$90,000.00/Yr. - $100,000.00/Yr.

Electrical Project Engineer, EV Charging Job Locations

US-CO-Westminster | US-TX-Fort Worth | US-WI-Middleton | US-MN-Minneapolis ID

2024-5806

Category Electrical Engineering

Position Type Regular

Division Renewables Overview

Electrical Project Engineer, EV Charging Westwood Professional Services, Inc. Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer to support our Electrical Engineering Team. The position is for an electrical engineer to support interconnection and design of EV charging facilities and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facilities, which includes: BESS sites layout, EV charger site layout, selecting and sizing appropriate distribution/collection equipment and conductors, and determining interconnection requirements. As an Electrical Project Engineer the individual will coordinate with the Project Lead, and Senior Engineers, to maintain firm standards and consistency as well as oversee junior engineers, electrical designers, and drafters on the project. This position may also include supervision responsibilities of an intern and/or new grad for timesheet/expense/PTO approval, annual growth planning, and discip This postion can be based in our Denver, Minneapolis, Madison, or Fort Worth offices.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead electrical engineering portions of EV Charging Facilities and Energy Storage Projects
• Responsible for contractual electrical engineering scope, verify incorporation into design, and coordination of change orders with project manager
• Responsible for insuring project deliverable schedules for electrical engineering scope are met
• Coordinate with other project disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors
• Perform electrical engineering design and creation of construction documents for projects
• Responsible for performing electrical calculations and studies such as short circuit, load flow calculations and voltage drop.
• Coordinate with clients, utilities, and code enforcement officers.
• QA/QC of design work performed by interns, designers/drafters, graduate engineers, and staff engineers
• Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices
• Collaborate with and support electrical engineering teams in other offices as projects and workload sharing between offices dictates.
• Support construction of the projects by responding to contractor and owner requests including RFIs and submittal review
• Supervise, train, and/or mentor interns, graduate engineers, and design technicians

Required Skills

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Renewable Engineering Program
• Knowledge of NEC requirements
• Knowledge and proficiency in the use of an electrical power system modeling program(s)
• Approximately 3-7 years of experience in the design of electrical distribution, generation, and or general electrical construction
• Working knowledge and ability to read and create construction drawings and specification packages
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products
• Professional appearance with excellent written and verbal communications skills, including ability to write detailed technical reports with minimal oversite
• Experience with progress reports, managing project data and communicating project requirements to internal stakeholders.
• Must have a strong work ethic along with a positive attitude
• Must be a supportive team member, able to work in a collaborative environment
• Must be self-motivated with an ability to balance multiple projects under tight deadlines with minimal supervision
• Ability to use AutoCAD in at least a limited capacity

Preferred Experience

• Experience and knowledge of overall design and construction of renewable power projects
• Experience with EV Chargers
• Experience in lighting design and photometrics anal sis using AGI32 or Visual Lighting
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Electrical PE License or ability to be licensed in multiple states
• Experience with energy storage systems (battery, flywheel, or capacitor)
• Proficiency with ETAP, CYMCAP, WinIGS, and/or DigSilent PowerFactory