Electrical Engineering Consultant 2 - Nuclear
About The Position
The Electrical Engineering Consultant 2 leads electrical engineering teams on challenging nuclear power projects, including investigations, troubleshooting, and resolution of engineering issues. The role supports single- and multidisciplinary projects and requires extensive coordination across disciplines. It leads detailed electrical design phases, oversees technical work and project delivery, and helps ensure that deliverables meet technical, quality, financial, scope, schedule, and project-controls expectations. The position develops scopes, cost estimates, schedules, and proposals for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants. It provides technical oversight for engineering design change packages, supporting calculations and studies, procurement specifications, and equipment vendor bid reviews. The role also interfaces with clients, coordinates work across project teams, mentors group members, and identifies opportunities to develop follow-on work. The position requires a BSEE from an ABET-accredited program, substantial experience designing electrical systems for nuclear power plants, and experience leading engineering design groups. U.S. work authorization sponsorship is not provided. PE licensure is preferred. Sargent & Lundy describes its Nuclear Power Group as working on existing plant life extensions and digital modernization, advanced reactor technologies, reactor restarts, coal-to-nuclear initiatives, and international nuclear projects.
Requirements
- BSEE degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
- 10 years of experience designing electrical engineering systems for nuclear power plants.
- 3 years of experience leading an engineering design group through all phases of a project design.
- Experience selecting equipment and materials and preparing and assembling engineering design change packages, calculations, and specifications.
- Experience serving as a firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
- Experience designing electrical systems, including low- and medium-voltage distribution systems and associated transformers, generators, motors, and relays.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills for conveying information to project team members and clients.
- Proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Detail-oriented approach to work.
- Ability to be badged for unescorted access to a nuclear station.
- Must have U.S. work authorization; the employer does not sponsor employees for U.S. work authorization for this position.
Nice To Haves
- PE licensure.
- Interest in learning and effectively using emerging technologies where relevant to the role; experience with AI, automation, programming, or similar technologies is valued but not required.
Responsibilities
- Lead group members’ work to complete electrical engineering project deliverables in line with technical, quality, financial, and project-controls expectations.
- Initiate and communicate scopes of work to group members and define project deliverables, including calculations, specifications, drawings, and design changes.
- Review group-member status and track progress to maintain project scope and budget and keep clients informed.
- Conduct routine status meetings, submit progress reports, and track and resolve open items and emerging project issues.
- Coordinate completion of project deliverables.
- Lead teams through detailed design phases for electrical engineering work, including interface and coordination with other disciplines.
- Develop project scopes, cost estimates, and schedules for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants.
- Develop proposals for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants and coordinate multidisciplinary proposals.
- Provide technical oversight and supervision for electrical engineering activities, including design change packages to install, replace, or upgrade plant equipment for long-term reliability.
- Oversee calculations supporting design change packages, including AC and DC power studies, short-circuit, cable ampacity, voltage-drop, breaker-coordination, motor-starting, and protective-relay-setting calculations.
- Prepare equipment procurement specifications and support equipment vendor bid reviews, including responding to vendor questions and tracking questions and responses.
- Interface with clients and implementing personnel to validate scope and ensure client satisfaction.
- Mentor and guide the development of the group.
- Identify and follow up on client needs that may create strategic opportunities, and use client relationships to develop follow-on work.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision health plans.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Disability coverage.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Back-up daycare.
- Flexible spending account (FSA) and health savings account (HSA).
- 401(k).
- Pre-tax commuter account.
- Merit scholarship program.
- Employee discount program.
- Corporate charitable giving program.
- Tuition assistance.
- First professional licensure bonus.
- Employee referral bonus.
- Paid annual personal/sick time.
- Paid vacation.
- Paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid bereavement leave.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Eligible employees may participate in a yearly discretionary bonus.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
