Planning Engineer Onsite Hybrid in Gainesville, VA
Listed on 2026-07-20
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineer
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Planning Engineer (Full-Time) (Onsite 5 days then Hybrid after in Gainesville, VA)
Location:
On-site 5 days a week in Gainesville, VA, for the first 4 months, then can be a hybrid schedule of 3 days in the office and 2 days remote
Salary: $125K - $160K Base Salary Plus Bonus
Must Haves:
- Three (3) years of related experience.
- A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field is required
- Must be able to work in Gainesville, VA
- Performs prudent planning, engineering, operational, and economical studies and develops reliable and cost-effective solutions to design, construct, and safely operate the electrical system.
- Develops technical standards, specifications, guidelines, and business processes for use by other departments and acts as a resource for technical advice.
- Assists in planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of the department in analyzing and proposing system improvements and new facilities.
- The Senior Engineer is expected to independently take initiative to identify and develop solutions to address system constraints or areas for improvement with minimal direction.
We are seeking an experienced Planning Engineer to join the System Engineering team at our Gainesville, Virginia, Office.
OVERVIEW
ROLE:
Performs prudent planning, engineering, operational, and economical studies and develops reliable and cost-effective solutions to design, construct, and safely operate the electrical system.
Develops technical standards, specifications, guidelines, and business processes for use by other departments and acts as a resource for technical advice.
Assists in planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of the department in analyzing and proposing system improvements and new facilities.
The Senior Engineer is expected to independently take initiative to identify and develop solutions to address system constraints or areas for improvement with minimal direction.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Issues well-justified recommendations for the annual capital budget to meet compliance, capacity, or reliability requirements. Utilizes engineering analysis software tools, models, and databases to identify needed projects and support project justification
- Develops Short Range and Long Range Plans for the electrical system, including substations, transmission, and distribution construction, and improvement projects.
- Independently designs electrical layout and interconnections for data centers, large commercial customers, and new subdivisions.
- Determines system protection requirements and limitations by independently performing coordination studies, voltage drop studies, and fault current studies, and issues recommendations to improve and optimize electrical system performance.
- Develop new protective device settings to improve protective device coordination.
- Develops technical standards and guidelines for internal and external use.
- Designs electrical layout and interconnections for data centers, large commercial customers, and new subdivisions with minimal oversight.
- Reviews construction work orders to ensure adherence to short-range work plans, specifications, policies, guidelines, and procedures, and determines over-current and over-voltage protection requirements.
- Facilitates planning activities with management, principal engineers, developers, and government agencies to ensure that the ultimate anticipated load growth development coincides with the proposed system improvements.
- Review outage data and determine appropriate system improvements.
- Identify outage trends and develop programs to address the root causes of significant outages.
- Reviews the accuracy of the system maps and data in the Geographic Information System (GIS) and CYME engineering model for use within the organization.
- Provide guidance to less experienced engineers, technical expertise, and daily team leadership.
- Interprets industry standards and regulations and provides technical support for regulatory compliance efforts.
- Follows all…
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