Electrical Engineering Professional Senior

Job Title: Electrical Engineering Professional Senior

Duration: Direct Hire

Location: Cary, NC 27518 (Hybrid)

Pay Range: $55 – $95 Hourly

Responsibilities:

The energy industry is undergoing rapid and dramatic changes, transforming the utility landscape to enhance reliability and sustainability. In response, the client is expanding its Energy & Power Solutions team to tackle the complexities of energy resiliency and decarbonization to deliver a cleaner and more secure energy future. We are seeking a senior level electrical engineer for a leading role in our Cary, NC office. This position will provide an opportunity to mentor and/or manage junior and mid-level electrical engineering staff members while also working closely with our clients to deliver exceptional services in the energy sector. Other responsibilities will include strategy formation, business development, and sales as we expand our energy transition portfolio.

This position provides the opportunity to engage with our clients, evaluate their energy needs, develop concept-level plans and solutions, and then take these through detailed design to provide for full execution of the solution. We offer and deliver a true “end-to-end” life-cycle service from exploration, development, operation, and repowering/retirement. Demonstrated abilities include a broad understanding of power systems and electrical engineering sciences. Experience in consulting, design, design management, and project management will be highly regarded, as will experience in Owner’s Engineer roles or contract management, and advisory (technical advisor/due diligence) roles as well as strategic project development experience.

Your primary responsibilities will focus on leading an electrical engineering team to provide advisory services and engineering design solutions for clients across all market sectors. You will collaborate with our Client Account Managers and sales professionals on pursuits of strategic importance to the firm. You’ll be expected to possess highly collaborative and sophisticated communication and problem-solving skills. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated ability to anticipate challenges and manage “up and out” while supporting large teams responsible for the daily details of project delivery.

If you are passionate about developing reliable and sustainable energy projects, motivated by a challenge, and enjoy working with a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team to develop innovative solutions, this is the place for you. Come join our growing team to realize the future of energy!

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Power Engineering, or related engineering discipline
• At least 10 years of engineering design and/or consulting experience.
• Professional Engineering licensure (any US state), or ability to gain licensure within 1 year
• Proven ability to engage with clients, develop relationships, and win work, then deliver innovative solutions providing value to both the client and provider.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in business growth strategy, including exploration and development of new project opportunities, including knowledge and application of new and emerging technologies.
• Experience with proposal development and project execution planning, including scope development and manhour estimates for engineering services.
• Passion for mentoring and development of junior technical staff.
• Strong communication and technical writing skills.
• Availability to travel as required to support project needs (varies by project but typically less than 50%).
• Availability to work at least 2 days per week in the Cary, NC office when not traveling.

Other highly regarded qualifications include experience with:

• Power distribution systems and microgrids.
• Power generation projects exceeding 10MW capacity.
• HV or MV Substations.
• Renewable energy projects include wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and other technologies.
• Energy storage systems.
• Power system modeling experience using SKM Power Tools, ETAP, or similar modeling software.
• Protection and Control, SCADA, or power system automation.
• Campus utility master planning or decarbonization/climate response planning.
• Cogeneration or combined heat and power systems.
• Thermal utility plants and distribution systems (steam, hot water, chilled water).

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

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