Senior Lead Electrical Electrical Engineer
WSPAbout the role
This Opportunity
Our team is seeking an energetic and responsive Senior Lead Electrical Engineer for our multidisciplinary Process Infrastructure and Design team based in Phoenix, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Reno, NV or Houston Texas on a full-time basis. The team you will join will offer interesting diversity of global clients and projects in Environmental Infrastructure facilities such as industrial facilities, water and wastewater industries, landfills and contaminated soil sites, as well as, Oil & Gas, surface and underground mining infrastructure including dewatering, material handling, fuel and lube, maintenance shops, and pumping stations.
Our ideal candidate is self-motivated, with excellent proactive communication skills, possessing a skill set for electrical infrastructure design, Owner Engineer and project delivery. The Electrical Engineer will be responsible for leading electrical engineering designs, electrical equipment upgrades, arc flash hazards analysis, low and medium voltage facility power distribution system design, switchgear, motor control centers, drives, wiring diagrams, lighting systems, photometrics, data and communication systems, emergency and standby systems. This position will also provide the Electrical Service Line lead support on day-to-day activities as the workload flows.
Are you looking for an opportunity to challenge yourself, make an impact with an established engineering consulting firm that values its employee’s enthusiasm, provide technical contributions, and a great culture to allow for growth in your career? We encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
Location: Phoenix, Arizona; Reno, NV; Salt Lake City, Utah and Houston TX. Phoenix, AZ office is preferred.
Your Impact
- Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills with good leadership abilities and communicate effectively with both direct reports and the service leader.
- You will support the team’s workload, resource planning.
- Act has a delegate to the Electrical service line leader, as/if required.
- Work independently and collaborate in cross-discipline team to meet project goals.
- Develop and perform quality reviews for detailed electrical engineering documents and technical specifications.
- Engineer-of-Record for projects and/or project components of varying degrees of complexity.
- Lead electrical engineering and technical design teams and manage the project scope, schedule, and budget for the electrical discipline.
- Leads and develops electrical designs for LV and MV voltage systems including but not limited to electrical calculations, equipment data sheets, electrical specifications, control panel, motor schematics, single line diagrams, hazardous area classification studies, lighting protection, grounding and lighting plans
- Review and provide senior review of electrical computer models using computer software (ETAP, SKM, Easypower, etc.), perform related analysis, and create technical reports based upon those results (for load flow, short circuit, protective device coordination, arc flash, harmonic analysis, equipment, and component sizing, etc.)
- Evaluation and selection of heavy industrial and mining electrical systems and materials.
- Prepare and review control deliverables such as Control Narratives, Cause and Effect diagrams, System Architecture Diagrams, PLC/DCS Layouts, and IO wiring
- Provide configuration of and develop programming for controls equipment, including PLCs, HMIs, DCS Systems, etc.
- Prepares and revises brownfield and Greenfield documentation in various phases of design and construction, including plans, diagrams, and installation details.
- Prepare drawing, engineering and bid packages for the contractor and the client.
- Provides guidance, training and mentorship for junior and intermediate engineers, designers, and drafters.
- Conducts quality assurance and implements quality control on projects across the service line
- Lead and supervise multiple electrically focused technical projects.
- Develop a client base for providing high level electrical engineering services including identifying additional business development opportunities.
- Actively oversee from project inception to completion, the management of design and construction of electrical infrastructure projects, including rehabilitation and reconstruction, site development, grading, drainage, equipment layout, elevations, specifications, building materials, phasing, and construction safety plans.
- Lead larger-scale electrical engineering projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
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