Electrical Engineer - Power Generation

About the role

The Electrical Power Engineer candidate should have experience within the utility scale power and renewable energy industry and be capable of supporting power generation design projects including leading multiple design and engineering project or administration tasks simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Support power generation design projects including leading multiple design and engineering project or administration tasks simultaneously.
• Lead power generation and distribution, renewable energy, protection and motor control design, power system studies, construction and equipment specification development, and balance of plant designs such as raceway, lighting, and grounding systems.
• Have specific experience in protection and control design experience including setting calculations and electronic files development, instrumentation and controls experience particularly with DCS and PLC systems, field experience, including startup and commissioning, experience in renewable energy (PV, BESS, etc.) and DER or “microgrid” projects, previous experience with an engineering power consulting firm, willingness to grow into a team lead or section manager role, knowledge and experience with three-phase electrical power, protection and control design, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting and grounding design, including instrumentation and control and life safety systems.
• Conduct work sessions and project meetings, and/or participate in reviews at the project site in conjunction with the Project Manager and other disciplines, and provide construction contract administration as needed.
• Develop project schematic design and contract document phase of a project including reviewing project documents, writing project specification and coordinating areas of conflict with other disciplines.
• Cook up with and assist affected disciplines with addenda, requests for information (RFIs), change orders (COs), job safety analysis (JSAs) and take responsibility to incorporate agreed-upon changes into the project documents.
• Conduct QA/QC on the work of other Engineers, Project Coordinators or Designers.

Requirements

• A level of design and engineer of record work experience with power plant systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.
• Previous experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, and Revit).

Qualifications

• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

Skills

• Preferred qualifications include protection and control design experience including setting calculations and electronic files development, instrumentation and controls experience particularly with DCS and PLC systems, field experience, including startup and commissioning, experience in renewable energy (PV, BESS, etc.) and DER or “microgrid” projects, previous experience with an engineering power consulting firm, willingness to grow into a team lead or section manager role, knowledge and experience with three-phase electrical power, protection and control design, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting and grounding design, including instrumentation and control and life safety systems, conduct work sessions and project meetings, and/or participate in reviews at the project site in conjunction with the Project Manager and other disciplines, develop project schematic design and contract document phase of a project including reviewing project documents, writing project specification and coordinating areas of conflict with other disciplines, cook up with and assist affected disciplines with addenda, requests for information (RFIs), change orders (COs), job safety analysis (JSAs) and take responsibility to incorporate agreed-upon changes into the project documents, conduct QA/QC on the work of other Engineers, Project Coordinators or Designers, an attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

Benefits

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Pay

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time

Benefits

Health insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and more.

Company Culture

We believe in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HDR is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.