Senior Engineer - Generation Electrical & Controls

Puget Sound Energy; Ellensburg (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Puget Sound Energy is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join the Generation Electrical & Controls team. The role focuses on supporting commissioning, troubleshooting across wind, solar, and storage assets, and delivering control system upgrades.

The candidate will design and modify HMIs, PLCs, and DCS logic, mentor junior staff, and participate in emergency response efforts during outages or weather events. Strong communication across teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineer with experience in industrial processes and controls.
• Knowledge of protective relaying, electrical maintenance, and asset management.
• Ability to communicate across teams with varied technical backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Support commissioning and troubleshoot wind and solar generation, instrumentation, PLCs, DCS, SCADA, and equipment.
• Recommend control system upgrades and design improvements.
• Manage projects from inception to close-out: scope, budget, schedule; support construction and commissioning; ensure documentation.
• Evaluate vendor proposals and prepare specifications/RFPs.
• Assess critical electrical components and specify replacements.
• Design/modify HMIs, PLC, DCS logic using ladder, structured text and function blocks.
• Create/modify P&IDs, loop drawings, schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Mentor and train engineers and technicians.
• Support emergency response and restoration during weather/system failures.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Industrial controls

Troubleshooting

Project coordination

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

PLCs

DCS

SCADA

HMIs

Ladder logic

Structured text

Function block languages

Job description

Puget Sound Energy is looking to grow our community with top talented individuals like you! With our rapidly growing, award winning energy efficiency programs, our pathway to an exciting and innovative future is now.

PSE's Generation & Natural Gas Storage team is looking for qualified candidates to fill anopenSenior Engineer - Generation Electrical & Controlsposition!

Specific details regarding the work arrangements for this position will be discussed in further detail during the interview process.

Job Description

Puget Sound Energy's Generation Electrical & Controls (GEC) department is looking for an Electrical Engineer with experience in Industrial Processes and Controls, Protective Relaying, electrical maintenance, asset management or in closely related fields, to join our team.

GEC is a centralized group providing electrical engineering support for all PSE owned generating facilities including hydro, gas turbine, wind, solar and battery storage. This support includes professional engineering services in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of these facilities.

The successful candidate will review and verify complex engineering plans, designs, drawings, specifications, standards, evaluations, and studies utilizing specialized analytical skills. The candidate should possess knowledge of, or must be able to learn, plant electrical and mechanical systems related to power generation and storage. They must be able to communicate successfully with personnel possessing a wide variety of technical backgrounds, and be able to ensure compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements and ensure that problem solutions are tailored to PSE's business environment. In addition, they will need to provide quick, professional responses to assist generating plant staff with troubleshooting operational problems on complex plant control systems as well as a variety of power generation equipment.

The ideal candidate would have significant power plant controls experience. Tasks for this position include but are not limited to the following:

1. Support commissioning and troubleshoot operational issues related to wind and solar generation (primary function), instrumentation, PLCs, DCSs, SCADA, and various power generation equipment.
2. Propose recommendations for control system upgrades, component replacements and design improvements.
3. Manage projects from inception to project close-out including:
   1. create the project scope, budget and schedule
   2. support construction and installation phases
   3. lead commissioning and initial start-up
   4. ensure successful implementation and accurate documentation
   5. development of maintenance plans and plant procedures
4. Prepare specifications and request-for-proposals as well as evaluate proposals from vendors.
5. Evaluate the condition of critical electrical components; specify new and replacement components as required.
6. Design and/or modify HMIs, PLC, and DCS logic using various programming methods, including ladder logic, structured text and function block "languages".
7. Creating or modifying P&IDs, loop drawings, schematics and wiring diagrams.
8. Mentor and train other engineers and technicians.
9. Support emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather or other system failures.