Electrical Engineer
ACS Professional Staffing

• Location: Vancouver, Washington
• Type: Contract
• Job #8046

Overview:
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Electrical Engineer position will provide planning support and coordinate service plans with stakeholders. The role includes developing engineering requirements for facility installations and modifications, creating electrical drawings and reports, and managing significant work components within large projects. Responsibilities also involve attending design reviews, applying engineering principles to assignments, and presenting technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences. The position requires expertise in electrical system design, high voltage equipment sizing, and project coordination. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay Rate: $37.26 - $53.24

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks

Responsibilities:

• Provides planning support and coordinates plans of service with stakeholders.
• Assists in developing engineering requirements for the development, installation and modifications of existing and planned facilities.
• Confers with engineers, internal customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products.
• Creates electrical drawings, reports and calculations to support the engineering solutions chosen for electrical systems.
• Assumes responsibility for significant work components within large projects.
• Attends project scoping meetings or design reviews, recommends changes to specification diagrams based on technical and operational issues.
• Applies diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Develops 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.
• Composes technical reports that are concise and clear. Present complicated technical information to technical and non-technical groups including reviewing technical reports from other utilities.
• Coordinates electrical requirements and develops Project Requirement Diagram (PRD) by getting inputs from stakeholders within the company. This includes conducting Alternative Review Meeting, Planning Coordination Meeting and Project Strategy Meeting described under the Project Requirement Diagram Process.
• Develops project requirements diagrams (PRDs) , obtains estimates, prepares business case documents, as necessary, for Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource integration, system reactive and miscellaneous capital additions. Conducts economic studies to evaluate project alternatives including risk assessment.
• Determines appropriate sizes and ratings for high voltage equipment including transformers, transmission lines, shunt and series capacitors, shunt reactors, breakers and switches on a variety of projects, including Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource addition, reactive addition and replacement projects.
• Coordinates expansion projects with regional and sub-regional organizations and follows the Planning Process explained in Attachment K under FERC Order 890.
• Supports Asset Management strategy and goals and develop Asset Plan for transmission expansion.
• Performs the role of technical advisor and consultant to others. May mentor new engineers.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from an ABET accredited college/university in electrical engineering or closely related engineering field is required.
• 5+ years electrical engineering experience is required.
• Engineering degree required and practical experience. Must have knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
• Ability to analyze and develop complex installations, facilities or structures using the latest techniques and applicable standards.
• Ability to participate and perform effectively in a project team environment and effectively manage multiple work assignments and changing priorities.
• Skill in oral and written communication to effectively fulfill stakeholder/customer/team requirements.
• Knowledge and understanding of performance characteristics of power transmission equipment and correct representation of power system networks for analyzing transmission system performance and creating project requirements diagrams (PRDs), including transformers, transmission lines, switches, power circuit breakers, reactive support devices, generators, communications and relaying equipment
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

If you have any questions about the job posting, please contact recruiting@acsprostaffing.com

If you have any questions about our Reasonable Accommodation Policy, please feel free to email hr@acsprostaffing.com

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