Electrical Engineer

Finezi Inc.; Pomona (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Finezi Inc. in California is seeking a Substation Engineer with a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering and extensive substation design experience to lead engineering efforts and ensure reliable power delivery for complex projects.

You will coordinate field meetings, mentor junior engineers, review contractor designs and purchase orders in Ariba, manage milestones and costs, and ensure compliance with NERC and utility standards while communicating clearly with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• Two or more years of experience in substation engineering and design.
• Knowledge of guides, standards, codes, and methods for complex assignments.
• Highly organized with field meeting facilitation and meticulous note taking.
• AutoCAD design experience for developing and updating drawings.
• Strong verbal and written communication; field meetings and note taking.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering and design support for substation projects.
• Mentor and train junior engineers in the Substation Projects group.
• Review contractor designs and purchase orders; manage design milestones and costs.
• Lead field meetings to discuss scope of work and gather requirements.
• Ensure compliance with NERC and related regulations; support reliability.

Skills

Substation engineering

Field meetings coordination

Communication skills

Note-taking

Ariba knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Professional Engineer License (P.E.) in California

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

Design Manager

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

Job duties may include: oversee workers, facilitate meetings, and ensure that products and services satisfy the business; single point of contact for the business, understanding requirements and business usage to provide the business with the product domain expertise needed to successfully run, use, and evolve each product...

Education/Experience: Bachelor Degree in applicable profession, business, or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Possesses ten or more years of experience.

REQUIRED SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Bachelor Degree in a Scientific/Technical/Math field
• Two (2) or more years of experience in substation engineering and design
• General knowledge and experience with guides, standards, codes, and methods to perform complex assignments.
• Highly organized, experience conducting field meeting discussing scope of work and excellent note taking.
• AutoCAD design experience in developing and updating AutoCAD drawings.
• Highly organized, excellent communication skills verbal/written, experience conducting field meeting discussing scope of work and excellent note taking skills.

DESIRED SKILLS/ATTRIBUTES

• Five (5) years or more years of engineering experience
• General knowledge and experience with regulations, guides, standards, codes, methods, and practices necessary to perform complex assignments for a specific discipline, various installations, or services
• Professional Engineer License (P.E.) in State of California
• Power Utility Substation 4KV thru 500KV
• Develops preliminary scope of work, Schedules/Conducts pre-engineering job walk meetings with stakeholders (Construction, Maintenance, Operations, IT, Telecomm, Field Engineering, Test, etc.)
• Orders major equipment in a timely manner to meet material want dates
• Manage various in-house design projects by providing technical engineering and design support to the design team as well as providing training and directions
• Manages Prime engineering contractor and working with contractor to ensure consistency and high quality of design, delivery milestone dates, and cost
• Reviews/Evaluates/Approves engineering contractor design cost proposals on direct award and/or competitive bidding projects
• Participate in the mentoring and training of new engineers as required to help develop the technical expertise of the Substation Projects group
• Reviews/Approve Purchase Order Requests, change orders and service sheets through the Ariba system
• Provides technical support to field personnel and other internal/external stakeholders and project related team members as required
• Provides engineering support for on-ongoing operational needs to support service reliability and meet other related compliance requirements, such as emergent projects and/or stakeholders‘ request and emergencies as well as North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) compliance and reporting
• Create and maintain a safety conscious work environment by leading and influencing others to follow Edison safety protocols and safe work practices
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Design Manager, Word, Excel, PowerPoint