Early Career Power Systems Engineer—Low Voltage

BNH•San Marcos, TX

4d•$80,000 - $108,500•Hybrid

About The Position

Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Power Systems Engineer supporting the Test Operations and Sustainment contract, at Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold AFB, TN. The Power Systems Engineer will be working as a member of an integrated team responsible for maintaining and sustaining the United States Air Force Test Operations and Sustainment efforts. This position is open to internal and external candidates. We are seeking an Electrical Engineer in our Utilities branch responsible for the distribution of electrical power from the Tennessee Valley Authority to at least eight distribution substations to provide power to our test facilities and other infrastructure. Specifically, this individual would have responsibility for low voltage 480V and below. AEDC is a suite of ground test facilities providing simulated operating environments for air and space vehicles and sub system or scaled systems development and testing. While this position has some office work involved, the majority of the engineer’s time is spent in the field or test area. Engineers who enjoy this type of work typically have some interest or experience with electrical systems such as motors, switch-gear, transfer switches, electrical distribution, generators, lighting systems, PLC controls, etc. which may come from a full time job or from working in aspects of electrical power, automobiles, farm equipment, or other machinery.

Requirements

BS degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret level security clearance and access to the AEDC local area network
U.S. Citizenship is required for employment at AEDC

Nice To Haves

Active Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance
Education focus or work experience specifically related to power distribution
Experience (internship, co-op, or full time) in operations, maintenance, and/or sustainment of electrical power components and system; transformers, motors, motor control centers, switch gear, circuit breakers, and protective devices for 13.8KVA and below
Ability to perform in a dynamic working environment with flexibility to meet mission demands
Strong organizational skills to track and facilitate progress on projects
Demonstrated proactiveness and initiate to drive to results
Exhibits strong level of technical curiosity and desire to seek understanding
Strong communication skills (including verbal and written)
Participates in and fosters a work environment that is based upon openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction

Responsibilities

Provide electrical system engineering for assigned systems within power control group.
Provide support to ARC flash program as needed.
Responsible for maintaining the preventive maintenance processes in CMMS, field support to provide direction and make decisions on issues, engineering support for all proactive and corrective issues, spares management and the capital investment support for these systems.
Interface directly with the Air Force (AF) customer to provide recommendations to ensure these assets are being maintained according to AF standards.
Participate in engineering tasks including collecting and/or deriving systems requirements, performing gap analyses, modifying existing designs, preparing specifications, statements of work, and calculations, reviewing design drawings, providing systems installation engineering, preparing systems safety hazard analyses, preparing engineering studies and reports, preparing material and craft labor estimates, generating operations and maintenance work instructions, developing and maintaining a preventive maintenance and asset management program, and instrumentation and control system design, development, maintenance, and/or operations support.
Interface with various engineering disciplines, test and plant operations, project management, safety and environmental engineers, craft supervision, and planners/schedulers to ensure systems are ready and maintenance outages are planned and coordinated.
Provide technical guidance to craft personnel in setup, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and removal of systems.
Participate in incident investigations and root-cause analyses.
Present and communicate technical systems information to management, AF client, and test customers.
Perform other duties as required.