Sargent & Lundy

Senior Electrical Engineer 2 - Nuclear

Sargent & Lundy$108K — $145K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BSEE in Electrical Engineering from an accredited program
  • 7+ years experience in electrical system design for industrial applications
  • Expertise in preparing engineering design change packages and specifications
  • Knowledge of low and medium voltage systems
  • Strong communication skills for team and client interactions
  • Detail-oriented with a focus on reliability
  • Ability to obtain unescorted access to nuclear facilities

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and review engineering design change packages for equipment reliability
  • Conduct engineering calculations for design changes, including power studies
  • Create equipment procurement specifications and participate in vendor evaluations
  • Review scoping documents and constructability assessments for conceptual designs
  • Interface with cross-discipline team members and clients to ensure project alignment
  • Attend client meetings and perform site field verification
  • Support project management by tracking progress and ensuring deliverables meet scope

Benefits

  • Hybrid work schedule with three days in-office and two remote
  • Comprehensive benefits package including access to a yearly discretionary bonus
  • Opportunities for professional development in automation and AI
  • Supportive work environment that fosters collaboration across disciplines
Full Job Description
Description

This position will offer you the opportunity to work in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the design, modification, and analysis of new and existing nuclear power plant electrical systems.

Responsibilities include:
  • Prepare and review engineering design change packages to install, replace or upgrade existing plant equipment to ensure long-term equipment reliability,
  • Prepare and review detailed engineering calculations in support of design change packages, including AC and DC power studies, short circuit, cable ampacity, voltage drop, breaker coordination, motor starting and protective relay settings.
  • Prepare and review equipment procurement specifications,
  • Participate in bid review evaluation process for potential equipment vendors, to include supporting vendor requests for additional information, developing responses to vendor questions, and maintaining a tracking mechanism for questions/responses,
  • Prepare and review scoping documents for conceptual designs, to include constructability reviews,
  • Interface with project team members from other engineering and design disciplines (Mechanical, Structural, Civil, I&C),
  • Interface with the client in support of the project, including implementing personnel,
  • Interface with vendors to perform document reviews and provide written comment,
  • Attend client meetings and site field walkdowns to validate scope and ensure client satisfaction
  • Travel to client and vendor offices for design reviews and to plant site locations for construction coordination and field verification of designs
  • Support site installation activities during project implementation,
  • Assist the S&L project manager to ensure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time, and within budget,
  • Responsible for overall technical, financial, and administrative performance of the engineering scope by:
    • Initiating and conveying scope of work to project team members
    • Defining deliverables (i.e. calcs, specs, drawings, design change etic...)
    • Reviewing status and tracking progress of team members to maintain project scope/budget and keep client informed.
    • Routine status meetings
    • Submitting progress reports
    • Tracking and resolving open items and emergent project issues,
    • Coordinating completion of project deliverables

This position is based on a hybrid work schedule and will require in-office work 3 days per week, giving you the flexibility to work remotely for two days.

Qualifications

We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in Canada for this position.

This position may require access to U.S. export-controlled information. As such, candidates must be a citizen of a country listed in Appendix A to Part 810 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Please click here to determine your eligibility.

Essential skills and experience:
  • Essential skills and experience:
  • BSEE with emphasis in Electrical Engineering from a Canadian Engineering Accreditation Board-accredited undergraduate program or a US based ABET-accredited program
  • 7 or more years' experience in the design of electrical engineering systems in a project team environment for industrial applications, with a focus on design for existing nuclear power plants (preferred),
  • Experience in the selection of equipment, materials, and the preparation and assembling of engineering design change packages, calculations, and specifications,
  • Experience with electrical system design including low and medium voltage distribution systems (transformers, generators, motor, relays, etc.),
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills to convey information to project team members and client,
  • Detail oriented approach to work,
  • Capable of being badged for unescorted access to a nuclear station


Valued but not required skills and experience:
  • P.Eng license
  • MSEE
  • Active Ontario Power Generation (OPG) security clearance

AI & Automation at Sargent & Lundy

In this role, we expect people to be willing or able to lead others who use modern tools:
  • You are expected to lead others in taking engineering problems from issue to solution by setting expectations for using data and modern tools such as automation and AI to improve workflows, reduce rework, and deliver cost-effective designs.
  • Leaders in these roles often direct automation and process-improvement work, for example, how teams automate calculations, summarize technical documents, or generate design documentation and guiding when and how AI or agentic AI tools are used while ensuring results are checked.
  • Overseeing engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) to automate engineering tasks, with review of automated outputs, is valued but not required.
  • We also value additional learning, such as a minor, certificate, or other experience in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, or related fields that enables effective oversight of automation and agentic AI-enabled engineering workflows.


Compensation Range

$108,016.00 - $145,755.00

Transparency Statement

This posting is to fill an existing vacancy. Sargent & Lundy discloses compensation ranges that comply with all provincial and federal legislation. The total compensation package for eligible positions will include a base salary or an hourly rate and a comprehensive benefits package, reflecting our commitment to rewarding performance and supporting the overall well-being of our employees. Individuals may also be eligible to participate in our yearly discretionary bonus.

About Sargent & Lundy

Sargent & Lundy is an engineering consulting firm that provides comprehensive engineering, energy business consulting, and project services for power generation and transmission projects. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Sargent & Lundy has a team of over 2,000 professionals who have extensive experience in the power industry and can provide clients with innovative solutions to complex challenges. The company has worked on a wide range of projects including nuclear power plants, fossil fuel power plants, and renewable energy projects.
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