Senior MV Electrical Engineer - Power & Commissioning

EVONA; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

EVONA is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer - Medium Voltage to lead the design and commissioning of a large-scale industrial power generation system. You will own the MV electrical infrastructure from concept through commissioning.

The role focuses on a standalone 13.8kV power system for a high-power industrial application, requiring deep expertise in protection, synchronization, and transient performance to ensure reliability and safety.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with medium-voltage electrical systems in industrial, power generation, energy, or heavy engineering environments.
• Strong knowledge of switchgear and protective relays, grounding systems, and generator integration.
• Experience with generator excitation, automatic voltage regulators (AVRs), synchronization, and transient system behaviour.
• Expertise in protection coordination studies, relay selection, and commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Define the MV electrical architecture, single-line diagrams, protection philosophy, and operating concepts.
• Specify and support procurement of switchgear, generator circuit breakers, transformers, and other long-lead electrical equipment.
• Develop protection coordination studies, relay settings, fault studies, and detailed electrical design documentation.
• Lead commissioning activities including first energization, relay testing, synchronization, load acceptance, and step-load testing.
• Support factory and field testing to validate electrical system performance.

Skills

Medium-voltage systems

Power generation

Switchgear

Protective relays

Generator integration

Excitation/AVR

Protection coordination

System synchronization

Fault studies

Electrical drawings

Job description

EVONA is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer - Medium Voltage to lead the design and commissioning of a large-scale industrial power generation system. You will own the MV electrical infrastructure from concept through commissioning.

The role focuses on a standalone 13.8kV power system for a high-power industrial application, requiring deep expertise in protection, synchronization, and transient performance to ensure reliability and safety.