Job Description
Electrical Engineer 2/3 - Plutonium Rapid Response Team
COMPA Industries is searching for qualified candidates for Electrical Engineer 2 and Electrical Engineer 3 positions supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, NM.
- Salary: $65/hr - $85/hr, depending on experience
- Location: 100% Onsite - Los Alamos, NM
- Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required
- Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Clearance
- Work Schedule: 4/10s, day shift; schedules may include Monday-Thursday, Thursday-Sunday, or Friday-Monday
- Assignment Duration: 1 year, with possible extension up to 3 years
- Extension/Conversion: Yes, conversion is possible
- Positions Available: 1 Engineer 2 and 1 Engineer 3
- Start Date: ASAP
- Travel: No travel expected
- Per Diem/Relocation: Per diem available; no relocation
- Remote/Hybrid: No - 100% onsite
Mandatory Experience Requirement - Read Before Applying
- Applicants must have a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution and direct electrical design engineering experience supporting facility design, operations, maintenance, construction, or project engineering activities.
- Candidates must be able to produce, review, and interpret electrical design documentation and construction documents in a field-facing engineering environment.
- Candidates without the following experience will not be considered:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution
- U.S. Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q Clearance
- Ability to work 100% onsite in Los Alamos, NM
- Electrical design experience related to facility power systems
- Experience producing and interpreting electrical construction documents, drawings, and specifications
- Ability to support field/construction questions, field changes, and design interpretation
Impact
- Electrical Engineers supporting the Plutonium Rapid Response Team provide design engineering support for facility design, operations, maintenance, construction, and field execution activities. This role directly supports TA-55 and related plutonium facility mission areas by ensuring electrical designs, construction documents, and field engineering solutions are safe, technically accurate, constructible, and aligned with LANL and DOE/NNSA requirements.
- The selected engineers will support rapid-response design needs, review LAP-4 and internal designs, evaluate requested field or personnel changes, and help resolve field issues impacting construction, maintenance, and facility operations.
Responsibilities
- Perform electrical engineering design, analysis, calculations, and design reviews.
- Develop, review, interpret, and support electrical engineering design packages.
- Produce and review construction documents, drawings, specifications, calculations, markups, and technical deliverables.
- Support facility design, operations, maintenance, construction, modifications, and project execution.
- Review LAP-4 designs and internal design packages.
- Support field engineering questions, construction documentation, design interpretation, and field issue mitigation.
- Provide engineering input for low-voltage facility power systems, including common 120V, 208V, and below-480V applications.
- Support conductor sizing, conduit sizing, junction box layouts, electrical routing, equipment installation, and construction-ready design documentation.
- Coordinate across engineering, construction, operations, maintenance, work control, project management, and facility organizations.
- Apply applicable electrical engineering codes, standards, procedures, and DOE/NNSA requirements.
- Use engineering technology, drafting tools, and markup software to support design development and review.
- Work independently and collaboratively as part of a multi-discipline engineering team.Continuously improve engineering work processes to meet customer and mission needs.
- For Engineer 3 candidates, provide technical direction, support junior personnel, lead assigned activities, and coordinate more complex engineering deliverables.
Minimum Qualifications
Engineer 2:
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited college or university.
- Minimum 3 years of relevant electrical engineering experience.
- Strong experience producing, reviewing, and interpreting electrical design documents.
- Experience supportin