Distribution Design Engineer

About Electric Power Engineers

Electric Power Engineers works with clients on a global scale, designing solutions for renewable energy (solar/wind/battery storage), Generation Interconnection, Transmission Planning, Distribution (DER), and Smart Grids.

EPE opened its Center for Energy Innovation to engage closely with engineering, design and business students at the University of Illinois. It works alongside leaders and professionals at EPE on projects related to designing solutions for renewable energy including solar, wind, and battery storage solutions, integration, interconnection, transmission and distribution planning and operations, regulatory compliance, grid modernization, distributed energy resources (DER) and energy market analysis and feasibility studies, as well as project management.

About the Role

We are seeking to grow our Distribution Design Engineering Team and would like to hire candidates who can complete design tasks with minimal oversight and can learn quickly and provide training to other staff while ensuring that EPE’s reputation for providing clients the highest level of quality is maintained.

System Design And Engineering

• Create distribution design sketches and supporting documents per the Client’s distribution design guidelines and standards.
• Specify distribution construction standards.
• Review, approve and stamp distribution designs and drawings.
• Specify necessary materials per Client distribution construction standards.
• Perform and provide cost estimates to customers.
• Support distribution designers with customer related issues and expectations.
• Prepare new drawings utilizing AutoCAD and/or Autodesk Utility Design methods.

Perform all necessary steps to produce and release to Client design drawings, including:

• Field inspects pole locations.
• Stake pole locations.
• Create unique tracking numbers for each pole/project location.
• Coordinate with Client’s internal stakeholders including Construction, Civil Inspection, Forestry, Public
• Maintain knowledge of current procedural/process documents.
• Create and update process documents as needed
• Maintain accurate documentation of project correspondence, project schedules/timelines
• Provide professional and timely communication with the client, other contractors, and utility customers as well as other project stakeholders

Field inspect locations of the impacted field locations to gather necessary information for design purposes.

• Perform and/or check engineering calculations to determine and confirm design feasibility.
• Create distribution construction notes.
• Specify materials required for distribution construction projects.
• Perform and provide cost estimates to customers.
• Follow Client approved safety procedures both in the office and in the field.
• Wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Other distribution engineering and design services as required such as permitting or project coordination
• Fielding trips will occasionally require overnight stays and travel (5-10%)

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical distribution decision making and related design calculations
• Distribution Design Construction Units (CU’s and MU’s)
• Familiarity with the NESC and NEC
• Experience with Utility Work Management Systems (Maximo, etc)
• Experience with Utility Design and Construction Standards
• CAD Experience (AUTOCAD/MicroStation or similar)
• Must have experience using ESRI ARC GIS or other utility design software packages
• Ability to travel to client site

Travel : Occasional travel may be needed (10 % or less )

To apply, please use this link: https://go.researchpark.illinois.edu/DistributionDesignEngineer_ElectricPowerEngineer