[Hiring] Electrical Engineer @Onward Energy

Role Description

The Electrical Engineer is a member of Onward Energy’s corporate Electrical Engineering group, providing operations engineering support across the company’s entire fleet of solar, wind, and thermal generating assets. The scope of support spans:

• System protection
• Electrical safety
• Maintenance and reliability
• NERC and regulatory compliance
• Event diagnosis and restoration
• Operations engineering input on development and M&A activities

This position reports to the Manager – Electrical Engineering. Engineers in the group are challenged to develop and apply broad knowledge across all the group’s technical domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• A PE license is preferred; in lieu of a PE license, a minimum of five (5) years of experience as a practicing engineer is required
• Minimum of four (4) years of related experience in power generation, transmission, and/or distribution; utility-scale and renewable generation experience preferred
• Working knowledge across multiple electrical engineering domains, including system protection, arc flash and electrical safety, maintenance and reliability, and NERC compliance
• Experience executing power system studies (short circuit, load flow, coordination, arc flash) using ETAP, SKM Power Tools, EasyPower, or similar modeling software
• Knowledge of protective relaying, including settings development and review, and familiarity with relay configuration and event record analysis
• Strong working knowledge of NERC reliability standards relevant to generation, including the PRC, MOD, and FAC families of standards
• Experience supporting NERC audits, self-certifications, RFIs, and periodic data submittals
• Extensive knowledge of major power plant electrical equipment, controls, and protection systems
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and lead root cause analysis of technical issues
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills
• Self-starter able to make decisions and take action without specific direction
• Effective time management and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple concurrent priorities
• Ability to work well independently and as part of a cross-functional team
• Valid U.S. driver’s license with acceptable MVR history

Requirements

• Must be able to accomplish physical requirements with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to stand, walk, talk, hear, and close and distance vision capability
• Ability to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and/or crouch
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• While supporting work at generating sites, may be required to work at heights, climb ladders and stairways, work off platforms, and wear personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Ability to travel up to 20%

Benefits

• Market-competitive compensation
• Health and life insurance benefits
• Retirement savings benefits

Company Description

Onward Energy is an independent power platform that owns and operates over 7 GW of utility-scale wind, solar and natural gas generation projects across the U.S. Our Vision is to reliably power a sustainable future. Our Mission is that as North America’s premier independent power generator, we will deliver renewable and reliable power to our customers, opportunities to our associates, sustainable returns to the families who invest in us, and a better world to the next generation.

Based in Denver, New York and Charlotte, Onward Energy is a company where people and power are always on. We are where renewable meets reliable. See www.onwardenergy.com for more information.