Principal Electrical Engineer

Job description

### Responsibilities - Principal Engineer is responsible for managing project budgets and scheduling of department hours - Strong technical skills and an ability to mentor and assist staff in all aspects of electrical design, including I&C specifications and selection - Supervise and monitor staff ensuring that engineering packages are completed on time and within budget - Ability to analyze, design, and produce engineering packages for clients and prepare instrumentation specifications for purchase - Ability to establish and maintain good business relationships with key client contacts throughout the project - Extensive knowledge of design codes and the knowledge to establish design criteria and ensure staff is following proper protocol - On-site interface with client engineering representative and other discipline engineers - Review, check, and analyze design drawings prior to client submittals - Responsible for ensuring that documents produced by the team members follow both internal and client quality standards - Medium & High-power distribution system design and layout - Substation design, short circuit analysis, ARC flash studies - Lighting design and grounding and lightning protection - Electrical heat trace design - Development of wiring diagrams and schematics - Application of medium to low voltage transformers - Application of uninterruptible power systems - Conduit, cable tray and underground duct bank design - Utility interface design - Electrical calculations including short circuit, load flow, arc flash, motor starting, harmonic, device coordination, and voltage drop ### Qualifications - Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering - 10-15 years of Electrical Engineering experience in Medium/High voltage design and application of switchgear and motor controls within a power distribution or engineering consulting environment - 5+ Years of experience working in power distribution or engineering consulting - 5+ years’ experience supervising staff and managing projects from inception to completion, including evaluating scope of work and assigning responsibilities - Basic understanding of other discipline workflow and how all departments work together to complete projects - Ability to establish and maintain professional relationships with clients, subordinates, and co-workers - Must possess exceptional interpersonal and organizational skills - Must be able to work in the US without sponsorship now or in the future