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WSP in the U.S. · 1 day ago

Electrical Studies Engineer - Senior Technical Manager

Meridian, ID

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

WSP is a leading engineering and professional services firm, currently seeking an Electrical Studies Engineer – Senior Technical Manager for their Boise, ID office. The role involves providing technical support and leadership for various utility, industrial, and commercial projects, focusing on design, development, and oversight of electrical engineering processes.

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Responsibilities

Provide oversight with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, , substation components, equipment specifications for procurement package development and pricing, IFR/IRC detailed design and review processes, and IEEE, NESC, ANSI, NCEC, and NERC standards and regulations for design work

Apply high-level electrical engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases involving more complex infrastructure engineering work including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation

Design Studies: substation grounding, corona and electric and magnetic fields, insulation coordination (lightning, switching surge, and contamination performance), transient (time domain) simulation, power quality (harmonics, voltage flicker, over/under voltage, etc.), motor starting, AC interference (transmission line interaction with railroads and pipelines)

Successful candidates must be willing to travel on occasion and work successfully in a customer focused, project-oriented environment

Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures

Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs

Qualification

Electrical Engineering DegreeEngineer licenseElectrical engineering principlesTechnical computationsWorkplace safetyCustomer focused engineeringPower system courses

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience)

10+ years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale

Engineer license required (multi-state preferred)

Highly proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues

Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations

Must be willing to travel on occasion

Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies

Preferred

Preference is given to applicants with any of the following: specific training and/or power system courses covering topics such as protective relaying, symmetrical components, transmission line theory, power system transients, dynamic stability, and power system electromagnetics

Professional registration is not required; however, preference is given to applicants who are registered professional engineers (P.E., P. En Preference is given to applicants with working knowledge and experience in more than one of the three technical disciplines listed and with experience using the applicable software packages for those disciplines

Preference is also given to applicants with experience in customer focused engineering projects in the technical areas above

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability

Life

Retirement savings

Company

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