Associate Electrical Engineer (Wastewater)

Salary : $152,292.00 - $185,124.00 Annually

Location : Oakland, CA

Job Type: Full-time

Job Number: 24-038

Department: Wastewater Dept

Division: Electrical & Control Eng

Opening Date: 06/17/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

The Position

Advance your career as an Associate Electrical Engineer with an industry-leading water and wastewater utility. Reporting to the Senior Electrical Engineer, the Associate Electrical Engineer is the registered professional electrical engineer level on East Bay Municipal Utility District's (EBMUD's) career ladder.

As appropriate to assignments, the Associate Electrical Engineer would be prepared to demonstrate proficiency in the following areas:

Project Planning and Management

Plan and develop project scope, schedule and budget for complex water and wastewater electrical engineering projects; prepare contract bid documents; coordinate the work of multi-disciplinary teams; direct, monitor, and control project activities and ensure compliance with scope, goals, schedules, and budgets.

Design

Power System Engineering - Research and develop electrical design criteria, project scope and cost, prepare drawings, including site and floor plans, equipment elevation and layout diagrams, single line and three line detailed control diagrams, grounding systems, lighting, interconnection diagrams, typical detailed diagrams, conduit and panelboard schedules, wire sizing, and specifications for systems and equipment including substations, power distribution systems, wastewater treatment plants, cogeneration plants, recycled water plants, pumping stations, and office facilities. Prepare and review electrical power system analysis including load calculations, transient motor starting, harmonics, short circuit, coordination study, protective relays, and arc flash. Academy and strong design experience with NEC, classification (hazardous locations) and non-classification locations, including overhead and underground power systems, switchgears, MCCs, transformers, reclosers, VFDs, ATS, UPS, and standby generators is highly desirable.

Construction Support and Start up

Provide construction support, start-up and commissioning for electrical substations, power distribution systems, motors, generators, various process control strategies with PLC and DCS-based systems, wired and wireless telemetry systems. Hands on program/configure/setup/ testing of equipment including breakers, protection relays, power monitors, VFDs, etc. Hands on experience with instrumentation setups and calibrations and configuring control system. Review and approve submittals and RFIs. Make corrections to drawings and as-build drawings for final acceptance and record. Working knowledge of the following power and control equipment including ABB, Allen Bradley, Basler, Cutler Hammer, Electro Industries, Emerson, GE, Rosemount, Schneider Electrical, SEL, Square, etc is desirable.

Technical Support and Troubleshooting

Provide technical and project management assistance to facility maintenance on the preventative maintenance program. Field gathering arc flash study data, run arc flash study analysis, and prepare reports. Maintain the SKM files as necessary to ensure the technical information is up-to-date and comply with the NFPA 70E requirements. Provide troubleshooting support to facility maintenance or leading the troubleshooting effort as issues that arise related to grounding, general power system, power outage, power quality, control, and communications in the wastewater plants and pump stations.

Planning, Technical Review and Research

Plan and perform preliminary design of wastewater-related projects; conduct engineering analyses of electrical issues impacting proposed projects; prepare, review and evaluate technical reports, proposals and reports, consultant designs, and prepare regulatory permits and associated documentation.

Oral Communication

Demonstrate excellent public relations and customer service skills in meeting with, and making technical presentations to, groups and individuals including EBMUD personnel and officials, representatives of government agencies, customers, contractors, and members of the general public.

Written Communication

Prepare concise and accurate engineering reports, correspondence and memos for a wide variety of audiences including EBMUD staff, government and regulatory agencies, contractors, and the general public.

Computer Applications

Apply electrical engineering software to complete power system studies and process control; configure Ethernet networks and Windows-based servers and workstations; develop, review and modify VFDs, power monitors, protection relays, and power system related hardware parameters, settings, and operator interface screens and system troubleshooting screens.

The salary range is $12,691 per month increasing to $13,326, $13,992, $14,692 and $15,427 after 6, 18, 30, and 42 months, respectively.

EBMUD is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, gender identity (including transgender status), gender expression, marital or registered domestic partnership status, age for individuals age forty or older, national origin, ancestry, disability (mental or physical), medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, sexual orientation, military and veterans status, family or medical leave status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical condition), pregnancy disability leave status, domestic violence victim status, political affiliation, and other categories protected by federal, state and/or local laws.

Requirements

Candidates must be willing to work overtime as needed. Must possess the physical characteristics to perform the critical and important duties of the classification including office and field duties.

Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered. To be considered under the "equivalent combination of education and experience" provision, it is your responsibility to include in your application materials written evidence of employment performed at the level of the typical duties of this position and/or coursework in subject areas directly related to this position. For more information, see our FAQ page at http://www.ebmud.com/jobs/job-resources/job-faqs-frequently-asked-questions/.

The Selection Process

Supplemental Information

As the first step in the selection process, responses to the supplemental questions must be submitted online with the regular EBMUD application. Please provide thorough, accurate descriptions of assignments you have personally performed. Should you respond with comments such as "see application" or "see resume" instead of addressing the questions directly, your application may not be considered.

Our Excellent Benefits Package Includes

01

Are you registered in the state of California as a Professional Electrical Engineer?

02

If yes, list your PE License Number.

03

Describe your experience in the design and construction of electrical power systems for water or wastewater systems, substations and cogeneration plants. Include any medium voltage experience, overhead and underground systems. What were your specific roles on the projects? What types of drawings did you prepare? What equipment specifications did you write? What methods did you use to produce cost estimates for the projects?

04

Describe your experience applying Codes and Standards for water or wastewater treatment systems.

05

Describe your experience designing, commissioning, starting up, and troubleshooting a main power distribution substation that involves two independent incoming power feeds from utility and a tie breaker. The substation also has co-generation on the load side that can export power back onto the utility grid if the load consumes less power than the co-generation system. Discuss the topology setup of the power distribution system, why the topology is used? What protection relays, power monitors, and synchronization relays were used? What grounding scheme was implemented in the design? Specify the manufacturers and models of the equipment used in the design. What specific functions and compacity was your role in the project?

06

Briefly describe your project management experience. Describe the methods you employed to manage scope, schedule and budgets on your projects. Also describe the size of the projects you managed.

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