Sr Electrical Engineer

1.    Plan, develop, and implement the installation and modification of campus utility systems.  Coordinate with the plans and needs of the client and Units.  Engineer and oversee the installation and relocation of underground utility infrastructure with minimum impact to the client’s community and its activities.  Assume complete engineering responsibility for utility distribution systems to ensure system capability, flexibility, reliability, safety, economic operation, and consideration for expansion.  Formulate and balance long and short-range plans and budgets with respect to utility distribution upgrades.  Develop distribution system statistics, records, and drawings, and assist in the documentation of utility infrastructure for record purposes.

2.    Maintain communications and relationships with governmental agencies/departments to ensure that the client's interests are served in a safe, reliable, economical, and least disruptive manner.  Stay current with pertinent government standards relative to employee environmental, health, and safety.  Maintain knowledge of federal, state, municipal, industry, and codes, regulations, practices, trends, and/or guidelines as well as stay current with the latest information on electrical design and equipment.

3.    Provide technical assistance to Services operating and maintenance personnel and technical support for the operation and maintenance of central utility distribution systems and building systems as necessary.  Evaluate and provide recommendations for preventive maintenance programs for the client's electrical distribution systems, the central chilled water and steam plants, and other electrical systems and equipment.  Identify and develop cost control opportunities and system cost planning. 

4.    Interface with local utility suppliers.  Assist in the utility metering, accounting, and billing activities.  Perform utility rate analyses and evaluate impacts upon the client.  Evaluate and recommend appropriate action to provide alternative utility sources to or within the client whenever economically feasible or otherwise justified.  Evaluate energy management system operations for improvement and enhancement possibilities for control and monitoring of the campus utility distribution system and building distribution systems.

5.    Coordinate with other Services divisions to formulate the best delivery of services to the client and Units.  Explore with the other Services divisions possible new business opportunities within the client and help formulate business strategies.  Assist in the formulation and implementation of new departmental policies and procedures to improve the delivery of engineering, operational, utility accounting, and maintenance services and planning.

6.    Develop, negotiate, and manage the delivery of engineering and project management services for various projects relative to the utility infrastructure.  Prepare and review technical and legal portions of bid and contract documents.  Interface with architects, engineers, contractors, consultants and representatives to coordinate and manage projects for best implementation and minimum disruption to the client community and its activities.  Responsible for budgeting and monitoring the function and expenditures for the various utility projects for the Schools and Units. 

7.    Study and evaluate electrical building systems for all facilities and departments.  Involvement includes but is not limited to the installation, operation, and maintenance of normal and emergency lighting, distribution systems, fire alarm, specialized research and test equipment, and HVAC controls.  Interface with representatives from the Schools and Units to coordinate their projects with campus-wide utility projects.  Incorporate the impacts of projects for the client and Units into the budgets and work scope of the  utility capital plan.  

8.    Review and upgrade project specifications and drawings for electrical construction work.  Work with representatives, architects, and consultant engineers for the client and Units to develop optimum cost and benefits to the campus utility and building systems for new construction and renovation projects.

9.    Develop an appropriate and effective utility conservation program to reduce the client’s energy consumption in support of the client’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  Examine, evaluate, and make recommendations on conservation proposals and products for the client and Units.

10.    Perform and interpret system short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies for the client’s electrical distribution systems.  Recommend settings for electronic and electromechanical system protective relaying.  Evaluate and develop system and equipment protective schemes.

• BS in Electrical Engineering
• Registration as a Professional Engineer
• Minimum of ten years of professional level experience
• Experience in master planning, design, installation, and operation of central utility systems
• Experience managing capital construction projects
• Ability to work well as a team member
• Ability to respond to off-hour storm contingencies and utility emergencies
• Ability to work extended hours when necessary
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Institutional, industrial, or utility company experience
• Experience working underground electric distribution and medium-voltage substations
• Familiarity with small scale power generation
• Knowledge of electrical systems in complex buildings and labs
• Familiarity with electrical safety regulations including OSHA Subpart S and NFPA 70E
• Experience in developing, evaluating, and managing energy conservation projectsExperience working in a customer-oriented business unit