Renewable Electrical Engineer

Power System Engineering Inc is seeking a Renewable Electrical Engineer for their offices in New Brighton, MN. The role involves designing utility-scale solar and energy storage systems, providing technical expertise, and managing project designs. Candidates should have a Bachelor's in electrical engineering and at least 3 years of experience. The position emphasizes teamwork, problem-solving, and continuous professional development.
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Who We Are:

PSE is an electrical energy expert that provides relationship-driven engineering and consulting services for forward-thinking partners who pursue long-term energy solutions. Check out our website at: www.powersystem.org

What We Are Looking For:

As a Renewable Electrical Engineer at our Madison, WI, or St. Paul, MN, office, your primary responsibility will be to assist in the delivery of multidisciplinary Energy Storage System (ESS) projects through their feasibility, pre-construction, and construction phases with a specific focus on the electrical design aspects of projects. We seek a creative, intelligent, entrepreneurial, and driven individual who enjoys a fast-paced and challenging environment. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and a culture that promotes continual employee growth and development.

What You Will Be Doing:
• Core Values: Embrace, uphold, and live out PSE’s core values around People, Problem-Solving, and Progress.
• Design and engineer utility-scale PV solar systems, energy storage, and microgrid projects between 5MW and 100MW+ in size. Projects include both standalone storage and storage plus solar.
• Provide technical expertise and support in assisting clients in planning for integrating renewable energy resources.
• Maintain a vast knowledge of existing and emerging technologies in planning the grid of the future.
• Develop engineering construction documents.
• Develop detailed equipment specifications.
• Contribute to the continual development of internal distributed energy resource engineering standards, toolsets, and work processes.
• Coordinating project design assignments and design teams locally and with other office locations
• Travel to project sites from time to time to gather site-specific data, as required.
• Contributing to or writing technical papers and reports.
• Conduct system studies such as arc flash, load flow, short circuit, overcurrent coordination, ampacity, and grounding studies.
• Coordinate communication and provide status updates to stakeholders as required.
• Project Management responsibilities on small to large scopes projects
• Assure quality in design work by developing and following internal QA/QC methods.
• Assist in providing leadership, development, and mentorship to new and junior engineering personnel.
• Manage existing client relationships. Assists in the development of new relationships and support retention of existing relationships.
• Helps execute department initiatives. Drive service offerings and project strategies. Assist in development of new service offerings & enhancing existing services.

What You Will Need:

Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with Power Systems Focus
• 3+ years’ experience working in the electrical engineering industry
• FE (Fundamentals of Engineering) Certification Required
• PE (Professional Engineer) Licensure or the ability to get one within a reasonable time.
• Experience working in commercial & industrial electrical engineering a plus
• Master’s degree in electrical engineering a plus
• NABCEP certification or willingness to get one.

Knowledge and Skills
• Experience with AutoCAD, PVsyst, SKM, ETAP, SEL Relays.
• Experience with industry-standard design codes such as NEC, International Building Codes, International Fire Codes, and other standards relevant to the industry.
• Working knowledge of applicable NEC, NESC, IEEE, and ANSI standards is highly preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Strong project management skills and ability to prioritize work and resources
• Possess the ability to achieve quality results, be change-oriented, foster innovation, and be a continuous learner.
• Possess the ability to continually identify and recommend process and/or system improvements to facilitate efficiencies.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to apply effective verbal and written communication skills when writing specifications, preparing technical reports, contributing to, or leading project team discussions
• Ability to travel as needed (up to 5%) for team meetings, client consultations, site assessments, and construction inspections – occasional overnight travel may be required.

Compensation:
• Salary Range: $96,142 - $121, 224 annually

This salary range reflects the anticipated base salary for three minimum relevant years of experience to seven maximum relevant years of experience. The successful candidate will be placed at a level commensurate with the candidate's relevant years of experience, education, and technical expertise.

Benefits:
• Discretionary annual performance-based profit-sharing bonus
• 401(k) retirement plan and employer safe harbor contribution
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Comprehensive health, health savings account (HSA), dental, vision, flexible spending account (FSA) & dependent care reimbursement account
• Life insurance, short & long-term disability, and other voluntary coverages
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Paid time off, including holidays and volunteer time off (VTO) to serve our communities.
• Professional development opportunities and educational assistance

PSE is an equal opportunity employer that encourages all its employees to grow, learn, and expand their roles in ways they can be creative and best accomplish the client’s needs. We assess qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Disclaimer: We are committed to fairness and transparency in our hiring process. Compensation may be adjusted based on the candidate’s experience, education, qualifications, market conditions, and internal equity.

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