WSP · 1 month ago
Electrical Studies Engineer - Senior Technical Manager
Meridian, ID, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expWSP is currently initiating a search for an Electrical Studies Engineer – Senior Technical Manager for our Boise, ID office. The role involves providing technical support and leadership for various projects in the utility, industrial, and commercial sectors, focusing on design and construction of electrical systems and ensuring adherence to industry standards.
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
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
Company
WSP
We are one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting our engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity.
Founded in 2011New York, New York, USA
10001+ employees
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