Principal Electrical Design Engineer
Job Description
Provide essential administrative processes, technical expertise, and leadership. This position oversees a specific project area and serves as a representative of the engineering discipline, ensuring technical accuracy throughout all phases of project execution. This is a lead role responsible for complex engineering assignments on-site in Greenville, South Carolina.
- Support the Discipline Lead Engineer and act as a Supervising Lead, guiding engineers and designers
- Analyze and develop solutions to complex technical problems aligned with project requirements
- Develop and review specifications and design criteria
- Perform and verify engineering analyses, calculations, and system designs; specify materials and equipment
- Coordinate technical issues across disciplines, project management, vendors, and clients
- Ensure compliance with quality plans, procedures, and project scope, cost, and schedule baselines
- Develop and review estimates, schedules, progress reports, and staffing forecasts
- Track material quantities and provide analysis and forecasts
- Support procurement and subcontracting activities, including scope definition, bid evaluations, and vendor reviews
- Provide technical support during construction, including responses to RFIs and field changes
- Perform other assigned duties
Basic Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical (Power) Engineering and around fifteen (15) years of relevant experience
- Working knowledge of applicable federal (including government agency orders), state, and local codes and standards
- Strong communication skills with project teams, clients, vendors, and subcontractors
- Job-related technical expertise required to perform the role
- Advanced knowledge of applicable electrical codes and standards
- Ability to work in compliance with all applicable regulations, statutes, and guidelines
- Strong attention to detail and ability to work efficiently in time-sensitive environments
- Proficiency with standard computer tools (word processing, email, spreadsheets, and presentations)
Experience Requirements
- Significant experience providing Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services on large industrial projects
- Proficiency executing large EPC projects using engineering analysis, 3D modeling, and 2D Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) tools in a multidisciplinary environment
Discipline-Specific Responsibilities
- Interpret and apply applicable codes, standards, and client requirements to prepare electrical design and construction documents through project startup
- Develop and modify electrical drawings (single-line diagrams, schematics, wiring diagrams, lighting, raceway, and grounding)
- Perform complex system studies (short circuit, load flow, stability, motor starting, harmonics, relay coordination, and grounding/grid analysis)
- Develop complex area classifications and electrical design documentation
- Perform calculations including short circuit, relay coordination, voltage drop, cable de-rating, and cable pulling tension
- Prepare motor schematics and wiring diagrams
Preferred Qualifications
- Professional Engineer (PE) license
- Experience designing systems, structures, and components for regulated or high-compliance facilities under established engineering standards
- Advanced knowledge of material availability and cost considerations
- Demonstrated experience leading and managing large projects
- Proficiency with project setup, control-level scheduling, progress reporting, and project close-out
- Practical field or construction experience
- EPC project experience in industries such as:
- Government or federal programs (e.g., energy agencies or similar organizations)
- Facilities operating under strict quality assurance programs
- Manufacturing, pharmaceutical, or biotechnology sectors
- Advanced knowledge of:
- Electrical codes and standards
- Electrical power systems
- Experience with electrical power system software (e.g., SmartPlant Electrical (SPEL), Electrical Transient and Analysis Program (ETAP), or similar tools)
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