Principal Engineer – Electrical Design Engineer

Pinnacle Specialty Group, Inc.•Aiken, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. This role provides design engineering staff augmentation support to SRNS, with primary responsibilities including engineering analysis, construction support, walkdowns, design development and generation of design output documents. The position requires a high level of technical expertise and leadership in electrical design within the nuclear or chemical process industry.

Requirements

Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years’ experience.
OR A MS with 8+ years’ experience.
OR A BS with 10+ years’ experience or more.
Candidate must demonstrate ten (10) years of design experience in the nuclear or chemical process industry.
Possess a working knowledge of NEC, IES, NFPA, IEEE, and OSHA requirements.
Candidate must have experience using software (preferably ETAP) to generate electrical system calculations.
Proof of U.S. citizenship is required.

Nice To Haves

Previous SRS Design Engineering or DOE facility experience and familiarity with the processes and procedures for providing engineering support to SRS facilities.
Possession of an active DOE clearance (L or Q) within the past two (2) years is preferred.
Proficiency in using MicroStation 2D Computer Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software.

Responsibilities

Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems.
Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results.
Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
Apply technical experience in field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems.
Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.
Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new application of existing engineering or scientific principles.
Evaluate the results of programs and prepares reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology.
Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management.
Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management.
Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies.
Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.
Provide design engineering staff augmentation support to SRNS.
Perform engineering analysis, construction support, walkdowns, design development and generation of design output documents including but not limited to: Single Line Drawings; Electrical Equipment Lists; Control System Design; Control Schematics and Connection Diagrams; Electrical Equipment Specifications; Bulk Material Specifications; Circuit/Raceway/Wiring/Connection Design; Grounding; Heat Tracing; Fire Detection; Short Circuit Calculations; Arc Flash Incident Energy Analysis; Load Flow Analysis; and Electrical System Sizing Calculations.
Provide engineering services using SRNS processes and procedures.