Early Career Electrical Engineer

WSP • Meridian, ID

4h

About The Position

At WSP USA, Inc. , we are seeking an Early Career Electrical Engineer for our Property & Buildings Industrial CoE Systems Group for our Boise, ID office. In this role, you will work with a multi-disciplinary engineering team leading and executing the electrical power components of industrial, commercial, food and beverage facility, and government projects.
Your Impact
The position involves creating and issuing construction drawings and specifications, bills of material, construction cost estimates, power system studies and reports.
Well qualified candidates will demonstrate willingness to learn low and medium voltage facility electrical power distribution, grounding, lightning and surge protection, lighting, protective relaying, prime and standby generation, low and medium voltage motor control centers and switchgear, medium voltage substations, mission-critical power systems, and UPS systems.
The ability to learn, reference, and adhere to the NEC, NFPA documents, ICC documents, energy codes, and applicable IEEE standards will be a daily skill to be developed within the role. The ideal candidate will also have to show aptitude with modeling electrical systems and running power system studies using ETAP, PTW, or EasyPower.
Collaboration with team members, excellent communication and presentation skills, personal motivation, a positive attitude, and the ability to work on multiple projects under project leads concurrently are key attributes.
An ability to aid design leads in creating accurate estimates of engineering effort and drive projects to successful completion within budget and schedule constraints is needed.
The applicant will interface directly with internal and external clients and some travel to vendor and client sites will be required, on the US Mainland, and abroad.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
• 0 to 1 years of relevant post education experience.
• Ability to work with and be supported by other senior engineers for guidance.
• Self-starter, willing to learn electrical engineering tasks associated with the department, with oversight and mentoring from leads.
• Capability to communicate and work with discipline leads, PMs, and others to execute successful projects.
• Willingness to be mentored and take direction from mid and senior level electrical engineers and designers.
• Effective in prioritizing and meeting deadlines, while also adapting to change.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with cross-disciplinary team members and clients.
• Ability to promote and market electrical scope and your skills to new and existing clients.

Nice To Haves

• EIT (FE) Certificate.
• Successful completion of the Professional Engineering (PE) exam, with licensure pending upon years of experience prerequisite completion.
• Prior construction, engineering, and CAD/BIM experience.

Responsibilities

• Creating and issuing construction drawings and specifications
• Creating bills of material
• Creating construction cost estimates
• Creating power system studies and reports
• Interface directly with internal and external clients
• Travel to vendor and client sites

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees