Electrical Engineer

Tetra Tech is adding an Electrical Engineer to our Electrical team based in Salt Lake City, UT.

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Tetra Tech is seeking an experienced Mining Electrical Engineer to provide electrical engineering, design, and technical support for mining, oil and gas, and heavy industrial projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, designing, and improving electrical power distribution, transmission, instrumentation, and control systems for both new and existing industrial facilities.

This position will support projects throughout all phases of development, from conceptual design and detailed engineering through fabrication, construction, installation, and commissioning. Responsibilities include preparing electrical designs, specifying equipment, reviewing technical deliverables, and ensuring compliance with applicable industry codes, safety regulations, and engineering standards.

• Provide electrical engineering and design support (power distribution, power transmission, instrumentation, and equipment controls) for Mining and Oil & Gas facilities and their Asset Management Groups.
• Focus on designing and improving electrical power and control systems for the client plan and specify equipment specific to the mining and oil & gas industry.
• Engineering, designing and technical work to support small to large heavy industrial projects.
• This includes researching, developing, and supporting the designs of a variety of EI&C equipment, facilities, components, and systems for industrial purposes.
• Ensure that the technical content of all engineering and design deliverables meet quality expectations.
• Project delivery: includes engineering and design all project phases from conceptualization through design, including support of fabrication, support installation and commissioning activities.
• Works under minimal supervision, work is reviewed for adequacy on quality and completion.
• Applies principles of safety standards in design, engineering, and construction support.

• BS in Engineering required with approximately 5-10 years' experience.
• Experience working in heavy industrial environments required.
• Strong technical knowledge of Power Distribution, Electrical Rooms, MCCs, VFDs, Generation, Transmission, and heavy industrial power systems from low to high voltage.
• Technical knowledge Instrumentation & Controls based on automatic process control system like PLC and DCS.
• Ability to establish the computer-based instrument list and I/O schematics.
• Experience with P&IDs, PFDs, and specifying EI&C equipment required.
• Technical knowledge of loops, interconnections, cable/cable conduit schedules, load lists, and electrical plans.
• Ability to read/interpret specifications and construction drawings.
• Experience in brown field and green field type work.
• Experience with industrial codes and generally accepted governing EI&C…