Electrical Quality Engineer

McCarl's Technical Services • Pittsburgh, PA

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About The Position

The Electrical Quality Engineer is the project quality representative responsible for planning, coordinating, inspecting, testing, documenting, and verifying electrical, instrumentation, and control work on construction projects. The role ensures installations comply with contract requirements, client specifications, issued-for-construction drawings, approved submittals, applicable codes and standards, manufacturer requirements, and McCarl's Quality Management System. It supports quality assurance and control, commissioning readiness, systemization, turnover, and final acceptance for power distribution, grounding and bonding, raceway, cable, lighting, heat tracing, motors, switchgear, transformers, motor control centers, protective relaying, instrumentation, controls, communications, and associated systems.

The engineer works with quality management, project management, engineering, construction, commissioning, clients, subcontractors, vendors, testing agencies, and authorities having jurisdiction. The position develops and maintains inspection and test plans and records; coordinates inspections and testing; verifies installation and testing quality; supports commissioning and energization readiness; manages nonconformances and corrective actions; and compiles turnover documentation. It may be based at the Beaver Falls, Warrendale, or McMurray office locations and may require travel or temporary relocation, extended shifts, nights, weekends, or outage and energization coverage.

Requirements

• Five or more years of progressive experience in electrical quality, inspection, testing, commissioning, electrical construction, or field engineering in power generation, utilities, heavy industrial, petrochemical, manufacturing, data center, or comparable projects.
• Experience with electrical construction quality from receiving and installation through testing, energization, system completion, and turnover.
• Working knowledge of applicable NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code), NFPA 70E, IEEE, NETA, ANSI, NEMA, UL, ISA, OSHA, and project or client requirements.
• Knowledge of power distribution and control systems, including transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers, motor control centers, panelboards, protective relays, grounding and bonding, raceway, cables, motors, VFDs, UPS systems, batteries, instrumentation, PLC or DCS interfaces, and communications systems.
• Experience with electrical testing and commissioning documentation, including insulation resistance, continuity, phasing, grounding, transformer, breaker, relay, battery, loop, and functional testing.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical diagrams and drawings, including one-line and three-line diagrams, schematics, wiring and elementary diagrams, panel and cable schedules, conduit and tray layouts, grounding plans, instrument loop diagrams, P&IDs, specifications, submittals, and vendor drawings.
• Ability to distinguish design, code, manufacturer, and contractual requirements from recommended practice and escalate conflicts for formal resolution.
• Strong field judgment, inspection, auditing, root-cause analysis, documentation, problem-solving, communication, organization, data analysis, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and construction-document tools such as Bluebeam and Navisworks.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced construction environment and coordinate effectively with craft personnel, supervisors, engineers, vendors, testing technicians, commissioning personnel, clients, and third parties.
• Ability to support extended shifts, nights, weekends, outages, energization windows, travel, or temporary relocation, and to work safely in active industrial construction environments, including climbing, walking on uneven surfaces, and wearing required PPE.
• A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Construction Management, Quality, or a related technical field is preferred. An associate degree, electrical apprenticeship, master or journeyman electrician background, or extensive relevant field experience may be considered as an equivalent combination.

Nice To Haves

• NETA Level II or higher, NICET Electrical Power Testing, ISA Certified Control Systems Technician, ICC Electrical Inspector, NFPA Certified Electrical Safety Compliance Professional, or an equivalent certification; the employer is willing to train.
• Experience with Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, ETAP, SKM PowerTools, Hexagon Smart Completions, GoTechnology/GoCompletions, or equivalent systems.

Responsibilities

• Review contracts, client specifications, IFC drawings, electrical and instrumentation documents, approved submittals, vendor instructions, and applicable codes to identify quality, inspection, testing, documentation, and acceptance requirements.
• Develop and maintain electrical and I&C Inspection and Test Plans, inspection forms, checklists, testing matrices, turnover indices, quality procedures, and system or subsystem record requirements.
• Integrate quality activities into work packages, procurement, construction sequencing, energization and commissioning plans, system boundaries, turnover milestones, and the project schedule.
• Conduct pre-installation and quality kickoff meetings, field surveillances, audits, inspection-readiness reviews, test-readiness reviews, and turnover-readiness reviews.
• Coordinate inspections and tests with construction, engineering, commissioning, clients, vendors, testing agencies, subcontractors, and authorities having jurisdiction.
• Verify receiving inspection, equipment ratings and identification, certifications, condition, approved submittals, storage, preservation, environmental controls, and manufacturer requirements.
• Confirm current approved drawings, specifications, procedures, test forms, equipment data, and vendor instructions are available and used at the point of work.
• Inspect or coordinate inspection of electrical equipment and systems, including substations, transformers, switchgear, breakers, motor control centers, generators, UPS systems, batteries, VFDs, motors, and packaged equipment interfaces.
• Verify raceway and cable tray installation, cable and conductor installation and management, grounding and bonding, lighting, auxiliary electrical systems, instrumentation, and control installations against project requirements.
• Coordinate and review electrical testing, including insulation resistance, continuity, phasing, grounding, transformer, breaker, relay, battery, loop, and functional testing.
• Verify test equipment identification, calibration, traceability, suitability, and use within its rated range; review test reports for accurate identification, settings, results, acceptance criteria, signatures, and traceability.
• Review protective relay settings, coordination-study implementation, breaker settings, CT and PT ratios and polarity, interlocks, control logic, alarms, permissives, and trip functions against approved engineering documents.
• Support factory acceptance tests, vendor inspections, site acceptance tests, pre-functional checks, loop checks, motor bump tests, functional performance tests, commissioning, and energization readiness.
• Lead or support walkdowns and punch-list development; verify deficiencies are corrected and reinspected before concealment, cable pulling, termination, testing, energization, or turnover.
• Maintain inspection and testing status by system and subsystem and link records to the applicable equipment tags, cable numbers, circuits, panels, drawings, loops, test packages, and turnover packages.
• Compile and progressively review turnover documentation, including material records, inspection and test reports, calibration certificates, cable-pull records, termination and torque records, relay reports, equipment check sheets, loop folders, redlines, as-builts, NCR dispositions, and certificates of conformance.
• Identify and document nonconforming materials or work; coordinate segregation, technical evaluation, disposition, repair or replacement, reinspection, closure, and required engineering or client approvals.
• Perform or support root-cause analysis and corrective action for significant or recurring defects, failed tests, equipment damage, documentation gaps, and commissioning issues; verify corrective-action effectiveness.
• Monitor and report quality metrics, including inspection completion, first-pass acceptance, failed tests, punch-list and NCR aging, testing progress, calibration compliance, turnover readiness, rework, and defect trends.
• Provide technical guidance and quality training to supervision, craft personnel, subcontractors, and inspectors.
• Stop or suspend work that may cause nonconforming installations, damage equipment, compromise traceability, bypass required inspection, or introduce unacceptable energization or testing risk.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Project Quality Manager, Quality Control Manager, Director of Quality, Project Manager, or Site Manager, consistent with the position.

Benefits

• Yearly discretionary bonus potential in addition to base salary.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and dependents based on a preferred plan.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability, life, and AD&D insurance for employees.
• 401(k) employee contributions eligible from the first day of employment.
• 401(k) employer match and discretionary profit sharing.
• Vacation days based on service level.
• Eight paid company holidays.
• Ongoing training, career development, and opportunities for growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level