Principal Electrical Engineer responsible for leading electrical design projects, mentoring staff, and ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery of engineering packages including I&C specs, instrumentation, and power distribution.
About this role
Responsibilities
Principal Engineer is responsible for managing projects budgets and scheduling of department hours
Strong technical skills and an ability to mentor and assist staff in all aspects of electrical design, including I&C specifications and selection
Supervise and monitor staff ensuring that engineering packages are completed on time and within budget
Ability to analyze, design and produce engineering packages for clients and prepare instrumentation specifications for purchase
Ability to establish and maintain good business relationships with key client contacts throughout the project
Extensive knowledge of design codes and the knowledge to establish design criteria and ensure staff is following proper protocol
On-site interface with client engineering representative and other discipline engineers
Review, check and analyze design drawings prior to client submittals
Responsible for ensuring that documents produced by the team members follow both internal and client quality standards.
Medium & High power distribution system design and layout
Substation design, short circuit analysis, ARC flash studies
Lighting design and grounding and lightning protection
Electrical heat trace design
Development of wiring diagrams and schematics
Application of medium to low voltage transformers
Application of uninterruptible power systems
Conduit, cable tray and underground duct bank design
Utility interface design
Electrical calculations including short circuit, load flow, arc flash, motor starting, harmonic, device coordination and voltage drop
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
10-15 years of Electrical Engineering experience in Medium/High voltage design and application of switch gear and motor controls within a power distribution or engineering consulting environment.
5+ Years of experience working in power distribution or engineering consulting
5+ years’ experience supervising staff and managing projects from inception to completion including evaluating scope of work and assigning responsibilities
Basic understanding of other discipline workflow and how all departments work together to complete projects
Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with clients, subordinates and co-workers
Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills
Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future
Skills
Arc Flash StudiesCabinet And Switchgear SelectionConduit And Cable TrayDesign Codes ComplianceDesign Criteria EstablishmentDevice CoordinationElectrical Heat Trace DesignGrounding And Lightning ProtectionHarmonic AnalysisInstrumentation SpecificationsLighting DesignLoad Flow AnalysisMedium/low Voltage TransformersMotor ControlsP&ids And SchematicsPower Distribution DesignShort Circuit AnalysisSubstation DesignUnderground Duct Bank DesignUninterruptible Power SystemsVoltage Drop CalculationsWiring Diagrams And Schematics
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