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Valley Water · 4 weeks ago

Senior Electrical Engineer (PE Required)

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$168K/yr - $215K/yr

6+ years exp

Valley Water is a public agency dedicated to providing water supply and environmental stewardship. They are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to provide specialized expertise in electrical systems, manage capital improvement projects, and support the delivery of vital infrastructure upgrades.

GovernmentWaterWater Purification

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Manage complex, politically sensitive, and/or large treatment plant capital improvement projects through all phases, including planning and design; supervises multi-division teams and coordinates and collaborates with external agencies

Provides electrical and power engineering support for projects under the Treatment Plants Project Delivery Unit

Develop the scope of work, initiate, negotiate, and manage consultants and professional services agreements as assigned, including overseeing the contract process to on-board, maintain the current agreement, and close the agreement at the end of the project

Serve as a technical expert in electrical engineering, including on-site troubleshooting during construction, as well as coordinating and overseeing complex electrical shutdowns

Schedule, lead, and participate in project meetings to discuss electrical and power design elements. Mentor, train, and supervise subordinate staff

Assumes responsibility for the review and preparation of engineering studies, reports, design, and contract documents for compliance with electrical engineering standards and principles, stamps and/or signs such work to assume project (electrical) engineering responsibility

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringIndustrial Electrical SystemsProject ManagementElectrical Distribution DesignTechnical Policy DevelopmentSupervisionPlanningOrganizingQuality Assurance

Required

Six (6) years of professional engineering experience designing and maintaining industrial electrical systems in an operating environment, preferably in a critical infrastructure environment including at least two (2) years of lead responsibility

Possess and maintain a valid license as a Professional Electrical Engineer issued by the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in electrical engineering or a related field

Preferred

Lead experience should include: supervising, leading, and/or overseeing: Planning, designing, and inspecting all phases of industrial electrical distribution engineering projects

Troubleshooting and repairing existing industrial electrical distribution (both hardware and software)

Leading, coordinating and implementing full cycle industrial to electrical distribution projects ensuring no disruption of mission critical operations

Collaborating with project teams to ensure that projects in planning, design, and construction phases are abiding by industrial to electrical distribution standards

Developing technical policies and procedures and making recommendations for changes and improvements to existing standards and procedures

Planning, organizing, monitoring

Supervision and leadership

Technical capability to quality assurance and quality check of electrical engineering deliverable work product

Knowledge of operations, services, and activities of a comprehensive electrical distribution systems including computer-based process monitoring and control systems in the area of water production, treatment and distribution systems

Advanced principles and practices of electrical distribution systems design and installation

Electrical distribution systems engineering theory and design concepts for electrical distribution systems

Expert in industrial electrical distribution

Principles and practices of electrical distribution systems network administration

Hardware and software design development and implementation