Remote Distribution Planning Engineer – Energy Systems

Welty Energy; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Welty Energy is seeking a Distribution Planning Engineer to join the Scoping & Estimating team. The role centers on planning and reliability of distribution systems, with responsibilities spanning planning studies, modeling, budgeting, and related analyses to ensure robust electrical infrastructure.

Qualified candidates will have 3–8 years in planning engineering, experience with electrical systems and switching, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• ABET-accredited Electrical Engineering degree preferred
• Minimum 3–8 years of planning engineering experience
• Experience with electrical systems, operations, maintenance, switching and tagging
• Knowledge of regulatory and customer reliability requirements
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Willing to travel and work irregular hours

Responsibilities

• Develop planning studies to drive distribution system expansions
• Model distribution systems and compute voltage drop and fault currents
• Prepare budgets and schedules for system reinforcement projects
• Perform switching studies for mobile applications
• Design and support distributed control systems for line switches and reclosers
• Conduct long-term area planning studies and load growth analyses
• Perform capacity and load studies for new customer requests
• Carry out power quality studies and interconnection reviews
• Support operations with real-time monitoring and switching studies
• Contribute to outage analysis and reliability improvements

Skills

Electrical systems analysis

Load flow studies

Reliability engineering

Budgeting & forecasting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (ABET-accredited)

PE License (10+ years experience)

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (ABET)

Tools

Power system analysis software

Relay coordination software

Job description

Welty Energy is seeking a Distribution Planning Engineer to join the Scoping & Estimating team. The role centers on planning and reliability of distribution systems, with responsibilities spanning planning studies, modeling, budgeting, and related analyses to ensure robust electrical infrastructure.

Qualified candidates will have 3–8 years in planning engineering, experience with electrical systems and switching, and strong communication skills.