Electrical Engineer

About the role

The role is for a mid to senior-level Electrical Engineer to support projects for Garver’s water business line. This includes developing electrical power distribution designs for water and wastewater treatments plants, water distribution systems, and wastewater collection systems.

Responsibilities

• Developing detailed designs for water and wastewater treatment electrical power distribution, standby power generation, motor starting, and lighting systems
• Working closely with other team members, including instrumentation and control engineers and other engineering disciplines to coordinate the project requirements
• Developing one-line diagrams, power plans, grounding and lightning protection plans, and lighting plans for industrial facilities
• Coinciding with various electrical equipment vendors
• Preparing design calculations, coordinating with other support discipline activities on projects, coordinating with regional Garver offices and regulating agencies, construction cost estimating, and quality assurance and control
• Coinciding schedules, monitoring project budgets, and ensuring delivery of quality work products which adhere to Garver standardization
• Developing details and specifications
• Performing power system studies
• Coinciding schedules
• Monitoring budgets
• Quality program compliance, including ensuring delivery of quality work products that adhere to Garver standardization.
• Electrical design standards and tools development, procurement, and training
• Performing assessments of industrial electrical equipment and systems
• On-site advisement of clients for electrical issues and improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a related field from an ABET accredited program
• 6 or more years of direct design experience
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
• Techically competent in engineering design including power distribution and standby power generating systems
• Proven experience overseeing and developing electrical designs for industrial facilities, including detailed plans and specifications for major projects
• Proven field experience in technical electrical problem resolution
• Overall understanding of water and wastewater treatment plant systems in a plant-wide setting
• Experience with power system studies including short circuit analysis, overcurrent coordination, and arc flash
• Demonstrated ability to develop and design low and medium voltage power distribution systems
• Experience using Bluebeam and MSOffice products, including Excel, Outlook and Word
• Understanding of the electrical complexities associated with water and wastewater treatment equipment
• Good communication skills (verbal and written)
• Strong teaching and coaching skills to bring new members up to speed

Preferred Skills

• Water / Wastewater consulting experience
• Working knowledge of power system modeling software - SKM PowerTools for Windows, EasyPower
• Use of AutoCad and/or Revit CAD programs
• Experience with instrumentation and controls and SCADA design