Electrical Project Engineer, Wind

About the role

The Electrical Project Engineer supports Westwood Professional Services, Inc.'s Power Division by designing solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. Responsibilities include plant layout, selecting system hardware, optimizing systems, determining power generation and interconnection requirements, and leading portions of the electrical engineering of projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical engineering portions of commercial and utility scale solar
• Responsible for contractual electrical engineering scope, verify incorporation into design, and coordination of change orders with project manager
• Coordinate with other project disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors
• Perform electrical engineering design and creation of construction documents for projects
• Perform electrical calculations and studies such as short circuit, load flow calculations and voltage drop
• Coordinate with clients, utilities, and code enforcement officers
• QA/QC of design work performed by interns, graduate engineers, and staff engineers
• Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices
• Collaborate with and support electrical engineering teams in other offices as projects and workload sharing between offices dictate
• Support construction of the projects by responding to contractor and owner requests including RFIs and submittal review
• Supervise, train, and/or mentor interns, graduate engineers, and design technicians

Requirements

• Knowledge of NEC and NESC
• Proficiency in the use of an electrical power system modeling program(s)
• Approximately 3-7 years of experience in the design of electrical distribution, generation, and or general electrical construction
• Working knowledge and ability to read and create construction drawings and specification packages
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Professional appearance with excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to write detailed technical reports with minimal oversight
• Experience with progress reports, managing project data and communicating project requirements to internal stakeholders
• Strong work ethic along with a positive attitude
• Able to work in a collaborative environment
• Self-motivated with an ability to balance multiple projects under tight deadlines with minimal supervision
• Ability to use AutoCAD in at least a limited capacity

Skills

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Renewable Engineering Program
• Experience and knowledge of overall design and construction of renewable power projects
• Experience with EV Chargers
• Experience in lighting design and photometrics analysis using AGI32 or Visual Lighting
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Electrical PE License or ability to be licensed in the future
• Experience with energy storage systems (battery, flywheel, or capacitor)
• Proficiency with ETAP, CYMCAP, WinIGS, and/or DigSilent, PowerFactory to model electrical power systems and perform load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, grounding, thermal, and protective device coordination studies and analysis
• Experience with PVsyst, Helioscope, SAM, or other PV production modeling software
• Experience with Helios 3D, PVcase, RatedPower, SolarFarmer, or other PV site layout software
• Experience with PSS/E, PSCAD, EMTP, or similar software and performing transient/dynamic modeling and studies or power systems

Benefits

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. offers a competitive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more. The company also provides professional development opportunities and encourages a healthy work-life balance.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible working hours to accommodate project demands.