Electrical Studies Engineer - Senior Professional

Electrical Studies Engineer - Senior Professional at WSP

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Electrical Studies Engineer for our Hailey, e. The following locations will also be considered:
Eastern Washington, Western Montana, and Eastern Oregon. Be involved in projects with our SCADA and Analytical Services Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

This Opportunity

Provides technical assistance and guidance for multi‑site/phase due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, permitting, design, development, and construction of utility, industrial, and commercial scale projects in the public and private sector. Routinely assist with the research, design, concept development, and construction of transmission and distribution substations, power distribution, power regulation, renewable energy, as well as protection and control systems in a wide variety of contexts (utilities, transportation, building, and Federal, State, and local government projects).

Substantiates reports and documentation regarding material, installations, component, and construction specifications. Ensures that responsibilities are delivered and adhered to with a level of quality that meets or exceeds acceptable industry standards for design, safety, and functionality.

Your Impact

• Determine well‑defined methods for collecting, compiling, and analyzing data relating to substation components, equipment specifications for procurement package development and pricing, IFR/IRC detailed design and review processes, and IEEE/NESC Standards/NERC regulations for design work.
• Review and advise on third‑party design documents, procurement lists, and project plans.
• Design studies: substation grounding, corona and electric and magnetic fields, insulation coordination (lightning, switching surge, and contamination performance), transient (time domain) simulation, power quality (harmonics, voltage flicker, over/under voltage, etc.), motor starting, AC interference (transmission line interaction with railroads and pipelines).
• Applicable software: CDEGS, WinIGS, ATP-EMTP, PSCAD, PSSE, COMSOL.
• Successful candidates must be willing to travel on occasion and work successfully in a customer focused, project‑oriented environment.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision‑making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience), Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Computer Science or Computer Engineering.
• 5 to 7 years of relevant post‑education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for large capital projects.
• Engineer in Training certification.
• Experience working with operations and project controls for purposes of reporting and proposal development.
• Must be willing to travel on occasion.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference is given to applicants with training or power system courses covering topics such as protective relaying, symmetrical components, transmission line theory, power system transients, dynamic stability, and power system electromagnetics.
• Professional registration is not required; however, preference is given to applicants who are registered professional engineers (P.E., P. Eng.).
• Preference is given to applicants with working knowledge and experience in more than one of the three technical disciplines listed and with experience using the applicable software packages for those disciplines.
• Preference is also given to applicants with experience in customer‑focused engineering projects in the technical areas above.
• Preference will be given to applicants with experience in both protective relaying and design of Protection & Control (P&C) drawings/schematics.

Disclaimer

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

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