Electrical Engineer, DC
BW Design Group is a rapidly growing company with over 1500 professionals across the US, committed to empowering their employees. As an Electrical Engineer, you will work with a team to design and implement solutions for capital projects, focusing on power distribution systems and ensuring compliance with relevant codes and standards.
Responsibilities
- Design medium voltage power distribution systems in compliance with local municipal and public utility building codes
- Design protective relay scenarios and settings
- Design DC control power for MV systems
- Design substation yard layouts and medium voltage equipment
- Create grounding designs and perform site analysis
- Design lighting for outdoor and interior spaces
- Develop arc flash hazard assessment models to define hazard boundaries, short circuit ratings, and overcurrent protection coordination
- Perform duct bank modeling and heating analysis
- Perform generator studies and sizing, including controls and loading analysis
- Coordinate with civil and site designers for underground and overhead distribution equipment design
- Create 3-line drawings for power distribution systems
- Perform Load calculations and cable selections based upon application and design standards
- Observe, assess, and document site installation systems and testing activities to ensure compliance with specifications, codes, and customer requirements
- Write progress reports and present them to project managers and clients
- Collaborate with architects, engineers, and contractors on new construction and renovation projects
- Review electrical design specifications and drawings
- Design low voltage electrical distribution systems, switchboards, MCCs, generators, transformers, and UPSs
- Review construction cost estimates and budgets
- Work on multiple projects simultaneously
- Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team
Skills
- A passion for learning and growing engineering skills in medium and low voltage power distribution design
- Familiarity with Rural Utility Standards (RUS), IEEE Standards, and the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC)
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, PowerTools SKM, ETAP, and EasyPower software systems
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to effectively coordinate with engineers, architects, managers, clients, and contractors
- Familiarity with construction processes and documents
- Proficiency with written and verbal technical communication, including generating reports and conducting group presentations
- A willingness to travel for project requirements including installation and start-up activities, client and company sponsored meetings, trainings, industry related seminars, forums, and conventions
- A bachelor of science in electrical engineering
- An Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification (electrical and computer)
- Experience in medium voltage power design, easy power, load flow analysis, and electrical engineering drawings in a manufacturing environment
- Revit software experience
- Experience working on multi-disciplinary large capital projects
- Familiarity with facilities document control systems
- Experience reviewing and updating electrical system models
- A professional engineer (PE) license
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