Electrical Engineering Discipline Lead I

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. 

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – over 50,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Job Description

AECOM Technical Services, Inc. has multiple openings for an Electrical Engineering Discipline Lead I to be based in Sun Valley, NV.

Job Responsibilities:

• Provides technical leadership for a specialty and is considered to be a fully capable professional in their field.
• Applies intensive and diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Makes decisions independently on technical problems and methods, and represents the organization in conferences.
• Resolves important questions and plans and coordinates work.
• Requires the use of advanced techniques and the modifications and extension of theories, precepts and practices of the field and related sciences and disciplines.
• Lead client meetings and act as primary point of contact for electrical activities.
• Responsible for approval of electrical engineering design work on assigned projects.
• Keep senior management up to date on group progress, issues, and opportunities.
• Perform Power system studies (load flow, short circuit, protective coordination, arc flash analysis).
• Develop protective relay settings and calculations.
• Develop control system layouts.
• Comply with hazardous area classification codes and standards.
• Develop construction and equipment specifications.
• Support projects during construction, start-up, and commissioning.
• Perform ground analysis and design.
• Attend client meetings. Inform of new developments and requirements affecting the organization for the purpose of recommending changes in programs and applications. Interpret, organize, execute, and coordinates assignments.
• Make decisions independently on technical problems and methods, and represent the organization in conferences to resolve important questions and to plan and coordinate work.
• Supervise with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.

Qualifications

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field, followed by 72 months of progressive, post-baccalaureate work experience in the job offered or an engineering-related occupation. Position requires:

1. Understanding of Battery energy storage;
2. Electrical Protection, Control and Monitor (PC&M) Software, Electrical design software;
3. Interconnect standards and communication protocols;
4. Control methods, energy management systems, load controllers or switchgears; and
5. Power system modeling and analysis tools.

Additional Information

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs