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Senior Electrical Engineer

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on designing the grid of the future at Electric Power Engineers (EPE), where you will act as both an owner engineer and design engineer on various MV and HV generation substation projects. You will contribute to advanced energy intelligence and support the development of a modern, secure, and resilient grid.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with power system emphasis.
  • 10+ years of experience in relevant work.
  • License as a Professional Engineer.

Responsibilities

  • Design electrical aspects related to generation, transmission, and distribution for substations.
  • Outline initial design concepts and oversee detailed designs including electrical layouts and diagrams.
  • Author technical specifications for major electrical components and evaluate vendor proposals.
  • Provide technical guidance to junior designers and engineers.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Teamwork
  • Collaboration

About the company

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Electric Power Engineers

  • Engineering Services
  • Scaleup
  • 201–500
A leader in grid reliability and resiliency, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe for over 50 years. EPE’s client-centric approach delivers unmatched expertise throughout the project lifecycle, with a platform of comprehensive services and proprietary solutions spanning utility engineering, grid and resource integration, reliability and compliance, digitalization, and grid analytics, as well as innovative software partnership with its sister company ENER-I.AI, Inc. Committed to designing and developing the grid of the future, EPE’s highly experienced team of detail-oriented consultants are passionate about helping clients address complex engineering and grid modeling challenges, bridge gaps, and gain visibility into the evolving complexities of the grid. Learn more about EPE at epeconsulting.com

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Job description

Overview:

We are designing the grid of the future! 

Working as a Sr. Electrical Engineer at EPE, you will act as an owner engineer and design engineer on various MV and HV generation substation projects.

Responsibilities:

How you can make an impact:

  • Aspects of electrical design related to generation, transmission, and distribution, including substations for solar, wind, and battery energy storage systems (BESS). Integration into the electrical grid, underground distribution systems, industrial electrical plant applications, and communications technologies.
  • Outlining the initial design concepts for substations and overseeing the review or creation of detailed designs, this includes:
    • Electrical layouts and elevations
    • Single-line and three-line diagrams
    • DC and AC control schematics, wiring connections, cable schedules
    • Organization of raceways, such as cable trays, duct banks, and trenches,
    • Comprehensive bill of materials.
  • Author technical specifications for major electrical components to meet customer needs and adhere to the most recent and relevant standards.
  • Vendor’s proposal evaluation
  • Reviewing vendor’s equipment specifications, and shop drawings.
  • Maintaining project schedule while adhering to project quality and budget objectives.
  • Excellent teamwork and collaboration.
  • Provide technical guidance to junior designers and engineers.
Qualifications:

Bring your passion, here's what’s needed:

  • Bachelor of Science or Electrical Engineering with power system emphasis.
  • 10+ years of experience in relevant work.
  • License as a Professional Engineer

Lead the change!

Be a part of an innovative team shaping the grid of the future through advanced energy intelligence.  For more than half a century, Electric Power Engineers (EPE) has partnered with power and energy clients across the globe, providing consulting expertise and energy intelligence software solutions for complex engineering and grid modeling challenges. As leaders in the renewables space, we are focused on building a modern, secure, and resilient grid.   Join us in making an impact on the communities we serve and the environment in which we live. Together we can transform the future of energy.  

How we support you:

  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision with 100% premium coverage for you
  • Generous PTO and paid holidays
  • MyShare Employee Ownership Program
  • Work with industry leaders
  • 401K, up to a 4% match (100% vested from day 1)

Location: This position will be remote US or Canada

Travel:  Occasional travel may be needed (10% or less)

EPE is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster, and its supplement are available using the following links: EEOC is the Law Poster

Third-Party Recruiting Notification

EPE does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to EPE via our career page or to any of our managers or employees will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency. EPE will not pay a fee to a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed third-party agreement and has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Talent Acquisition team. 

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