Electrical Project Engineer
Sphere Recruitment Solutions
- Edmonton, AB
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Collect and review pertinent background information to inform design
- Create alignment plans, survey plans, easement plans, and other preliminary deliverables for review
- Compile specifications and issue requests for third-party services including surveys, geotechnical reviews, grounding studies, brushing requests, constructability reviews, environmental assessments, and easement applications
- Perform detailed overhead line design calculations and modeling of various structures
- Perform detailed underground distribution design calculations and modeling.
- Draft or oversee the drafting of required construction prints per customer requirements
- Provide exceptional customer service in the form of prompt responses, courteous discourse, honest interaction, and proactive communication
- Coordinate designs with customers, landowners, approving bodies, and other stakeholders
- Compile and submit permitting and approvals packages
- Accountable for the on-budget and on-schedule delivery of concurrent turnkey projects from client engagement through design and construction to energization while maintaining a high degree of quality
- Preparation of takeoffs, estimates, and proposals inclusive of engineering, materials procurement, and construction for turnkey projects
- Management of materials inventory
- Occasional off-site meetings, site visits, and field inspections
- Coordination with customers, municipal authorities, other utilities, and various project
- stakeholders for project execution
- Project schedule, cost and communication management, and reporting
- Proactively consult and develop solutions for clients to suit their business needs
- Clearly communicate with clients and project stakeholders to mitigate project risks and expectations
- Project acquisition, sales, and customer relationship building
- Peer mentoring and training with other team members
- BcS in Electrical Engineering
- PMP destination
- experience with FortisAlberta, ATCO, Enmax, Epcor, or other utilities an asset
- experience with AutoCAD, MicroStation, PLS-CADD, ArcFM, or AGI32 software packages is considered an asset
- electrical distribution, substation, transmission, or street lighting design experience (both underground and overhead)
- strong attention to detail, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- ability to prioritize and manage competing priorities with schedule and budget constraints
- client-focused interpersonal skills with the ability to develop strong business relationships