Electrical & Controls Engineer

Stantec•Plymouth, MN

About The Position

Stantec’s vision is to be the world’s leading integrated design practice working on large, complex, transformational projects. These projects are executed collaboratively by leveraging the collective talent within our global design practice on creativity, innovative solutions, and design capability. The Minneapolis based group at Stantec is consistently working on a wide variety of exciting industrial food and beverage, process, chemical, agricultural, and other manufacturing projects. From retrofit/upgrade projects to brownfield additions, to complete greenfield facility installations, we partner with clients through all phases of the project lifecycle to deliver high quality designs and outcomes. Your Opportunity As an Electrical & Controls Engineer, you will be expected to deliver task-based deliverables assigned from project leads, with minimal supervision once trained on each task type. You would be expected to be able to leverage your foundational electrical engineering knowledge to absorb and contextualize new information and hence learn new skills when taught and progressively gain competence over time. You will participate in the evaluation, recommendation, and specification for engineered systems or products for industrial projects, ultimately supporting the team effort to develop electrical contractor installation package drawings and documents. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include calculations, deliverable preparation, client meetings, and field support for information gathering start-up and commissioning. If you can see yourself working at a vibrant company that values innovative thinking, technical excellence, passion, and a strong commitment to partnership then Stantec may be the place for you. Reporting Relationships This role will report internally to the electrical group manager but will have other “soft” lines of reporting to the project managers and project lead engineers for projects that you are working on.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering
Minimum of 1-5 years of experience
Knowledge and application of National Electrical Code and applicable building and energy codes, as well as knowledge of electrical systems, means and methods, materials, and industry standards, to be able to (with minimal supervision once trained): Populate a power, instrument and communications cable schedule, including sizing conduits, cable trays, wires and cables.
Size and specify equipment such as PDPs, MCCs, switchgear, transformers, and associated overcurrent protection devices.
Lay out electrical rooms, providing required working clearances and access.
Write contractor scope of work summary documents.
General understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.
Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness
Ability to manage time to meet project budget and schedule.
Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.
Thorough understanding of electrical engineering concepts and ability to effectively communicate ideas to others.
Knowledge of PFDs, P&IDs, and their typical symbols and nomenclature.
Advanced oral and written communication skills.
Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of the following systems are preferred but not required: Fire alarm, Wi-Fi, Lightning Protection, Data and Automation Networks, PLC/PAC/DCS’s, BAS/BMS’s, Lighting design and controls, Security/CCTV/Building Access, and PA/Alarming/Notification.
Presentation and interview skills are preferred.
Ideal applicant would have experience with at least some of: SKM Power Tools, Visual Lighting Software, Autodesk Navisworks, Bluebeam Revu, basic understanding of databases and data structures to manage large-data by leveraging tools such as Smart PID or other engineering databases.
Registered professional engineer (PE), Fundamentals of engineering (FE) / engineer in training (EIT) or other professional certification based on area of expertise preferred.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, select, specify, and engineer all electrical engineered systems or products for a project, 480V distribution and lower. This would generally include MCCs and MCC buckets, power distribution panelboards, wires and cables, cable trays and wire baskets, etc.
Design and/or give input to plant wide control systems that include PLC’s, HMI’s, remote I/O racks, MCC’s, VFD’s, and all associated networking requirements in varying topologies.
Engage in the development of a design through PDF (Bluebeam) sketches, diagrams, and other visual formats.
Utilize BIM technologies in development of 3D models of building’s electrical systems and provides PDF markups for CAD designers.
Prepare and revise documentation in various electrical phases including but not limited to single line diagrams, panelboard schedules, plan/location drawings, electrical equipment lists, cable schedules, area classification, network architecture, and P&IDs.
Cross-check designs against vendor documentation including PLC, I/O and motor control panel schematics.
Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own work to deliver a quality product.
Work on multiple projects, demonstrating effective time management.
Participate in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and basic cost estimating.
Participate in constructability reviews.
Assist in the development of new standards and specifications for the electrical group.
Review UL508A panel drawing sets and provide comment, and support modifications/updates to UL508A compliant panels designs (PDF redlines)