
- Experience coordinating daily with substation physical, PC, SCADA, civil, structural, transmission, distribution, studies, construction, procurement, and project management teams
- Ability to prepare check design packages and technical documents including design criteria, drawings, reports, specifications, Bills of Materials (BOMs), estimates, studies, commissioning outage plans, and scopes
- Support proposals and change orders with technical scopes and level-of-effort estimates
- Track scope, schedule, and budget with Project Manager and Discipline Manager to deliver accurate, quality work
- Perform occasional site visits, walkdowns, and client meetings
- Ensure compliance with NEC, NESC, NFPA, IEEE, ANSI, USDA, and internal QA/QC standards
- Conduct interdisciplinary reviews to align interfaces across all disciplines
- Perform PSSE PSCAD load flow dynamic studies, tune benchmark renewable models, and document results
- Work within ISO RTO processes including ERCOT, MISO, SPP, and support FERC pro-forma for LGIP, SGIP, DER impact studies, injection analyses, and LMP congestion reviews
- Apply standards such as NERC PRC MOD, IEEE 2800, 1547, and experience with PRC-019, 024, 029, and MOD-026, 027 is preferred
- Execute electrical studies including load flow, reactive power, short circuit, grounding, cable ampacity, energy loss, harmonics, protection coordination, arc flash, insulation coordination, induced voltages, TOV, and TRV
- Review utility interconnection studies for compliance with PPA utility requirements and produce clear technical reports
- Proficiency with tools such as PSSE, PSCAD, PSLF, ETAP, CYMCAP, WinIGS, CDEGS, SKM, PowerWorld, ASPEN Power, and CYME
- Ability to perform load flow, reactive, short circuit, grounding, cable ampacity, energy loss, harmonics, protection coordination, arc flash, insulation coordination, induced voltages, TOV, and TRV studies
- Experience supporting interconnection and impact studies for utility projects
- Ability to interpret standards including NERC PRC MOD, IEEE 2800, 1547, and PRC-019, 024, 029, MOD-026, 027
- Physical ability to perform site visits and walkdowns as required
Benefits & Perks
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible work schedules
Travel Vouchers
Competitive Compensation packages
Annual bonuses, spot bonuses and peer recognition awards
401K match - 1 to 1 up to 4% of compensation
Tuition Assistance
Student Loan Repayment up to 25K
Paid Licensing Certification Fees and Renewals
Financial Rewards for Obtaining Licensure
Employee Referrals up to 5,000
Annual Wellness Reimbursement up to 500
Gym memberships, fitness tracker, home gym equipment
Dependent Care Match
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Pet Insurance
Health Savings Account
Flex Spending Account options
Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
Metlife Supplemental Benefits covering accident, hospitalization, and critical illness
Member Assistance Program (MAP) with counseling, legal, financial, and work-life services
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