Job Details

Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Electrical Engineer 2 position provides professional engineering expertise to support project managers and other engineering personnel in the development of projects and related engineering activities. The ideal candidate will have the ability to analyze and develop complex electrical Plans of Service using current techniques and applicable standards; contribute effectively in a project team environment; manage multiple work assignments and changing priorities; and demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills to successfully meet stakeholder, customer, and team requirements. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay range: $36.61 - $52.30

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit options available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, Hospital Indemnity, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, LifeBalance Discount Program

Responsibilities:

• With oversight and approval from the manager or other authorized federal staff:
• Support preparation of power system models for reliability analysis, including analysis historical SCADA data, modification of generation, transmission and load model components to represent appropriate study scenarios, updating one-line diagrams, contingency definitions, and simulation setup files for Power World Simulator.
• Develop, validate and implement power system models in transmission system studies, including computer models for loads, generators, the Pacific Direct Current Intertie (PDCI), Static VAR Compensators (SVC), and other control devices.
• Perform power system simulations that include power flow, voltage stability and transient stability studies on large-scale power system including analyzing and interpreting study results to identify problems and potential solutions.
• Develop plans for modification and expansion of the transmission system to reinforce flowgates, interties and load service areas to meet transmission system needs for load growth, existing transmission service obligation, interconnection requests for generators, lines or loads and long-term firm transmission service requests
• Assess transmission system performance against NERC/WECC reliability standards and criteria. Identifies near term and long-term Transmission system problems and develops plans to mitigate such problems and strengthen the system to meet the NERC reliability standards and WECC and organization reliability criteria.
• Confer with engineers, internal customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects and products.
• Draft electrical drawings, reports and calculations to support the engineering solutions chosen for electrical systems.
• Facilitate significant work components such as drafting the Project Requirement Diagram (PRD) and filling out the Project Initiation Document (PID) within large projects.
• Compose technical reports that are concise and clear. Present complicated technical information to technical and non-technical groups, including reviewing technical reports from other utilities.
• Develop project requirements diagrams (PRDs), obtain estimates, prepare business case documents, as necessary, for Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource integration, system reactive and miscellaneous capital additions. Conduct economic studies to evaluate project alternatives including risk assessment.
• Present appropriate sizes and ratings for high voltage equipment including transformers, transmission lines, shunt and series capacitors, shunt reactors, breakers and switches on a variety of projects, including Main Grid, Intertie, Area Service, resource addition, reactive addition and replacement projects.
• Coordinate expansion projects with regional and sub-regional organizations and follow the Planning Process explained in Attachment K under FERC Order 890.
• Support Asset Management strategy and goals and develop Asset Plan for transmission expansion.
• As a technical expert, provide consult and training to teammates.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree from an ABET accredited college/university in electrical engineering or closely related engineering field is required.
• 5+ years of electrical engineering experience is preferred.
• Experience should include knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
• Knowledge and understanding of performance characteristics of power transmission equipment and correct representation of power system networks for analyzing transmission system performance and creating project requirements diagrams (PRDs), including transformers, transmission lines, switches, power circuit breakers, reactive support devices, generators, communications and relaying equipment.
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

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