Lead Distribution Engineer Honolulu, HI

ESRhealthcare and EXEC STAFF RECRUITERS•Honolulu, HI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is based on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, and candidates are expected to relocate to Oahu to support our local utility customers, projects, and team. We welcome qualified candidates from across the United States and are pleased to offer a competitive relocation package for eligible hires. As a Lead Distribution Engineer, you can expect to develop work packages for various projects, review work provided by clients, and support engineering calculations. You will be comfortable in both field and office settings and trained in customer engineering and construction standards. The role involves supporting various engineering analyses, developing cost estimates and Bills of Materials (BOM), coordinating utilities, and developing design packages for complex projects. You will also be responsible for work permit development, easements and ROW applications, and the design of mainline vault medium voltage switchgear, network system design, and distribution system protection and coordination. Performing reviews of work by other engineers and conducting root cause analysis of outages are also key responsibilities. Compliance with safety requirements and design/quality expectations is mandatory. Customer/job-related travel is anticipated and will be reimbursed at IRS-approved rates. Overnight travel may be required (15-25% travel). Ability to utilize a personal vehicle is necessary.

Requirements

4+ years of prior relevant experience is required.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering discipline (Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, or Industrial) from an ABET accredited institution preferred; additional relevant experience/certifications may be considered in lieu of bachelor's degree.
Experience with OH framing and design, UG distribution design, UG network projects, Voltage Conversion projects, Road Widening Projects, Major Underground Projects, Conductor replacements, and OH to UG conversions.
Experience with MH/Duct System requirements.
Experience in designing within building and street transformer vaults.
Experience with NESC Standards.
Proficient with O-Calc and line design as well as SAG10 analysis.
Experience with AutoCAD and/or Microstation for Electrical Distribution design.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Overnight travel may be required (15-25% travel).
Ability to utilize personal vehicle.

Nice To Haves

EIT/FE credentials or PE license.
Experience with design tools such as Pole Foreman, SOCKET, and Spida-Calc.
Experience with Hawaiian Electric design standards.

Responsibilities

Developing the work packages for OH, UG, URD, Conventional UG, Network UG, Make Ready and Street Light projects, using customer GIS and WMS systems such as SAP and Bentley Expert Designer.
Review work provided by Client and assess requirements of scopes.
Support pole structural analysis, guying calcs, cable pulling calcs, coordination of protective devices, calculations of electric demand and fault currents.
Developing estimated costs for projects and development of BOM.
Coordination of conflicting utilities, and other field engineering design requirements, the assessment and development of design big packages for complex cable/conduit projects in dense urban environments, work permit development, easements and ROW applications, and the design of mainline vault medium voltage switchgear, network system design and distribution system protection and coordination.
Perform reviews of work by other engineers for submittal to Clients.
Conduct root cause analysis of outages and mitigation using engineering principles and design.
Comply with Leidos and Client Safety requirements as well as design and quality expectations.