Principal Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Principal Engineer is responsible for managing project 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 switchgear 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