Senior Power Electrical Engineer - Medium & Low Voltage Distribution at AECOM — Orange, CA
Full-timeOrange, CAPosted 2026-07-20Apply on SmartRecruiters
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AECOM is seeking a Senior Power Electrical Engineer - Medium & Low Voltage Distribution to be based in Orange, CA.
The responsibilities of this role also include, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Responsible for electrical engineering work in power distribution design.
- Working with Project Engineers and Project Managers on developing workload forecasts, design schedules, and budgets for electrical engineering work activities.
- Functioning as the “Engineer of Record” on projects.
- Performing Power system studies (load flow, short circuit, protective coordination, arc flash analysis).
- Providing technical support for business development activities such as developing proposals.
- Single line diagram development, medium voltage switch gear and low voltage switchboard design and specifications.
- Determine ampacity and develop Feeder and Cable Schedules.
- Substation and transformer design and specification.
- Protective relay and metering one line / three-line diagrams.
- Panel Schedules.
- Equipment layouts and sectional views.
- Connection Diagrams.
- Developing construction and equipment specifications.
- Supporting projects during construction, start-up, and commissioning.
- Grounding layouts.
- Lightening protection.
- Reviewing engineering work performed by peers.
- Attending client meetings.
- Client and site field visits.
- Conducting power system calculations including short circuit, arc-flash, and protective device coordination.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
- Due to the nature of our contracts US Citizenship is required for this role.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- 7+ years of Electrical Distribution and Facility Electrical System engineering experience.
- Willingness to travel occasionally.
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
- Able to participate in field walks and create field sketches, take dimensions, climb ladders, etc. as necessary.
- Experience working and collaborating with a team of electrical engineers.
- Very familiar with industry and federal codes and standards (NEC, NFPA, NESC, IEEE, UFC, etc).
- Experienced preparing drawings, specifications, and calculations involving medium voltage site distribution and facility designs.
- Performed detailed QA/QC engineering deliverable reviews.
- High preference for candidates with extensive design experience on medium voltage and low voltage distribution systems (for outdoor and indoor installations).
- High preference for candidates with experience in conducting power system analysis using software such as SKM Power Tools for Window and ETAP.
- High preference for candidates with experience in underground electrical distribution.
- High preference for candidates with experience with outdoor and indoor lighting design and photometric calculations using software such as Visual and AGI.
- High preference for candidates with experience and ability in interfacing with clients and code enforcing agencies.
- High preference for candidates that have excellent writing and oral communication skills including report writing and presentations.
- High preference for candidates with writing and editing technical specifications for power and lighting design.
- High preference for candidates with leading electrical design and supervising design teams including other electrical engineers, designers and drafting personnel.
- Sponsorship is not available for this position.
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