Senior Engineer I, Power System, Study Consultant

Schneider Electric; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

Schneider Electric Consulting Services leads power system studies, assessments, and design packages for electrical distribution systems. The Studies Lead Engineer acts as the primary client-facing expert in the aligned territory, delivering fault, coordination, arc flash, and load flow studies while collaborating with Sales, Channel Partners, and internal teams.

Ideal candidates bring 3+ years of relevant experience with a Professional Engineer licensure preferred and strong written and verbal

Qualifications

• Understanding power system studies – fault, coordination, arc flash, and load flow.
• 3+ years of relevant experience; Professional Engineer licensure preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Face of Consulting for studies in the aligned territory and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Develop and nurture relationships with Sales Teams, Channel Partners, and key customers.
• Support pre-bid studies activities to help Sales win and de-risk equipment orders.
• Coordinate with project teams and engineers to improve study delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Visit sites as needed and participate in customer calls and meetings.

Skills

Power systems

Customer facing

Team collaboration

Education

Professional Engineer licensure preferred

Job description

Schneider Electric Consulting Services produces power system studies, performs assessments, and creates design packages for electrical distribution systems. The studies specialty focuses on the modeling and analysis of power systems to evaluate code and standard compliance, optimize protective device responses to faults, and provide information for worker protection.

Studies Lead Engineer Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the “Face of Consulting” for studies in aligned territory – local presence and visual accountability ensuring a satisfying customer experience for delivery of Consulting Services studies (fault, coordination, arc flash, load flow).
• Develop and nurture relationships with Sales Teams, Channel Partners, and key customers to influence growth and collaboration.
• Gather feedback on ETO project studies end‑to‑end (quote through labeling & startup).
• Share this feedback with study delivery teams – Project Coordination, back‑office study engineers, leadership team – to collaborate on delivery improvement.
• Support pre‑bid studies activities – fault calculations/evaluations, selective coordination OCPD selections, etc. – to help Sales Team win and de‑risk equipment orders.
• Accountable for studies delivery in aligned territory acting as a point of contact – with a strong technical understanding of power system studies and the Consulting Service study process, act as point of contact participating in customer calls and meetings, performing some studies personally, and visiting sites as needed.
• Understand local adoption and enforcements of codes and standards and adapt & influence study execution to balance with System Studies procedures.

Key Outcomes:

• Achieve targets for sales and orders growth, customer satisfaction, and study attach rates for the aligned territory through timely delivery and high‑quality results.
• Drive orders growth and attach rates by influencing and collaborating with Sales, Channel Partners, Consulting BDMs, and key customers.
• Ensure a safe working environment with a target of 0.0 MIR for field workers.

Qualifications:

• Technical Expertise: Understanding power system studies – fault, coordination, arc flash, and load flow. 3+ years relevant experience with Professional Engineering licensure preferred.
• Communication Skills: Strong customer‑facing presence and ability to discuss technical issues with audiences of varying technical abilities.
• Collaboration: Understanding power system study processes and the stakeholders involved, to work with Sales, Channel, Studies Project Coordinators & engineers to improve study delivery.

Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well‑being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.

Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.

Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.

Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.

Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.