
Senior Electrical Engineer – Power Studies, P.E.
Shermco Industries
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Cedar Park • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Work as a Sr. Electrical Engineer to grow our electrical engineering services.
- Responsible for producing deliverables with a team of designers and junior engineers, in the support of our customers.
- Ensure that electrical engineering analysis, troubleshooting, and studies are conducted according to IEEE and NFPA (industry) standards, and Shermco excellence.
- Review and approve ongoing and completed engineering work ensuring deadlines are met, and work is completed with accuracy and high quality.
- Responsible for making onsite visits to customer sites and interacting with customers to gather critical information, resolve project issues, customer concerns, and review engineering plans.
- Work with sales and support staff on estimating and bidding of new projects; co-present project proposal to prospective customers.
- Review and direct short-circuit studies, protective device coordination, and arc-flash analysis to ensure system safety and reliability performed by junior engineer.
- Develop detailed Construction documents, specifications,
- Design and modify electrical distribution systems, including motor control centers (MCCs), switchgear, breakers, fuses, transformers, capacitor banks, current and potential transformers, protective relays, and control systems.
- Create, review, and revise complete electrical drawing packages and specifications.
- Lead engineering projects from concept to completion, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met.
- Coordinate with internal teams, clients, and contractors to define project requirements and expectations.
- Diagnose electrical system issues and develop effective, practical solutions to resolve system deficiencies.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering; with experience focused in Power Systems.
- At least 7 years of engineering experience with power systems, preferably with system design.
- Must have experience with low voltage equipment for power distribution.
- Excellent Experience in applying the NEC, NFPA70E and local codes.
- Experience in short-circuit, protective device coordination, arc-flash, motor starting and power quality studies.
- Experience using power system software such as SKM, ETAP, ASPEN, Easy Power, or other power system modeling software.
- Knowledge and use of proper drafting techniques.
- Experience using AutoCAD a plus.
- Ability to read and extract information from project plans and specifications.
- Excellent technical writing skills.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Utility company coordination
- Must be able to clearly and effectively communicate in English via verbal and written methods and be comfortable and effective doing so directly to customers and co-workers.
Benefits
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug test and periodic, unannounced random drug tests
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment criminal background check
- Must have a valid driver’s license, and currently have and be able to maintain a good driving record
- Must be available for periodic domestic travel.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
electrical engineeringpower systemsshort-circuit studiesprotective device coordinationarc-flash analysismotor control centerstransformerscurrent transformerspotential transformerscontrol systems
Soft skills
problem-solvinganalytical skillstechnical writingcommunicationteamworkindependencecustomer interactionproject managementleadershipattention to detail
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering