Electrical Power Engineer

HDR, Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Power Engineer with utility-scale experience to support design projects, lead multiple design and engineering tasks, and handle administration duties concurrently.

The ideal candidate has power generation and distribution expertise, experience with protection and motor control design, familiarity with ETAP, SKM, and other design software; renewable energy exposure is highly valued, with potential to grow into a team lead.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered.
• Experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (e.g., PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, Revit).
• Active participation in employee-owned culture.

Responsibilities

• Support power generation design projects.
• Lead multiple design and engineering projects.
• Administration tasks simultaneously.

Skills

Power generation design

Project leadership

Mentoring engineers

Contract/contract administration

Client relationship development

Proposal writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

ETAP

SKM

EasyPower

CYMCAD

PSCAD

PLS CAD

AutoCAD

Plant 3D

AutoPipe

Revit

Job description

Responsibilities

Electrical Power Engineer candidate should have experience within the utility scale power and renewable energy industry and be capable of supporting power generation design projects including leading multiple design and engineering projects or administration tasks simultaneously.

• Support power generation design projects.
• Lead multiple design and engineering projects.
• Administration tasks simultaneously.

The ideal candidate will have specific experience in power generation and distribution, renewable energy, protection and motor control design, power system studies, construction and equipment specification development, and balance of plant designs such as raceway, lighting, and grounding systems.

Interest or experience in the exciting market of renewables and battery energy storage systems (BESS) is very desired.

Additionally, interest in mentoring young engineers, client relationship development, and supporting marketing activities, such as proposal technical writing, fee builds, and development of work breakdown structure is desired.

A level of design and engineer of record work experience with power plant systems is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Protection and control design experience including setting calculations and electronic files development.
• Instrumentation and Controls experience particularly with DCS and PLC systems is a plus.
• Field experience, including startup and commissioning, experience is desired.
• Experience in renewable energy (PV, BESS, etc.) and DER or microgrid projects is highly desired.
• Previous experience with an engineering power consulting firm desired.
• Willingness to grow into a team lead or section manager role.
• Knowledge and experience with three-phase electrical power, protection and control design, system grounding, physical design, and experience with other activities such as lighting and grounding design, including instrumentation and control and life safety systems.
• Capable computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, CYMCAD, PSCAD, etc.).
• Conduct work sessions and project meetings, and/or participate in reviews at the project site in conjunction with the Project Manager and other disciplines and provide construction contract administration as needed.
• Develop project schematic design and contract document phase of a project including reviewing project documents, writing project specification and coordinating areas of conflict with other disciplines.
• Coordinate with and assist affected disciplines with addenda, requests for information (RFIs), change orders (COs), job safety analysis (JSAs) and take responsibility to incorporate agreed-upon changes into the project documents.
• Conduct QA/QC on the work of other Engineers, Project Coordinators or Designers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered (e.g., Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license).
• Previous experience in project execution within the Power Market Sector.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office as well as standard Power Market Sector design software (examples include PLS CAD, AutoCAD, Plant 3D, AutoPipe, and Revit).
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.