Electrical Project Engineer

Offices
middleton, WI
Categories
Electrical Engineering
Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer to join our renewables team. The position is for an electrical engineer to design solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, which includes:  plant layout, selecting appropriate system hardware, system optimization, determining power generation and interconnection requirements, and being a leader portions of the electrical engineering of projects. As an Electrical Project Engineer the individual will coordinate with the Project Lead, and Senior Engineers, to maintain firm standards and consistency as well as oversee junior engineers, electrical designers, and drafters on the project. This position may also include supervision responsibilities of an intern and/or new grad for timesheet/expense/PTO approval, annual growth planning, and disciplinary actions. Westwood has a highly experienced and dynamic team of individuals dedicated to providing high-level professional services to our clients. 
Duties and Responsibilities
  • Lead electrical engineering portions of commercial and utility scale solar
  • Responsible for contractual electrical engineering scope, verify incorporation into design, and coordination of change orders with project manager
  • Responsible for insuring project deliverable schedules for electrical engineering scope are met
  • Coordinate with other project disciplines including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors
  • Perform electrical engineering design and creation of construction documents for projects
  • Responsible for performing electrical calculations and studies such as short circuit, load flow calculations and voltage drop.
  • Coordinate with clients, utilities, and code enforcement officers.
  • QA/QC of design work performed by interns, graduate engineers, and staff engineers
  • Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices
  • Collaborate with and support electrical engineering teams in other offices as projects and workload sharing between offices dictates.
  • Support construction of the projects by responding to contractor and owner requests including RFIs and submittal review
  • Supervise, train, and/or mentor interns, graduate engineers, and design technicians
Position Type
Full-Time