Job Description:
JOB DESCRIPTION
Wood currently has exciting opportunities for a Distribution Engineer. Reporting to the Manager, Distribution Engineering.
This position is a hybrid position near any of the following Florida locations:
- Daytona Beach
- Fort Lauderdale
- Fort Meyers
- Gainesville
- Jacksonville
- Lake City
- Lakeland
- Melbourne
- Miami
- Naples
- Ocala
- Orlando
- Pensacola
- Tallahassee
- Tampa
- West Palm Beach
If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Engineering of distribution electrical projects through the entire project lifecycle: from conceptual and feasibility, though detailed design, to construction and service
- Leading or supporting overhead and underground distribution engineering projects defining scopes of work, completing cost estimates, performing engineering calculations, interconnection studies and developing detailed design drawings
- Supporting the preparation of technical specifications, tender documents, technical reports, and project calculations.
- Providing construction support and overall project engineering coordination (as required)
- Responding to information requests during construction and completing project documentation including preparation of record drawings
- Leading a team of engineers and designers when required to successfully deliver a portfolio of projects
- Maintaining and enhancing relationships with other design disciplines and external stakeholders and assist team leads and managers
- Traveling and visiting project sites during design and construction (as required)
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering or a related field from an ABET accredited University
- +3 years of experience designing overhead and underground electric distribution networks
- Knowledge of NESC/IEEE Standards and Codes and major utility Engineering Standards
- Knowledge of electrical design including the selection and installation of conductors, insulators, switchgears, circuit breakers, fuses and other distribution equipment
- Knowledge of smart infrastructure equipment such as automatic feeder switches, remote sensing switching, remote sensing cap banks and other smart equipment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
- Able to exercise initiative when resolving issues and in adapting and applying procedures to address unusual situations
- Able to take on responsibility for your outputs on high-profile projects and grow professionally with our expanding organization
- Clean driving record
The following qualifications are considered an asset
- Knowledge of structural, civil, and geotechnical aspects of distribution engineering
- Knowledge of overhead systems design
- Knowledge of Photovoltaics and Electric Vehicles
- Knowledge of interconnecting DER's and modeling interconnection studies
- Experience in power system analysis (such as voltage drop, equipment loading, steady-state voltage rise, etc.) using software such as CYME, ETAP, EasyPower, SKM.
- Experience with substation and transmission projects
- Experience with AutoCAD
- Experience with GIS applications (Smallworld, GE, Bently)
- Experience with Structural Analysis Software (SpidaCalc, Pole Foreman, PLS-CADD)
- Experience mentoring junior staff
- Experience in both Canada and United States working for a local Utility company
- Experience working in a utility or consulting environment and managing multiple projects with competing priorities
