Master Electrician or Electrical Inspector

About the role

Schnabel Engineering is seeking a highly skilled Master Electrician or Electrical/I&C Inspector to join our distinguished team for a project located in Alexandria, VA. The ideal candidate will play an essential role in our team, ensuring every project we undertake observes the highest standards of safety, quality, and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Work under the direction of a Resident Engineer and supported by a Construction Engineer as the Owner’s day-to-day eyes and ears on the ground.
• Responsible for verification and documentation of daily construction activities using Procore, including preparing daily reports with job photos, reporting and documenting work progress, safety and quality observations.
• Review maintenance of operations submittals and coordinate subsequent Plant Impact Requests with the Contractor and Plant operations.
• Work with all parties to mitigate plant and project risks and facilitate integrated planning.

Plant Upgrade Description

Solids Upgrade Program: Includes replacements to thickening and dewatering equipment, gravity thickeners, and digestor heat exchangers and mixers. The Program will decommission a pasteurization system and install a new solids dryer facility. Future technologies, such as pyrolysis, may be piloted with operational support provided throughout the pilot’s duration.

Preliminary and Primary Systems Upgrade Project: Plans to improve and rehabilitate preliminary and primary processes located in two buildings and the Primary Settling Tanks (PSTs). Improvements include:

• Building A: coarse screen upgrades, a third coarse screen, raw sewage pump upgrades, and raw sewage conduit rehabilitation.
• Building B: fine screen upgrades, new screenings and grit conveyance, new truck loading technology, new grit washers, scum concentrator upgrades, and a mix of new vortex grit separators and stacked tray grit separators.
• PSTs: primary sludge pump upgrades, refurbishment of the Primary Observation House, relocation of the existing walkway, repair of the PST effluent channel and control structures, and replacement of the PST influent baffles, slide gates, scum skimmers, and handrails.

Centrate Pretreatment Project: Will upgrade the CPT system to a modernized continuous flow DEMON system. Work includes new flow-through baffles, parabolic screens, submersible pumps, wedge wire screens, instrumentation, and associated piping and cleaning.

Required Skills/Experience

• 10+ years of experience in MV and LV electrical systems, process instrumentation, and process controls for wastewater and/or industrial projects of similar scope and size.
• Licensed master electrician skilled in installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex electrical systems.
• Ability to ensure code compliance and team collaboration with design and contractor teams to solve issues, requiring expert knowledge and adherence to strict safety standards for facilities or construction projects.
• Experience within active wastewater treatment facilities is highly preferred.
• Certifications include:
  • Licensed master electrician or certified electrical inspector (International Code Council E2 or International Association of Electrical Inspector Master CEI-M).
  • Specialized Virginia Building Code Academy Commercial/Industrial training.
  • OSHA 30 trained.

Other Requirements

• Ability to pass a background check which may include criminal history, motor vehicle record, and credit check.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screening.

Pay

The compensation range for this position is between $50/hour to $83/hour depending on experience. Compensation may vary based on geographic location and other factors.