Lead Power Distribution Design Engineer

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is seeking a Lead Power Distribution Design Engineer. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

About the role

The Project Operations Team provides comprehensive engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services throughout the entire project lifecycle. The team specializes in handling both greenfield and brownfield turnkey electrical projects and has expertise in designing and constructing high and medium-voltage substations and developing power distribution solutions for utilities, government, data centers, industrial, and commercial facilities. This position is remote within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Provide design engineering services instrumental to the completion of turnkey projects.
• Provide engineering guidance to teams of designers/discipline-specific engineers to create complete designs including both electrical and civil packages.
• Lead design deliverables to maintain project schedule, design budget, design accuracy, and submittal completeness in concert with a broader execution team.
• Perform value-added engineering to provide a quality product while driving efficiencies.
• Lead medium/high voltage designs for both substations and MV power distribution.
• Participate in site walk-downs to assist in developing proposals for new work.
• Develop engineering estimates to define scope, budget, and review technical documents.
• Develop and maintain schedule/budget.
• Work with and mentor other engineers on the team.
• Submit to periodic customer-required background and drug screenings.
• Travel 10% of the time.

Requirements

• BS in engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum of 3 years of electrical engineering or electrical design experience, OR
• AS in Engineering from an accredited institution with a minimum of 7 years of electrical engineering or design experience, OR
• In lieu of degree, a minimum of 10 years of electrical engineering or design experience.
• Must reside within the United States to be considered.
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position (e.g., CPT, OPT, STEM OPT, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability).

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in electrical engineering or design.
• Professional Engineer qualification.
• Field experience in testing/commissioning medium voltage equipment.
• Working knowledge of NERC/FERC, NESC, NEC, ANSI, NETA.
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.

Skills

• Equipment Specifications
• Single line/Three line drawings
• Schematics/Wiring/Interconnection diagrams
• General arrangement drawings
• Conduit/cable plans
• Grounding drawings
• AC/DC control power drawings
• SCADA design
• Equipment Testing Procedures/Commissioning plans

Pay

The expected annual salary range for this role is $97,000 - $143,000 a year.

Benefits

Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.