Senior Electrical Power Engineer

About the role

The power generation market is growing and evolving, driven by strong capacity demand signals. Our national Power Generation team is poised for monumental growth and is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to support our clients in developing, contracting, and implementing natural gas and potentially renewable energy generation projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in power generation and distribution, 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams for power generation design projects including supporting in a traditional Owner’s Engineering role.
• Mentor young engineers and support in managing client relationships.
• Lead marketing activities including proposal technical writing, fee builds, and work breakdown structure development in response to requests for proposals.
• Direct the activities of other engineering professionals and act as a mentor to other staff members as needed.
• Work with Project Manager and Project Controller on project reviews with management as needed.

Requirements

• Experience within the utility scale power and renewable energy industry.
• Extensive experience in power generation and distribution, protection and control design and settings development, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting and grounding design, including instrumentation and control and life safety systems.
• A significant level of design and engineer of record work experience with power plant systems is required.
• Excellent communication, written, and organizational skills.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work independently, as a lead on a multi-discipline consulting team, or as a lead on a small team.
• Extensive knowledge of three-phase electrical power, protection and control design and settings development, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting and grounding design, including instrumentation and control and life safety systems.
• Direct the activities of other engineering professionals and act as a mentor to other staff members as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited program with an Electrical Power emphasis.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Control Systems Engineering with an Electrical Power emphasis.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in electrical power generation design.
• Design experience with simple cycle and combined cycle power generation.
• Previous experience with an engineering power consulting or EPC firm desired.

Skills

• Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, and Revit).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

• The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

• Full-time

Business Class

• Power

Employee Status

• Regular

Job Posting Date

• May 14, 2026

Company Information

• We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.