Design Studies Engineer - Technical Director
About The Position
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Design Studies Engineer - Technical Director with an Electrical Studies emphasis for our Boise, Idaho office. Remote candidates will also be considered for Clarkston, WA, Portland, OR, San Diego, CA, Denver, CO, Salt Lake City, UT and Fort Worth, TX. Be involved in projects with our Electrical Studies, SCADA, and Protection (ESSP) and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges. The successful applicant will be responsible for successful completion of assigned projects and for maintaining and improving client relationships. Completion of these functions requires technical competence in primary production roles as well as leadership competence in working with clients and mentoring and supervising team members assigned to projects. Assigned projects will include electrical studies for utility and industrial/commercial clients. Systems to be analyzed will include conventional and renewable generation facilities, substations, and transmission and distribution systems. The level of this engineer requires an individual who has experience participating in the proposal writing process as well as enjoying customer contact to assist in developing new opportunities for POWER. This person must be able to independently manage with a strong conceptualization ability, strong interpersonal communication, and organizational skills including the capability to explain complex technical issues at a variety of levels to decision-makers and project teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent experience).
- 12+ years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer executing deliverables for Electrical Studies projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale.
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or equivalent (multi-state preferred).
- Advanced proficiency with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, standard of care, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
- Works independently and provides guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s Degree in Engineering.
- Strong experience in managing the review and approval of documents and discipline-specific deliverables, certifications, processes, and plans in a multi-project environment is highly desirable.
- Proven history of completing similar projects in a consulting environment.
- Working knowledge and experience in more than one of the three technical disciplines listed and with experience using the applicable software packages for those disciplines.
- Experience in mentoring others and in providing technical and commercial leadership in customer-focused engineering projects.
- Experience in customer focused engineering projects in the technical areas above.
Responsibilities
- Successful completion of assigned projects.
- Maintaining and improving client relationships.
- Technical competence in primary production roles.
- Leadership competence in working with clients and mentoring and supervising team members.
- Electrical studies for utility and industrial/commercial clients, including conventional and renewable generation facilities, substations, and transmission and distribution systems.
- Participating in the proposal writing process.
- Developing new opportunities for POWER through customer contact.
- Independently managing projects with strong conceptualization ability, interpersonal communication, and organizational skills.
- Explaining complex technical issues at a variety of levels to decision-makers and project teams.
- Coordinate, review and approve electrical infrastructure design plans for mid-level and complex projects, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
- Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Disability coverage
- Life insurance
- Retirement savings
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation (or other personal time)
- Paid parental leave
- Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
