Lead Electrical Engineer - Nuclear

Overview

This role offers a hybrid work arrangement. You will spend three days a week in the office and remotely for two days.

You will be leading the group on projects that involve investigating, troubleshooting, and solving a wide variety of electrical engineering issues to support single and multi-discipline projects. Most projects require multi-discipline interface and coordination.

• Lead efforts performed by group members to ensure successful completion of electrical engineering project deliverables that meet technical, quality, financial and project controls expectations
• Initiate and convey scope of work to group members
• Define deliverables (e.g., calcs, specs, drawings, design changes)
• Review status and track progress of group members to maintain project scope and budget and keep the client informed
• Conduct routine status meetings
• Submit progress reports
• Track and resolve open items and emergent project issues
• Coordinate completion of project deliverables
• Lead the team through the detailed design phases for all aspects of electrical engineering work, including interface and coordination with other disciplines
• Develop project scope, cost estimates, and schedules for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants
• Develop proposals for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants
• Provide technical oversight and supervision for all electrical engineering activities, including:
• Engineering design change packages to install, replace or upgrade plant equipment to ensure long-term equipment reliability
• Engineering calculations in support of design change packages (AC/DC power studies, short circuit, cable ampacity, voltage drop, breaker coordination, motor starting and protective relay settings)
• Equipment procurement specifications
• Bid review evaluation process for potential equipment vendors, including responding to vendor questions and maintaining a tracking mechanism for questions/responses
• Interface with the client, including validating scope and ensuring client satisfaction
• Mentor and guide the development of the group
• Identify and follow up on client needs that may result in strategic opportunities
• Leverage client relationships to develop follow-on work from existing clients
• Prepare/coordinate multi-discipline proposals

We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.

• A BSEE degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program
• Ten or more years’ experience in the design of electrical engineering systems for nuclear power plants
• Three or more years experience in leading an engineering design group through all phases of a project design
• Experience in selecting equipment, materials, and preparing and assembling engineering design change packages, calculations, and specifications
• Experience serving as firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role
• Experience with electrical system design including low and medium voltage distribution (transformers, generators, motors, relays, etc.)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills to convey information to project team members and client
• Proficiency with MS Office applications
• Detail-oriented approach to work
• Capable of being badged for unescorted access to a nuclear station
• PE Licensure is preferred
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Health and well-being of employees is a priority. We offer comprehensive healthcare plans and generous paid time off, with a focus on work-life balance and competitive, award-winning benefits. Our compensation and benefits have been recognized with the Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Award for 2022, 2023, and 2024.

Health & Wellness, Financial Benefits, Work-Life Balance

• Health Plans:
  Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life & Accident Insurance
• Disability Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Back-Up Daycare
• FSA & HSA
• 401(k)
• Pre-Tax Commuter Account
• Merit Scholarship Program
• Employee Discount Program
• Corporate Charitable Giving Program
• Tuition Assistance
• First Professional Licensure Bonus
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Bereavement Leave
• Flexible Work Arrangements

Compensation Range: $ - $

Sargent & Lundy discloses compensation ranges that comply with local and state regulations. The total compensation package may include base salary or hourly rate and a comprehensive benefits package, with eligibility for a yearly discretionary bonus.

Join Sargent & Lundy s Nuclear Power Group and be part of a team driving the future of clean, carbon-free energy. Since 1954, we ve been a trusted leader in nuclear engineering, design, and licensing, with expertise spanning SMRs, ART, and first-of-a-kind reactor restart projects. Our work supports life extensions and digital modernization of nuclear plants, coal-to-nuclear conversion initiatives, and international nuclear projects.

We focus on safety, innovation, and sustainability as we power communities with reduced emissions.