Engineer

Energy Northwest; Richland (WA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ARC incentive

PERS pension

401(k) match

Healthcare benefits

Paid holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Energy Northwest in Richland, WA seeks a senior engineer to provide independent engineering services and support for highly complex tasks, including design modifications, operations, and independent assessments. You will act as an advisor and provide technical leadership across projects.

The role requires onsite work in Richland, 12-hour outage shifts, and on-call support as part of the engineering duty cycle. A PE license or equivalent degree is required.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
• Seven years of engineering experience; or PE license with years of experience.
• Alternative path: Bachelor’s in Engineering and three years of discipline-specific experience.
• High school diploma or GED acceptable with PE license and required experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations and assessments.
• Work with minimal supervision and provide technical leadership.
• Serve as advisor and mentor on specialized engineering projects.
• Lead small groups to resolve complex issues and train others.
• Develop new policies and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance; interpret guidance for application.
• Identify potential problems and initiate corrective action.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (accredited)

PE license (accredited examination)

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite in Richland, WA.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Provide independent engineering service and support to perform highly complex engineering tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the application of engineering fundamentals in support of the design modification, operating, and independent assessment of Energy Northwest facilities. Serve as an advisor to others.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Work with minimal supervision.
• Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements. Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques.
• Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects.
• Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues.
• Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor. Provide training to others.
• Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
• Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance. Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.
• Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action

Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest:

• Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).
• 12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7)
• Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment. (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions).

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of engineering experience;

OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by accredited examination plus eight years of engineering experience.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of discipline specific engineering experience;

OR a PE license obtained by an accredited examination and five years of discipline specific engineering experience. High school diploma or GED is required.

Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and at least one year of engineering experience;

OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and at least one year of engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university

OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and zero to three years of discipline engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

PAY RANGE

The salary listed represents the pay range for this position. Starting pay is calculated from the minimum of the salary range and actual individual placement within the range is determined based on the candidate's experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the role. The level and final offer will also take into account the candidate's overall qualifications.

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

This position is eligible for an annual at-risk compensation (ARC) incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on agency performance against defined metrics and goals which follow eligibility rules within the ARC plan document.

BENEFITS

Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average.

EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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