Traction Power & MV Project Engineer - Rail

Jaquith Consulting Group Inc; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Job summary

Jaquith Consulting Group is seeking a Project Engineer, Traction Power and Medium Voltage (Track Engineer) to lead electrical design and integration for the CAHSR program in Sacramento. You will oversee technical reviews, field engineering resolutions, and coordination across OCS, signaling, SCADA, and stations to ensure energization readiness and revenue service preparation.

Reporting to the Project Manager, Traction Power and Medium Voltage, you will provide verified electrical deliverables,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 10+ years of relevant project experience.
• 10+ years on major transportation or infrastructure programs.
• Experience delivering traction power, electrical infrastructure, and railway systems.
• Strong ability to review calculations, studies, specs, and construction docs.
• Travel availability of 25–50% along the project alignment.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering coordination for traction power, MV, and auxiliary power across design, procurement, construction, testing, energization, and handover.
• Coordinate interfaces between traction power, OCS, signaling, communications, SCADA, stations, and maintenance facilities.
• Lead technical review of studies, load flow, short-circuit, and grounding analyses; oversee specs and design deliverables.
• Review contractor submittals, shop drawings, calculations, and test procedures.
• Provide engineering support for substations, interconnections, and SCADA systems.
• Support regulatory approvals, energy authorization, and energization readiness.
• Monitor field implementation, safety, and commissioning activities; ensure readiness for revenue service.

Skills

Leadership

Coordination

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Travel availability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer licensure

Tools

SCADA systems

Substation equipment knowledge

Job description

Jaquith Consulting Group is seeking a Project Engineer, Traction Power and Medium Voltage (Track Engineer) to lead electrical design and integration for the CAHSR program in Sacramento. You will oversee technical reviews, field engineering resolutions, and coordination across OCS, signaling, SCADA, and stations to ensure energization readiness and revenue service preparation.

Reporting to the Project Manager, Traction Power and Medium Voltage, you will provide verified electrical deliverables,