Job Description:

We are currently seeking Junior Level Distribution Engineers to join our team in Florida. You will support power distribution infrastructure upgrades and storm hardening projects across Florida. Your work will include engineering calculations and design for replacing deteriorated cable, moving overhead lines underground, reconductoring existing distribution lines, and replacing aging equipment. Engineering calculations will involve structural analysis, guying, cable pulling, electric demand, fault currents, and coordination of protective devices.

You will also perform field work such as site visits, visual inspections, measurements, photographs, and field reports. Some sites require overnight travel, usually every other week for 1 night. Duties include:Conduct site visits and take field notes, including visual inspection, equipment inventory, measurements, sketches, photographs, and field conditions. Compare field data to the base plan.Evaluate loading of various equipment components being installed such as transformers and structural loading of poles to ensure a cost-effective, safe, and reliable design utilizing client specifications.Review and interpret design manuals and details from local jurisdictions.Determine and specify design requirements.Perform electric distribution designs using field notes, per the Utility’s standards. Design and draft construction drawings using standard engineering fundamentals for approval by Federal, state, and local agencies.Prepare projects and job packages using appropriate software, including material estimates and material requisitions of the materials required for the prepared distribution of electrical designs.Review plans for proposed construction to determine impacts on the existing distribution systems.Develop solutions to existing conductor and structural clearance violations and issues.Develop final design plan packages for the implementation of the proposed solution.Ensure projects fulfill ISO compliance requirements.Attend bi-weekly (or more frequently as necessary) meetings with the project team on all projects/tasks.

Qualifications:

Engineering DegreeInterest in Power/Energy/Utilities1 year of engineering experience is a plusAttention to detailProblem-solving skillsStrong communication skillsTeam collaboration

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