Energy Northwest

Electrical/ I&C Engineer

Energy Northwest$122K — $184K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or PE license with relevant experience required
  • 7 years of engineering experience for Principal Engineer, 3 years for Senior, 1 year for Staff, up to 3 years for entry-level
  • Experience in specialized engineering tasks and independent analysis
  • Strong understanding of engineering principles, codes, and standards
  • Ability to work with minimal supervision and mentor other engineers

Responsibilities

  • Perform complex engineering analyses and designs for operational support
  • Provide technical leadership on projects and train junior engineers
  • Advise on specialized engineering requirements and innovative solutions
  • Lead small teams to resolve intricate engineering challenges
  • Develop new policies and improve practices to meet strategic goals
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and provide interpretations
  • Identify design or operation issues and initiate corrective actions

Benefits

  • Competitive retirement benefits through PERS, 401(k) matching, and 457(b) plans
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
  • Flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment options
  • Generous personal time off accruals starting at 160 hours per year
  • Nine paid holidays annually and additional leave benefits
  • No state income tax in Washington and lower cost of living in Tri-Cities
Full Job Description
GENERAL SUMMARY

Provide independent engineering service and support to perform highly complex engineering tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the application of engineering fundamentals in support of the design modification, operating, and independent assessment of Energy Northwest facilities. Serve as an advisor to others.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
  • Perform highly complex engineering analyses and designs in support of operations, systems, programs, audit inspections, and assessments requiring skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.
    • Work with minimal supervision.
    • Serve as an advisor providing advice and counsel on assignments concerned with specialized or unique engineering requirements. Solutions provided involve unconventional or innovative problem solving techniques.
  • Provide technical leadership and training on highly complex or extended projects
  • Provide leadership of small groups to resolve complex issues.
  • Provide technical direction and leadership routinely to other engineers; serve as a mentor. Provide training to others.
  • Identify need and initiate development of new policies, programs, plans, and procedures to meet strategic objectives.
  • Assure compliance with regulatory and industry guidance. Provide interpretation of industry guidance for application.
  • Identify potential problems in design, quality, or operation and initiate corrective action


Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest:
  • Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).
  • 12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7)
  • Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment. (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions).


REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Engineer Principal

Requires a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of engineering experience;

OR a high school diploma or GED and PE license obtained by accredited examination plus eight years of engineering experience.

Engineer Senior

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of discipline specific engineering experience;

OR a PE license obtained by an accredited examination and five years of discipline specific engineering experience. High school diploma or GED is required

Engineer Staff

Requires a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and at least one year of engineering experience;

OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and at least one year of engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

Engineer

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university

OR a PE license obtained by accredited examination and zero to three years of discipline engineering experience. A high school diploma or GED is required.

PAY RANGE

Engineer Principal Salary: $122,681 - $184,021

Midpoint: $153,351

Engineer Seinor Salary: $106,670 - $160,006

Midpoint: $133,338

Engineer Staff Salary: $92,750 - $139,124

Midpoint: $115,937

Engineer Salary: $80,704 - $121,056

Midpoint: $100,880

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

This role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

BENEFITS

Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average.

EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.

About Energy Northwest

Energy Northwest is a public power joint operating agency formed by state law in 1957. It is headquartered in Richland, Washington. The company operates a diverse mix of carbon-free electricity generating resources, including hydro, solar and wind projects, and the Columbia Generating Station, the third-largest nuclear power plant in the United States. Energy Northwest provides electricity to more than 1.5 million people in the Pacific Northwest through its member utilities. The company is committed to providing reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible power to its customers.
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