Senior Electrical Engineer (Generation)

WSP•Meridian, ID

1d•$174,200 - $213,200

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its Power & Energy team and support projects with the Thermal Generation Team. The search is nationwide, with any WSP office considered and preference for offices focused on power generation. The role provides technical support and leadership across due diligence, investigation, permitting, design, development, and construction for utility, industrial, and commercial-scale projects in the public and private sectors. The position involves electrical engineering for complex power plant projects, including developing and reviewing design plans, drawings, and equipment specifications. It supports projects from preliminary design through commissioning and record drawings, and contributes to project scoping, budgeting, proposals, client service, and business development. The engineer also provides technical guidance, oversees project teams and quality, supports regulatory and construction reviews, and mentors staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
At least 10 years of relevant post-education experience as a power engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation.
Professional Engineer license required; licensure in multiple states preferred.
High proficiency in power engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and their application to permitting and project work.
High proficiency in power plant infrastructure design involving combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas turbines or heat recovery steam generators.
Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and program or construction management, including coordination with adjacent engineering disciplines.
Strong knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements, including IEEE, NEC, NEMA, and IEC.
High proficiency in technical computations and calculations, applying engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and comparing facts with applicable regulations.
Experience planning and conducting inspections and investigations of facility or structure construction and design under applicable regulations and policies.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex ideas professionally to engineering and non-engineering audiences.
Strong self-leadership and communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively and tactfully with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all organizational levels.
Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to mid-level and senior-level team or project members while adhering to QA/QC standards.
Proficiency in technical writing, office automation, and discipline-specific design software such as PTW/SKM, ETAP, SES CDEGS, AutoCAD Electrical, Bentley MicroStation, SmartPlant, or Revit.
Experience critically reviewing vendor documents and preparing complex technical deliverables.
Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to draw conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, and statistical analysis, and identify effective, economical, and logical solutions.
Demonstrated effectiveness coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to complete tasks safely and efficiently.
Extensive experience in electrical studies such as short-circuit, load-flow, motor-start, relay-coordination, and arc-flash analyses.
Extensive experience in power system protection and control.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Engineering.
40-hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) under 29 CFR 1910.120.
Professional Engineer licensure in multiple states.

Responsibilities

Produce, coordinate, review, and approve electrical design plans for complex power plant projects.
Apply electrical engineering techniques across project phases, from preliminary design through commissioning support and record drawings.
Support generation project scoping, budgeting, and proposal development.
Oversee development of power plant electrical drawings, including one-lines, breaker control schematics, bus duct layouts, equipment elevations, and cable schedules.
Oversee development of equipment specifications for items such as power and control cables, unit auxiliary transformers, isolated phase bus ducts, generator circuit breakers, and power distribution centers.
Lead larger-scale electrical engineering projects, including directing contributors, preparing and overseeing budgets, tracking hours and expenses, and ensuring work quality.
Assist with engineering reviews of permit applications, design plans and specifications, standby plans, engineering contracts, and periodic construction inspections for regulatory compliance and sound engineering practice.
Meet with clients, vendors, and subcontractors to discuss project status and explain engineering decisions and compromises.
Ensure technical reports and presentations effectively communicate research, findings, and recommendations.
Maintain quality and responsiveness to client requirements in alignment with applicable standards.
Develop a client base for high-level electrical engineering services and identify business development opportunities.
Mentor staff and support their professional development.
Provide technical support and leadership for project due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, permitting, improvement, design, development, and construction.
Provide guidance to project managers and managers on current and future challenges, risks, innovation, and future-ready opportunities.
Ensure responsibilities are delivered to quality standards for design, safety, and functionality.
Plan and conduct inspections and investigations related to facility or structure construction and design.
Coordinate with engineers in adjacent disciplines, including mechanical and civil structural engineering.
Review vendor documents and prepare complex technical deliverables.
Coordinate and direct subcontractors and others to complete tasks safely and efficiently.