Senior Electrical Engineer (Power Distribution)

Tealenergi•Bagdad, AZ

About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer / Superintendent – Power Distribution SME is a senior-level technical leadership position responsible for improving the reliability, safety, maintainability, and performance of electrical power distribution infrastructure. The role serves as the primary subject matter expert for power distribution systems and provides oversight throughout the asset lifecycle, from planning and design through construction, commissioning, operations, maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, and modernization. The successful candidate will bring extensive experience with utility, mining, industrial, or large infrastructure power systems and the ability to assess existing infrastructure, identify deficiencies, develop practical improvements, and lead reliability and capital initiatives. The position assesses electrical infrastructure and engineering designs, develops maintenance and asset-management programs, and provides technical leadership during installations, upgrades, replacements, outages, and capital projects. It also supports capital planning, coordinates contractors and consultants, mentors technical staff, investigates equipment failures, and develops standards and operational best practices. TealEnergi is a technical manpower provider supporting major capital projects and operations across traditional energy, energy transition, manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure sectors. The company states its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to providing equal consideration to qualified applicants.

Requirements

Option 1: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
Option 1: Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience supporting utility, mining, industrial, or large infrastructure power systems.
Option 1: Demonstrated experience in power-line and substation design, construction, commissioning, maintenance, reliability, asset management, or capital-project execution.
Option 2: High school diploma or GED equivalent.
Option 2: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience in electric utility, industrial, mining, or power-distribution environments.
Option 2: Demonstrated progression from field operations, maintenance, construction, commissioning, or technical specialist work into leadership, reliability, asset management, engineering support, or SME responsibilities.
Option 2: Proven experience evaluating, maintaining, troubleshooting, commissioning, upgrading, or managing power-distribution infrastructure.
Option 2: Recognized expertise in electrical maintenance, reliability improvement, asset management, or infrastructure lifecycle management.
Technical knowledge of overhead transmission and distribution systems, distribution and industrial substations, power transformers, medium- and high-voltage switchgear, protective relaying and control systems, grounding systems, capacitor banks, SCADA and automation systems, electrical testing and commissioning, reliability engineering, asset management, power-system analysis, arc-flash mitigation, insulation coordination, maintenance strategy development, and root-cause analysis.
Knowledge of IEEE and ANSI standards, the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), the National Electrical Code (NEC), OSHA and/or MSHA requirements, and NETA testing standards.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE) registration.
Utility, lineworker, substation technician, NETA, NICET, PMP, or equivalent industry certifications.
Experience conducting infrastructure audits and condition assessments.
Experience developing maintenance and asset-management standards across multiple facilities.
Experience leading reliability-improvement initiatives and capital projects.
Experience managing consultants, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams.
Experience using SAP or an equivalent asset-management system.

Responsibilities

Assess overhead power lines, substations, transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers, capacitor banks, grounding systems, protective relays, reclosers, sectionalizers, SCADA systems, and automation controls.
Evaluate infrastructure against company standards, utility best practices, industry standards, regulatory requirements, reliability-centered maintenance principles, and asset-management practices.
Identify engineering, construction, equipment, maintenance, inspection, asset-management, protection, spare-parts, and operational-readiness deficiencies and risks.
Develop prioritized corrective-action plans and long-term reliability-improvement strategies.
Review existing and proposed power-system designs and assess compliance with engineering standards, specifications, and industry practices.
Evaluate conductor selection, equipment ratings, grounding, protection schemes, insulation coordination, arc-flash mitigation, reliability, and maintainability.
Provide technical expertise during concept development, detailed engineering, design reviews, equipment selection, and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT).
Assess maintenance programs and field execution, establish maintenance standards and best practices, and develop maintenance strategies for power-distribution equipment and systems.
Develop and maintain preventive-maintenance, inspection, condition-monitoring, asset-health, spare-parts, and reliability-improvement programs.
Establish maintenance frequencies, acceptance criteria, KPIs, asset-health metrics, and performance measures.
Provide technical leadership during installations, expansions, upgrades, replacements, outages, and capital projects.
Review contractor and consultant work for compliance with drawings, specifications, company and industry standards, and safety requirements; conduct field inspections and quality audits.
Oversee commissioning activities, including acceptance and protection testing, functional testing, energization planning, startup, and performance validation.
Develop project scopes, technical specifications, budgets, and execution strategies; support annual capital planning.
Lead reliability-improvement initiatives and coordinate consultants, contractors, testing providers, commissioning vendors, and internal stakeholders.
Monitor project safety, quality, cost, schedule, and reliability outcomes, and ensure identified deficiencies are addressed through maintenance, refurbishment, replacement, or project execution.
Serve as the organization's Power Distribution SME and mentor engineers, technicians, planners, supervisors, and maintenance personnel.
Lead equipment-failure investigations and root-cause analyses.
Develop technical standards, maintenance procedures, asset-management strategies, and operational best practices; benchmark operations and promote continuous improvement.