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Distribution Engineer - Remote

Company

Wood Plc
Address , West Palm Beach, 33411
Employment type
Salary
Expires 2023-12-03
Posted at 8 months ago
Job Description
Overview / Responsibilities:
Wood currently has exciting opportunities for a Distribution Engineer. Reporting to the Manager, Distribution Engineering.

This position is a remote position or is a hybrid position in any of the following offices - West Palm Beach, FL, Orlando, FL, Tampa, FL, Tallahassee, FL

If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

  • Maintaining and enhancing relationships with other design disciplines and external stakeholders and assist team leads and managers
  • Supporting the preparation of technical specifications, tender documents, technical reports, and project calculations.
  • Leading a team of engineers and designers when required to successfully deliver a portfolio of projects
  • Traveling and visiting project sites during design and construction (as required)
  • Responding to information requests during construction and completing project documentation including preparation of record drawings
  • 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
  • Providing construction support and overall project engineering coordination (as required)
  • Engineering of distribution electrical projects through the entire project lifecycle: from conceptual and feasibility, though detailed design, to construction and service
Skills / Qualifications:
  • Clean driving record/abstract
  • Able to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders
  • Knowledge of CSA/IEC/NESC/IEEE Standards and Codes and major utility Engineering Standards
  • Able to take on responsibility for your outputs on high-profile projects and grow professionally with our expanding organization
  • The following qualifications are considered an asset:
  • Knowledge of electrical design including the selection and installation of conductors, insulators, switchgears, circuit breakers, fuses and other distribution equipment
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Knowledge of smart infrastructure equipment such as automatic feeder switches, remote sensing switching, remote sensing cap banks and other smart equipment
  • Knowledge of PV’s and EV’s
  • Electrical Engineering Degree from a recognized university along with a Professional Engineering Designation or eligibility for registration
  • Able to exercise initiative when resolving issues and in adapting and applying procedures to address unusual situations
  • 3 years of overhead and underground distribution engineering experience serving utilities in North America
  • Experience working in a utility or consulting environment and managing multiple projects with competing priorities
  • Experience with Structural Analysis Software (SpidaCalc, Pole Foreman, PLS-CADD)
  • Knowledge of structural, civil and geotechnical aspects of distribution engineering
  • Experience with AutoCAD
  • Experience with GIS applications (Smallworld, GE, Bently)
  • Experience in power system analysis (such as voltage drop, equipment loading, steady-state voltage rise, etc.) using software such as CYME, ETAP, EasyPower, SKM.
  • Knowledge of overhead systems design and the use of PLS-CADD
  • Experience in both Canada and United States working for a local Utility company
  • Knowledge of interconnecting DER’s and modeling interconnection studies
  • Experience mentoring junior staff
  • Experience with substation and transmission projects
Company Overview:
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com
Diversity Statement:
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.