Electrical Systems / Automation Engineer

Job Title : Electrical Systems Engineer NS&E

Full-Time Office / Project

No Remote / No Telework

US Citizenship Required

schedule, offering every other Friday off

Project Overview :

Our client is a global engineering, construction and project management company that has built the world for more than years, having constructed Hoover Dam, the English Channel Tunnel, entire cities in the Middle East, the second-largest solar thermal power project in the world, and millions of miles of roads and pipelines.

We produce a lasting, positive legacy by creating jobs, growing economies, connecting communities to resources, shoring up and expanding infrastructure, and making the world a cleaner, greener, safer place.

Join us as we make history at the Hanford Vit Plant, known as the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant. We are designing and building a one-of-a-kind facility that will turn radioactive and chemical waste left over from World War II and Cold War plutonium production into a form safe for disposal.

Your efforts will help protect the nearby Columbia River and the communities, salmon, and wildlife along its shorelines throughout the Northwest.

Sitting at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake and Yakima rivers near two mountain ranges, our community provides access to year-round outdoor recreation, days of sun a year, more than wineries within a -mile radius, and the amenities of large cities just a three-hour drive (or short flight) to Seattle and Portland.

Upon initial hire and onboarding, the position will require full time presence in the Richland, Washington project office.

This position works a / schedule, offering every other Friday off.

Responsibilities :

Primary engineering activities will be to provide the engineering design for HLW electrical systems and equipment for the entire facility in preparation for procurement and construction.

This work includes the extensive use of ETAP and may include use of SETROUTE, BlockDraw for the HLW design. Individual must have extensive understanding of all engineering discipline drawings and electrical discipline wiring diagrams, control logic diagrams, system descriptions, system calculations, -line and -line drawings, schematics, electrical equipment layout and be able to size equipment and perform cable sizing calculations.

Performs special tasks and calculations / studies. Conducts checking as required. Properly interprets and applies codes & standards and customer design requirements, for applicability to electrical design documents, specifications, material requisitions and system descriptions related to design tasks.

Ability to cope with conflicting deadline, frequent interruptions and multiple tasks.

Must be a self-starter and capable of independent creative design, with direction, using Bechtel and industry proven concepts, and procedures.

Must work well with others, other disciplines, and groups. Must have experience with an electronic Cable Management System, such as the SETROUTE program, and be able to input and complete corrections to the data base.

Must be able to effectively communicate and work well with others and within a team. Must be able to work well with other disciplines.

Must know how to use computer programs such as the Microsoft WINDOWS suite of programs. Must be able to lead or supervise small groups of engineers, designers, and technologists.

Qualification and Skills

Basic Qualifications :

BS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or college with years of related experience.

Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical (if located at the construction site), and background check which includes verification of employment and education.

Must be able to obtain a Department of Energy badge for access to the Hanford Site.

US Citizenship Required

Minimum Qualifications :

Hands-on Microsoft office programs.

Knowledge & application of NEC code and ANSI / IEEE Standards.

Knowledge on electrical systems, schematics, and electrical equipment layouts.

Knowledge on electrical equipment specification and material requisitions process, and developing procurement documentation in BPS.

Minimum years’ experience with ETAP and other industry wide electrical system design tools, such as CAD D and cable designing and routing software.

Experience with an electronic Cable Management System. Excellent oral & written communications skills.

EIT Certification or able to obtain within months of employment.

Preferred Qualifications :

MS degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university or college with years of related experience

PE Registration.

Lead or supervisory experience.

Previous Bechtel and / or DOD or DOE project experience.