Electrical Engineer II or III

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* Job Description:

**** Overview
* * Deriva Energy is a leading Independent Power Producer in the US renewables market, with over 6.5 GW of operating or under construction wind, solar and storage projects across the country. Formerly a part of Duke Energy, Deriva is now a Brookfield Renewable company. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world’s largest publicly traded, pure-play renewable power platforms. Join a dynamic team committed to excellence and innovation who envision a future of energy independence using resilient, carbon-free generation.

We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to make a significant impact in the rapidly evolving energy industry.  Deriva empowers customers with innovative clean energy solutions that strengthen communities and serve future generations.
** Position Summary
** Our Engineers are a vital part of our organization, and we take pride in hiring the best in the industry. We are looking for an Electrical Engineer on the Deriva Energy Team to perform and troubleshoot complex problems and develop advances solutions within power systems. This role may require supervisory functions including assisting team members, collaboration with other departments, suppliers and manufactures.

The Electrical Engineer will also work closely with our Operations Staff and/or external customers primarily in support of operations, project activity and creation of design standards for future renewable energy plants. Projects include substations and collector systems for both wind, solar and energy storage projects.

** This is a full-time, permanent position. The physical location will be in Charlotte, NC.
**** Deriva Energy will offer relocation assistance if you are selected for the role and do not live within a reasonable commute of the work location.
**** Responsibilities
* ** This position will require travel to various sites throughout the continental U.S.
* Ability to travel for short term assignments as required and must to be able to respond and/or provide support to emergency events after hours including but not limited to: reviewing fault logs from SEL and GE multilin relays
* Use technical information, such as design information, operating experience, and fundamental engineering principles, to resolve equipment performance problems and technical issues and to provide input to operational decisions relating to turbines, inverters and battery storage
* Provide technical assistance to operation teams for protection and controls over the DESS fleet
* Ensure assets meet/remain in NERC and ISO compliance
* Analyze fault and test data to diagnose/troubleshoot any failures/malfunctions, to direct repairs, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications
* Help identify with other units of Deriva, methods to increase plant efficiency/reliability and recommend and implement capital improvement projects to help increase project effectiveness, proficiency, and safety
* Analyze and resolve well-defined problems in area of expertise.
* Contribute to team decision-making in the accomplishment of business goals and objectives through effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities
* Familiar with changing priorities and differing situations and makes decision that may affect the work of the team.
* Prepare thorough and accurate technical reports, correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches related to well-defined problems and analysis of moderate scope and complexity
* Conduct engineering and related studies; projects and assignments are clearly defined with focus on development but must be able to complete routine engineering projects with minimal oversight
* Ability to design, operate and maintain systems with minimum impact on existing systems
* Possess and apply the fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures
* Demonstrates proficiency in technical competencies and has ability to interpret technical information and instructions
* Develop positive working relationships to effectively coordinate work activities
* Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills
* Maintain accurate records and files
** Basic Qualifications
**** Engineer II
*** B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program
* In addition to required education, (2) years or more of relevant work experience
** Engineer III
*** B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program.
* In addition to required education, (4) years or more of relevant work experience
** Desired Qualifications
*** Master’s Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited program
* Experience in engineering contract management and maintaining accurate records and files
* Experience in high voltage and sub-station maintenance
* Experience in wind farm or solar farm electrical collection systems, grid connections, inverters, and wind turbines
* Experience in supervising engineering resources and…