Hybrid Engineer I – Generation Electrical & Controls

at Puget Sound Energy

• Job title: Engineer I – Generation Electrical & Controls
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $80,200 - $115,800 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Flash
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bothell, United States

About the role

• Electrical Engineer preparing engineering plans and supporting troubleshooting operations in power generation. Guiding projects from inception to close-out at Puget Sound Energy's various facilities.

Responsibilities

• Prepare complex engineering plans, designs, drawings, specifications, standards, evaluations, and studies utilizing specialized analytical skills
• Communicate successfully with personnel possessing a wide variety of technical backgrounds
• Ensure compliance with codes, standards, and design, operation, and maintenance requirements
• Provide quick, professional responses to assist generating plant staff with troubleshooting operational problems
• Troubleshoot operational issues related to generator control systems, instrumentation, PLCs, DCSs, and various power generation equipment
• Propose recommendations for control system upgrades, component replacements and design improvements
• Manage projects from inception to project close-out including: Create the project scope, budget and schedule
• Support construction and installation phases
• Lead commissioning and initial start-up
• Ensure successful implementation and accurate documentation
• Prepare specifications and request-for-proposals as well as evaluate proposals from vendors
• Evaluate the condition of critical electrical components; specify new and replacement components as required
• Design and/or modify HMIs, PLC, DCS and Turbine Control System logic using various programming methods, including ladder logic, structured text and function block “languages”
• Design instrumentation and actuator systems, including creating or modifying P&IDs, loop drawings, schematics and wiring diagrams
• Mentor and train other engineers and technicians
• Support emergency response work as requested including immediate and extended restoration efforts driven by weather or other system failures.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical, mechanical, civil or other appropriate engineering discipline
• Entry level to 3 years of experience in engineering design, preparation of specifications, technical field work, or system studies
• Experience working in thermal, hydro, wind, or solar generation plants
• Experience with Low and Medium Voltage electrical systems
• Generator and Transformer maintenance and inspection experience
• Experience with Low Voltage electrical studies including Arc Flash and low voltage protection coordination
• Generator and Transformer Protective Relay experience, both electrical design and settings, as well as related NERC compliance
• Experience with Generator Excitation systems, particularly Basler DECS 400, 450 and 250N and GE EX2100s
• Control system experience with specific knowledge in turbine control systems – Allen Bradley PLC based hydro governors and GE MarkVIe turbine controls
• Possession of, or ability to acquire, a Professional Engineering license
• Experience working on complex engineering projects.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, basic life, and short- and long-term disability insurance
• additional voluntary options of supplemental life insurance
• accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent daycare
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• 401(k) investment option
• cash balance retirement plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays throughout the calendar year