Electrical Engineer Technician

This full-time contract Electrical Engineering Tech position will provide electrical engineering tech support for the RAS Engineering (TENR) organization at Bonneville Power Administration (BPA). This position will provide confidential and professional services for a wide variety and large volume of project designs, drawings, communications, and associated / related documentation. Engineering technician services will be conducted following established policy, process, and practice, and will be provided to support Control Center (CC) or Substation work for Remedial Action Schemes (RAS) Engineering to which this position will report.

This position will provide engineering technician expertise, assisting project managers and other engineering personnel in implementing projects, supporting field maintenance crews, and other related engineering activities.

In addition, this Electrical Engineering Tech will assist in the draft and development of RAS Engineering design related tasks which may include developing RAS equipment drawings, WECC reports, Logic Diagrams, defining, documenting, and recommending equipment and material specifications; the support the evaluation of new equipment, which may include develop new catalog , material requests, stocking levels; and developing / drafting and recommending templates, standards and guidance.

The work of this position may also include drafting as-built drawings related to capital and expense projects completed on the BPA transmission system. The work performed by this position will be primarily conducted in Vancouver, WA but there may be occasional, but rarely, overnight travel to project field sites throughout the BPA service territory.

• Assist in the maintenance of databases related to the production of electrical and electronic drawings and documents.
• Prepare detailed design, material, or procurement specifications for equipment.
• Preparation of engineering designs and development of engineering requirements for the development, installation and modification of BPA facilities based on analysis of engineering and design requirements, project parameters, and technical information from multiple sources.
• Draft and prepare RAS standard guides and templates for assigned projects.
• May participate in site visits to the field to support RAS project scoping and design, verify equipment configuration at sites, and document as built records during project wrap up, as needed.
• Perform review of CAD and manually drafted drawings and other documents for drafting accuracy and completeness; provide feedback and/or make necessary corrections before review by engineers and technicians.
• Update and maintain attributes and metadata of Substation Engineering drawings and documents in Project Wise.
• Assist with special projects in area of expertise. Draft and recommend related business rules and workflow processes; assist with documentation and implementation of new or changed business rules, procedures, and processes.
• Provide technician support to design engineers and technicians within the group in the form of reports, consolidation papers, printing design packages, preparing drawing lists, coordinating release of work-in-process (WIP) designs, and other CAD or technician needs.
• Provide insight and recommendations in the development of new standards as well as updates to existing standards.
• Conduct routine review of existing design standards; update as needed using CAD software.
• Resolve conflicting or duplicate serial numbering on designs by researching to obtain accurate information and issue corrections as appropriate.
• As requested, provide on-going technical assistance to new and/or less experienced team members regarding established organizational procedures and guidelines, industry and/or BPA standards, advanced techniques, etc.
• Train new CAD Technicians and engineers in BPA processes, procedures, practices, and standards; share knowledge of RAS Engineering.
• Participate on teams and individually to research and document existing inventory of RAS and related equipment; may include data entry and clean-up efforts and coordination with the local District Resource…