Senior Electrical Engineer

Norwest Engineering Inc. is a multi-discipline consulting engineering firm focused on developing strong client relationships. As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will lead electrical engineering projects for industrial facilities, from design to startup support, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the electrical engineering process for a wide variety of projects for industrial facilities
• Complete medium and low voltage electrical engineering calculations and documentation packages, plans, sections, and details for electrical design projects according to industry, client, and company standards
• Appropriately apply and have extensive knowledge of relevant codes: NFPA 70, 70E, 30, 58, and 497, NEMA, API 500 & 540, IEEE and others as required
• Coordinate project deliverables, deadlines, and speak to interdisciplinary needs for a given project among the engineering team
• Collaborate with electrical designers to develop and check one-line diagrams, conduit plans, grounding plans, area classification plans, control panel layout and bills of materials, lighting plans, P&ID's, PLC & DCS wiring diagrams and motor schematics
• Confidently speak with clients and electrical utilities on new or upgraded service installations
• Coordinate with mechanical, civil, process, and structural engineers to identify potential conflicts and/or efficiencies with the electrical design
• Support business development opportunities and assist in marketing efforts (proposal preparation, scope, budget, etc.)
• Perform contractor construction submittal reviews and request for information documents and general electrical design activities for industrial facilities
• Coordinate with equipment vendors on behalf of clients to review and approve specifications
• Continuously seek improvement for yourself and for the department
• Travel within the United States 15% to 20% for site investigations, design reviews, and construction support

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in the completion of projects for clients in the industrial market sector including project development from concept through completion, including estimating, start-up, and commissioning
• Relevant experience includes oil and gas, refinery, pulp and paper, or other industrial environments
• Be comfortable working in industrial facilities and around the equipment therein
• BS in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from an ABET accredited institution required
• PE (Professional Engineer) is required
• Strong experience with power system modeling software such as SKM, ETAP, or EasyPower
• Ability to perform voltage drop, cable tray fill, cable tray sizing, conduit sizing and equipment sizing calculations
• Working knowledge of protection devices such as power circuit breakers MCCBs, fuses, and relay protection
• Experience estimating heavy industrial electrical engineering and construction costs
• Demonstrated ability to excel with minimum supervision and strong desire to learn and develop knowledge and skills
• Strong background providing a combination of both project management and engineering skills
• Experience in mentoring junior engineers and providing technical guidance
• Strong written & oral communication, writing, and presentation skills and use of tools such as Bluebeam, MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and Teams
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States at the time of application for employment - Norwest Engineering does not sponsor employment visas