Lead Electrical Design Engineer (remote)

Job Description

Eaton’s Electrical Engineering Services and Systems division is currently seeking a Lead Project Engineer to join our team. This position will be based out of any of the locations above or from a remote home office.

Position Overview:

Eaton's Electrical Services & Systems team offers a comprehensive portfolio of services tailored for every stage of a power system’s life cycle—whether it’s design, build, or support. Our services integrate and optimize the elements of a power system to make sure it’s aligned with business goals. We can help keep your power system safe, efficient, reliable, and up to date.

The primary purpose of this position is to provide applied technical and commercial consultation for EESS’s Project Engineering team to support operational and growth objectives. The engineer will work within a multi-disciplined team serving in an advisory role supporting the business development and execution of turnkey projects ranging from LV to 345kV utility grade substation. The position will be active in providing both technical and project management support on projects starting at the conceptual stage and continuing, through design, and into project execution. The engineer will also assist the project estimating group in preparing estimates, schedules, and proposals.

Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each and every day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours.

In this role you will:

• Developing design estimates at the proposal stage
• Create project specifications
• Oversee development of electrical drawing packages including physical layouts, ground grid design, protection and control, and wiring.
• Develop testing/commissioning plans for projects and be technical resource during testing/commissioning phase.
• Lead engineering effort on large turnkey projects with multiple engineering groups to ensure high quality and on schedule deliverables
• Provide technical oversight of civil engineering designs
• Provide QA/QC review of internal and external designs for code compliance, accuracy, and constructability
• Manage design deliverables to maintain project schedule, design budget, and accuracy
• Assist in development and enforcement of design and process standards.
• Provide technical guidance, value added engineering and constructability guidance during both the design and implementation phases
• Act as a single point of contact to project managers during execution phases
• Mentor and/or lead other engineers
• Be responsible for maintaining engineering budget and financial report-out on projects including support for Project Control Engineers in project forecasting.
• Support Project Engineering Team Leaders with operational support including project financial updates and risk reviews.

When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

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Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minmum 8 years of power system or electrical design experience
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and within the future.

Preferred qualifications:

• Professional Engineer qualification
• Protection and controls experience
• Working knowledge of NERC/FERC, NESC, NEC, ANSI, NETA
• Bachelor’s Degree in ELectrical Engineering from an accredited institution

Position Success Criteria:

• Familiarity with power system engineering calculations
• Knowledge of codes and standards such as NEC, NESC, ANSI
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
• Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
• Proficiency with MS Office applications
• Project management experience
• Diverse application experience with power distribution projects.
• Experience with commissioning support for power distribution projects.

We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well-being. Listed below are programs that are offered globally, but program availabilities may vary by site.

• Flexible work options to help balance work/life demands (at participating Eaton sites
• Healthcare/retirement savings programs
• Competitive compensation packages to reward skills and performance
• Tuition assistance or financial help for ongoing learning and development
• Health, Dental, Vision & Wellness programs
• Donation matching (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico)

Eaton provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The annual salary range for this role is $110,312-$159,331 a year.

At Eaton, we know that good benefit plans are important to employees and their families. In addition to a competitive base salary, Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits at a Glance.

Eaton considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with local laws. To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application or interview process, please call 412-893-3600 or send an email to: [email protected]

What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Engineering

Region: North America – US/Puerto Rico
Organization: ESSG EESSD Electrical Engrg Svcs Systems Div

Job Level: Individual Contributor
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes – Remote
Does this position offer relocation?: No
Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time