Senior Electrical Power Engineer

About the role

The Senior Electrical Power Engineer candidate should have experience within the utility or power generation or renewable energy industry and be capable of leading teams for both small and large power generation design projects as well as acting in the owner’s engineer role.

Responsibilities

• Leading teams for both small and large power generation design projects
• Acting in the owner’s engineer role
• Mentoring young engineers
• Supporting in managing client relationships
• Leading technical proposal efforts in support of the project manager

Requirements

• 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
• Significant level of design and engineer of record work experience with power plant systems
• 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, relay protection and control design, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting, arc flash, instrumentation, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Minimum 8 years experience in electrical power generation design
• Design experience with coal, hydro, simple cycle and combined cycle power plants
• Previous experience with an engineering power consulting or EPC firm desired
• Experience with power systems analysis software like ETAP/SKM a plus

Skills

• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication, written and organizational skills
• Extensive knowledge of three-phase electrical power, relay protection and control design, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting, arc flash, instrumentation, etc.

Benefits

• Less than 15% travel for on-site meetings with clients and vendors as well as project site visits to investigate site conditions or in support of proposal efforts

Pay

Details TBD

Schedule

Hybrid/Remote eligibility dependent on candidate

Location

• Knoxville, TN
• Chattanooga, TN
• Nashville, TN
• Atlanta, GA