Job Title: Power Systems Engineer                                      

Location:  Arnold AFB, TN

Job Family Code: O-Engineering

Function/Branch: Utilities

Directorate: Asset Management

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Pay Type: Exempt         

Grade: L06(OA0606)-L07 (OA0705)

Salary Range or Starting Hourly Rate: L06: $80,000 - $96,000; L07: $81,000 - $108,500/ per year

Overview

Beyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for a Power Systems Engineer supporting the Test Operations and Sustainment contract, at Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold AFB, TN. The Power Systems Engineer will be working as a member of an integrated team responsible for maintaining and sustaining the United States Air Force Test Operations and Sustainment efforts.

Open to internal and external candidates

Job Summary

We are seeking an Electrical Engineer in our Utilities branch responsible for the distribution of electrical power from the Tennessee Valley Authority to at least eight distribution substations to provide power to our test facilities and other infrastructure. Specifically, this individual would have responsibility for low voltage 480V and below.  AEDC is a suite of ground test facilities providing simulated operating environments for air and space vehicles and sub system or scaled systems development and testing. While this position has some office work involved, the majority of the engineer’s time is spent in the field or test area. Engineers who enjoy this type of work typically have some interest or experience with electrical systems such as motors, switch-gear, transfer switches, electrical distribution, generators, lighting systems, PLC controls, etc. which may come from a full time job or from working in aspects of electrical power, automobiles, farm equipment, or other machinery.

Job Duties:

• Provide electrical system engineering for assigned systems within power control group. Provide support to ARC flash program as needed.
• Responsible for maintaining the preventive maintenance processes in CMMS, field support to provide direction and make decisions on issues, engineering support for all proactive and corrective issues, spares management and the capital investment support for these systems.
• Interface directly with the Air Force (AF) customer to provide recommendations to ensure these assets are being maintained according to AF standards.
• Participate in the following engineering tasks to varying degrees at various times:
  • Collect and / or derive systems requirements from various stakeholders, performing gap analyses on existing systems and / or proposing new systems
  • Modify existing designs to accommodate as-built changes, increases in system capability, or changing systems requirements
  • Prepare specifications, statements of work, and calculations using various software and spreadsheet tools
  • Review and check detailed design drawings and data provided by other engineers, suppliers, clients, or test customers
  • Provide systems installation engineering including detailed installation and checkout instructions
  • Prepare systems safety hazard analyses and verification of required mitigation measures
  • Prepare or review of engineering studies and reports
  • Prepare or review material and craft labor estimates
  • Generate detailed operations and maintenance work instructions, guidelines, procedures, and checklists
  • Develop and maintain an effective preventive maintenance and asset management program for systems for which the engineer is responsible. This includes collection, analysis, and reporting of system performance data
  • Instrumentation and Control System design, development, maintenance, and/or operations support
  • Interface with Instrumentation, Data, and Control (ID&C) engineers; test and plant operations engineers; design engineers; facility analysis engineers; reliability engineers; project engineers and project managers; safety and environmental engineers; craft supervision and planners / schedulers; and other disciplines to ensure that the systems they are responsible for are ready to run properly when required and that maintenance outages are planned, coordinated, and properly scheduled.
  • Provide technical guidance to craft personnel in setup, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and removal of systems
  • Participate in incident investigations and root-cause analyses
  • Present and communicate technical systems information to NAS management, AF client, and test customers
• It is a condition of employment to wear PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) in accordance with supervisory direction and company policy
• Perform other duties as required

Basic Qualifications:

• BS degree in electrical engineering from an accredited college or university
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret level security clearance and access to the AEDC local area network
• Due to Air Force Security requirements, U.S. Citizenship is required for employment at AEDC

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance
• Education focus or work experience specifically related to power distribution
• Experience (internship, co-op, or full time) in operations, maintenance, and/or sustainment of electrical power components and system; transformers, motors, motor control centers, switch gear, circuit breakers, and protective devices for 13.8KVA and below
• Ability to perform in a dynamic working environment with flexibility to meet mission demands
• Strong organizational skills to track and facilitate progress on projects
• Demonstrated proactiveness and initiate to drive to results
• Exhibits strong level of technical curiosity and desire to seek understanding
• Strong communication skills (including verbal and written)
• Participates in and fosters a work environment that is based upon openness, trust, communication, teamwork, empowerment, innovation, and satisfaction

What We Offer

• Competitive salaries
• Continuing education assistance
• Multiple healthcare benefits packages
• 401K with employer matching
• Paid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule