Jobs via Dice
Job Overview
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for an Electrical Engineer 2 for its Vancouver, WA location. This position will work within the Transmission Infrastructure Development and provide professional engineering expertise to assist project managers and other engineers in developing projects and related activities. An ideal candidate will have the ability to analyze and develop complex electrical Plans of Service using the latest techniques and applicable standards, participate effectively in a project team environment, manage multiple work assignments and changing priorities, and possess strong oral and written communication skills to fulfill stakeholder, customer, and team requirements.
This hybrid position is a one‑year renewable contract that includes employee benefits.
Key Responsibilities
Provide planning support and coordinate plans of service with stakeholders.
Assist in developing engineering requirements for the development, installation, and modifications of existing and planned facilities.
Confer with engineers, internal customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products.
Draft electrical drawings, reports, and calculations to support the engineering solutions selected for electrical systems.
Facilitate significant work components such as drafting the Project Requirement Diagram (PRD) and filling out the Project Initiation Document (PID) within large projects.
Attend project scoping meetings or design reviews and recommend changes to specification diagrams based on technical and operational issues.
Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
Develop Plan of Service alternatives and recommendations for meeting transmission system needs for Large Generation Interconnection Requests, Line and Load Interconnection Requests, and Transmission Services Requests.
Compose concise and clear technical reports; present complicated technical information to technical and non‑technical groups, including review of technical reports from other utilities.
Coordinate electrical requirements and develop the Project Requirement Diagram (PRD) by obtaining inputs from stakeholders and conducting applicable coordination and review meetings under the Planning Process.
Develop project requirements diagrams (PRDs), obtain estimates, prepare business case documents as necessary for Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource integration, system reactive, and miscellaneous capital additions; conduct economic studies to evaluate project alternatives and assess risk.
Determine appropriate sizes and ratings for high‑voltage equipment (transformers, transmission lines, shunt and series capacitors, shunt reactors, breakers, and switches) across various projects including Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource addition, reactive addition, and replacement projects.
Coordinate expansion projects with regional and sub‑regional organizations, following the Planning Process described in Attachment K under FERC Order 890.
Support Asset Management strategy and goals, and develop an Asset Plan for transmission expansion.
Act as a technical expert, providing consultation and training to teammates.
Requirements / Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering field from an ABET‑accredited college/university.
Five or more years of electrical engineering experience.
Knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
Valid U.S. driver’s license.
We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
This hybrid position is a one‑year renewable contract that includes employee benefits.
Key Responsibilities
Provide planning support and coordinate plans of service with stakeholders.
Assist in developing engineering requirements for the development, installation, and modifications of existing and planned facilities.
Confer with engineers, internal customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products.
Draft electrical drawings, reports, and calculations to support the engineering solutions selected for electrical systems.
Facilitate significant work components such as drafting the Project Requirement Diagram (PRD) and filling out the Project Initiation Document (PID) within large projects.
Attend project scoping meetings or design reviews and recommend changes to specification diagrams based on technical and operational issues.
Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
Develop Plan of Service alternatives and recommendations for meeting transmission system needs for Large Generation Interconnection Requests, Line and Load Interconnection Requests, and Transmission Services Requests.
Compose concise and clear technical reports; present complicated technical information to technical and non‑technical groups, including review of technical reports from other utilities.
Coordinate electrical requirements and develop the Project Requirement Diagram (PRD) by obtaining inputs from stakeholders and conducting applicable coordination and review meetings under the Planning Process.
Develop project requirements diagrams (PRDs), obtain estimates, prepare business case documents as necessary for Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource integration, system reactive, and miscellaneous capital additions; conduct economic studies to evaluate project alternatives and assess risk.
Determine appropriate sizes and ratings for high‑voltage equipment (transformers, transmission lines, shunt and series capacitors, shunt reactors, breakers, and switches) across various projects including Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource addition, reactive addition, and replacement projects.
Coordinate expansion projects with regional and sub‑regional organizations, following the Planning Process described in Attachment K under FERC Order 890.
Support Asset Management strategy and goals, and develop an Asset Plan for transmission expansion.
Act as a technical expert, providing consultation and training to teammates.
Requirements / Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering field from an ABET‑accredited college/university.
Five or more years of electrical engineering experience.
Knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
Valid U.S. driver’s license.
We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability, or protected veteran status.
#J-18808-Ljbffr