Principal Engineer P&C

Qualus; Brandon (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life Insurance

Short and Long-Term Disability

401(k) match

Flexible Spending Accounts

EAP

Parental Leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Qualus is seeking a Principal Protection & Control Engineer within our Project Management Organization in Florida. You will design electrical protection and control systems for generation, transmission, and distribution, ensuring quality and cost effectiveness.

The role requires leading and mentoring engineers, delivering complete design packages, presenting solutions to clients, and guiding technical direction for Relay Settings and related projects.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering required; international degrees considered.
• At least 15 years of electrical engineering experience with protection and control.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop complete engineering design packages for protective relaying and communications.
• Provide technical direction and on-the-job training to drafters and engineers.
• Build and maintain relationships with senior-level clients and management.
• Present technical solutions to customers and address real-time technical concerns.
• Collaborate with cross-functional groups to implement technical solutions.
• Set technical direction for Relay Settings and influence peers.
• Lead projects with critical thinking on high-impact problems.
• Assign and review tasks, and mentor junior engineers.
• Plan and prioritize work of other engineers.
• Contribute to internal training materials.
• Oversee QA/QC processes for protection and control activities.

Skills

Protection & control engineering

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Postgraduate degree preferred

Job description

Power Your Future with Qualus

as a Principal P&C Engineer within our Project Management Organization. Qualus specializes in engineering design and consultation for the power systems industry. Our project team is comprised of technical engineers and operational professionals who work to guarantee that our product designs are consistent with client expectations.

Responsible for the design of electrical protection and control systems for generation, transmission and distribution systems with emphasis on quality and project costs following client’s requirements and internal company’s quality control and quality assurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Development of complete engineering design packages for protective relaying and communications systems, including AC one-line and three-line diagrams, DC schematics, logic and functional diagrams, panel layouts, interconnection diagrams, relaying equipment specifications and bill of materials.
• Provides technical direction and on-the-job training to drafters, engineering technicians, and less experienced engineers.
• Developing, nurturing and maintaining trusted relationships with senior level engineering, managers, and executives with current or prospective clients.
• Confidently and comfortably present technical solutions to key customers respond in real time to technical concerns and answer questions in a knowledgeable articulate manner.
• Expected to work collaboratively with the appropriate groups/individuals to develop and implement technical solutions that support the objectives of the Engineering Department.
• Plays a critical role in establishing technical direction and philosophy for Relay Settings organization, and must possess high technical competence and have the recognition of his peers within the company and industry.
• Assignments on projects require the highest level of critical thinking to resolve high-impact, complex, and/or cross functional problems.
• Provides leadership by assigning and reviewing projects or job tasks and mentoring of less experienced engineers.
• Delegating, planning, prioritizing and reviewing the work of other engineers will be critical.
• Assist with the development of internal training material.
• Perform/Ensure company’s Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) processes are been follow on all Protection and Control activities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (not engineering technology program). An international engineering degree will be considered. A post graduate engineering/science or business degree is also preferred.
• Fifteen (15) or more years of electrical engineering experience is required, experience in protection and control engineering is required.

Benefits & Compensation

Qualus benefits offered include

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life Insurance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• EAP
• Parental Leave
• Paid time off
• Holidays

for those who qualify.

The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.

Company Overview

Qualus is a leading pure-play power solutions firm and innovator at the forefront of power infrastructure transformation, with differentiated capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. The firm partners with utilities, commercial, industrial, data center, and government clients, and renewable and energy storage developers, offering comprehensive solutions through boutique and integrated advisory, planning, engineering, digital solutions, program management, energy efficiency and specialized field services. Qualus also provides software and technology enabled services and develops breakthrough solutions for critical power industry challenges such as distributed and variable resource integration, emergency management, and secure data exchange. The firm has over 2,000 professionals, with offices throughout the U.S. and Canada.

EEO

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive workplace and do not discriminate on any grounds protected by applicable human rights legislation across Canada and the US.

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