Electrical Engineer; Power Systems; Senior level

For over 60 years, DOWL has thrived as a highly reputable, professional services consulting firm, recognizing that the foundation of our past, present, and our future is our people. DOWL’s foundation is built upon four core values:
Inclusion, Integrity, Innovation, and Inspiration. These values are rooted in everything we do. As a valued partner on our engineering team, you will be one of the People Who Make It Happen!

Summary

This Electrical Engineer is responsible for providing electrical engineering design expertise for a wide range of projects associated with the water, wastewater, irrigation, structural, transportation and civil engineering designs. This work includes, but is not limited to, power distribution design, electrical system evaluations and assessments, medium voltage & 480 V designs, dry utility undergrounding, utility coordination, and I&C Designs. This is an opportunity to join and grow a great team that is passionate about infrastructure power supply, power protection, and instrumentation for our communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple concurrent Electrical Design projects.
• Work with other Senior Engineers, Project Engineers, and Project Managers to provide a quality experience for our customers and successful integration to meet each customer’s needs.
• Review proposals to ensure technical accuracy for own projects.
• Work with engineering teams on the coordinated Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Structural and Controls Design for projects.
• Assist with managing department projects.
• Mentor and supervise other engineers.
• Conduct periodic visits to construction sites to monitor quality and progress of the work.
• Coordinate with government agencies, client staff, and other professionals to obtain design information and approvals.
• Travel locally and occasionally out of state to project sites for meetings or field work.
• Consistently exercise discretion and judgment in all work tasks.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and/or Experience

Candidates should possess a B.S. degree from an ABET accredited electrical engineering or related program and at least 15 years of experience.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• PE
  
  Required:
  
  This position is for a licensed engineer to practice electrical engineering in Nevada, CA, and Oregon and Montana, Arizona, and Alaska (PE required in one state with other states added after employment at DOWL).
• Candidate must be able to obtain additional licenses as needed to perform work in other states as needed.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a good driving record.

Preferred Qualifications

To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Design of all industrial electrical and building electrical systems.
• Coordinate electrical plans for PCIS and SCADA related projects with controls engineers.
• Electrical schematics and panel design.
• Project Documentation and O&M Manuals.
• Provide prebid review, site surveys, and review of proposals for own projects.
• Advanced use of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project).
• Site design including but not limited to power supply for pumping stations and wells, backup power, site/building lighting, metering, VFD’s, solar, security, dry utility undergrounding, transportation, dams, and airport runway lighting design.
• Coordination with structural, mechanical, civil, and controls team members as well as the power company, owner, and agency coordination.
• NEC, Arc Flash, IEEE compliance where required.
• Provide accurate system diagrams, loop diagrams, block diagrams, and network diagrams.
• Work with team of project engineers to assist in career development and training.
• Successful team building track record.

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Leadership – exhibits confidence in self and others; inspires and motivates others to perform well; effectively influences actions and opinions of others; accepts feedback from others; gives appropriate recognition to…