Power Engineer I

For over seven decades investor-owned utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and others have entrusted their electrical construction and maintenance needs to Davis H. Elliot Company, Inc. (Elliot).

Elliot is a full-service electrical contractor specializing in overhead and underground distribution, transmission, substations, lighting, traffic signaling, utility locating and industrial/commercial services. Elliot Engineering is a nationally recognized engineering firm specializing in the planning, design, control, and analysis of electrical power systems. Elliot Engineering works with clients from a variety of industries ranging from small commercial facilities to large power utilities.

Job Description

Our Power Engineer position will offer you an exciting opportunity to help our clients provide safe and reliable sources of electric power. You should be a self-motivated professional engineer with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with some coursework in power systems and substation design.

Responsibilities:

- Provide power systems studies including arc flash, short circuit, and protection coordination

- Provide detailed physical design of electric distribution systems to include one-line diagrams, selection of equipment, writing of equipment specifications, grounding system design conduit and cable sizing/routing, auxiliary AC/DC power systems, physical layouts, construction cost estimates and project scheduling

- Act as the project engineer for multiple projects and direct the work of drafters

- Perform engineering design & equipment specification functions for distribution projects from 480V to 35 kV

- Specify, review, inspect, and approve electrical equipment to be used in distribution systems

- Review & maintain engineering oversight of physical design, including bus design, equipment ratings, and safety/maintenance clearances

- Perform necessary calculations in support of engineering designs, including short circuit, step & touch potential, battery sizing, thermal rating of the equipment, etc. Prepare backup design documentation with calculations

- Provide protection and control design, including the settings for relays

- Solve complex problem at customer facilities to include a convolution of power monitoring, power analysis, troubleshooting, and best installation practices

- Develop knowledge of maintenance testing and able to interpret test results

- Electrical equipment inspection and engineering assessment

- Evaluate, monitor, direct, and manage outside contractors and vendors

- Interpret and apply engineering principles

- Use AutoCAD to perform updates and minor changes

- Interface and collaborate with Civil/Structural engineers and provide technical support as required

- Display strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment

- Prepare equipment specifications, analyze bids, and make recommendations for purchase

- Develop scope of work, conceptual design for the projects, and execution plans

- Prepare engineering and construction cost and man-hour estimates and schedules

- Meet and correspond with clients or outside personnel

- Support construction of substations and equipment commissioning

- Provide detailed electrical engineering analysis to include Short Circuit, Equipment Evaluation, Coordination, Arc Flash, Load Flow, Harmonic, and Power Quality Analysis. Please review our engineering services page for a comprehensive listing of power system analysis services that we offer.

Qualifications

- Minimum: Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university

- Excellent interpersonal skills as well as verbal and written communications skills.

- Willing to travel as needed to project site (less than 30%)

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Ability to work in a team environment and coordinate the work of various engineering disciplines and contractors to complete an integrated project.

Preferred:

- Engineer in Training (EIT) Certification

- Experience in system studies

- Working knowledge of applicable ANSI/IEEE, NFPA70E, and NEC standards for design

- In-depth comprehension of syncrophasor, stability, and symmetrical components

- Software experience including SKM Powertools, ETAP, Easy Power, PSCAD, Windmill, CYME, Aspen, PSS CAPE, PSS/E or other power system modeling software a plus.

Benefits/Culture

Today, we are listed among Engineering News-Records Top 150 Specialty Contracting firms. Our success is based on our customers confidence in us; the loyalty, hard work and performance of our people; and the traditions with which Mr. Davis H. Elliot began the company in 1946. We understand that having the best team requires people being treated like family. Some of the benefits we offer our team include:

- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

- Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Insurance

- Company Paid Life Insurance w/ additional Voluntary Life Insurance

- 401K w/ company match

- Employee Stock Ownership Program

- State and Federally accredited Lineman Apprenticeship program

- Paid Vacation

- Servant Leadership Training

- Uniforms and PPE provided