Electrical Project Engineer Job

SENIOR ELECTRICAL PROJECT ENGINEER needed for a CONTRACT opportunity with Yoh's client located in Phoenix, AZ.

THE BIG PICTURE - TOP SKILLS YOU SHOULD POSSESS:

- Minimum of seven (7) years of design and engineering experience
- Must have Electrical Power EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) examples are Solar, Wind, Nuke, and Fossil

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

- Provides electrical design, engineering, testing and construction support to facilitate the successful construction and operation of multiple solar photovoltaic power facilities across the U.S.
- Interface closely with development, engineering and construction teams to ensure that project needs and objectives are maintained and satisfied.
- Prepare electrical scope documents, exhibits, budgets, schedules and Requests for Proposals (RFP's).
- Prepare initial inverter routing scheme and substation layout and transmission line routing.
- Perform standard electrical engineering calculations and preliminary electrical design.
- Ensure the production of quality electrical engineering plans and specifications, while ensuring compliance with project and industry requirements and standards.
- Direct and manage the work performed by electrical engineering consultants including technical review and comment to detailed high voltage A/C electrical InterconnecT design.
- Lead or participate in project meetings and conference calls
- Familiarity with inverter, UPS and/or VFD technology.
- Provide verbal and written project status updates and reports.
- Maintain and foster consulting engineer and equipment supplier contacts.
- Drive total life cycle costs lower through innovation and standardization.
- Ensure final documentation is accurate and complete for all project work.
- Perform site assessment of existing facility electrical services to determine feasibility of interconnection to solar system
- Support Business Development efforts by providing wiring information to contractors for bidding purposes.

WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO THE TABLE:

- Minimum of seven (7) years of design and engineering experience.
- Proficiency in MS Office suite, AutoCAD, Power System Modeling Software, databases and other discipline-related design programs. Knowledge of MS Project desirable.
- Experience and skills relating to electronic processing and filing of drawings, specifications, budgets, reports, project schedules and other documents.
- Masterspec or other commercial specification software experience
- Ability to read and understand plans, specifications, drawings, and documents related to engineering and construction, including but not limited to one-line diagrams, three-line diagrams and wiring diagrams.
- Ability to perform standard electrical discipline mathematical calculations and equations, including but not limited to electric circuit calculations, 3-phase power and ampacity, impedance, sizing of conductors and calculation of losses, reactive power and sizing of overhead transmission lines and hardware.
- Knowledgeable and familiar with medium and high voltage substation electrical equipment and transmission design and operations.
- Knowledgeable and familiar with dynamics and stability modelling and Power Pools and Interconnection Request process.
- Knowledgeable and familiar with Supervisory Control and Data Collection (SCADA), grounding, relay and protection systems.
- Ability to work safely around energized equipment under proper lock-out and tag-out and other safety procedures.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

- Opportunity to work for a dynamic engineering firm on high-impact renewable energy projects across the U.S.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? APPLY NOW!

RECRUITER: Erwin deGuzman

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, M/F/D/V. Contact us if you are an individual with a disability and require accommodation in the application process.

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