ELECTRICAL ENGINEER Job Listing at Tetra Tech in Bellevue, WA (Job ID 41356)

Description

JOB OVERVIEW:  

Congress provided USACE with $17B in supplemental funding through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. This combined with a trend of record USACE annual funding appropriations and Emergency Supplemental Disaster Recovery Appropriations for USACE in 3 of the past 5 years totaling over $7B have the nation's waterways set up for a ten-year program of design and construction.

As an industry leader in USACE Engineering and Design support, Tetra Tech has placed contract capacity and been selected to lead the design of multiple ongoing top priority USACE projects, including rehabilitation of inland navigation lock and dam systems, design of new navigation locks, and coastal protection projects. These projects represent a once in a generation investment in our nation's waterways.  In this position you will work closely with national industry leaders and local experts to support clients with electrical engineering. This position offers multiple growth opportunities, in both technical design expertise and project management as part of our team.

Discover your full potential. At Tetra Tech, we are collaborating with industry-leading experts for a sustainable future for our world. We combine consulting and engineering with advanced analytics and technology to solve the world's most complex challenges. Our innovation hubs across the globe will enable you to share ideas and best practices while growing your professional network. Wherever you are in your career journey, you will benefit from working with world-class engineers, scientists, and technical specialists.

As an Electrical Engineer in the Bellevue Design Center, you will work closely with national industry leaders and local experts to support clients with electrical engineering. This position offers multiple growth opportunities, in both technical design expertise and project management. Come join our Bellevue design team and be a part of a multi-discipline team working on these signature projects.

Upcoming projects for our electrical engineering group include:

• Ship Canal Facility Electrical Distribution Design: Our team will be designing a new electrical power distribution system for locks that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The project includes evaluating the existing electrical system and design upgrades to replace the aging system with a robust and reliable power distribution system for current and future electrical needs.
• Dam and Reservoir Design: Tetra Tech is performing the 30% design for a new reservoir and four new dams in Colorado. The electrical, instrumentation, and controls elements include preliminary design for electrical systems for inlet works and outlet works facilities, assessment of alternatives for communications, telemetry, and remote-control systems, and preliminary layouts for dam embankment instrumentation and monitoring systems.
• New Lock Final Design: Tetra Tech will be designing a new 1200' lock to be part of the U.S. Inland Waterway Navigation System. Work will include designing electrical power distribution, standby power, lighting and grounding systems for lock facilities, and designing control systems for operation of lock features including gates, valves, and hydraulic power units.

Your Role:

• Design industrial and heavy civil electrical systems including power distribution, emergency power, grounding, lighting, lighting protection, fire alarm, security, closed circuit television, telecommunications, computer network, remote monitoring, and control systems
• Evaluate existing electrical systems and provide design recommendations
• Prepare technical specifications, engineering reports, and calculations
• Perform quality control checks of design submittal documents
• Utilize departmental design standards
• Coordinate system design with other disciplines
• Develop cost estimates for proposed design
• Review shop drawings and product submittals for conformance to contract requirements
• Perform site visits for documentation of existing electrical and control systems
• Visit construction sites to inspect work in progress or completed and to provide solutions to construction problems

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering
• 5-15 years of relevant electrical engineering experience
• Active Professional Engineering (PE) license
• Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes is required
• Project management experience a plus, but not required
• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience with USACE or other federal or local government agencies preferred, but not required
• Experience with/understanding of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, etc.)
• Experience with power analysis software preferred, i.e., SKM, EasyPower, etc.
• Willing to work both independently and in a team environment, both in person and virtual
• Able to effectively prioritize multiple tasks and make independent decisions that promote/advance the company goals and objectives

What We Can Offer You:

• The chance to work on multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with other engineers including mechanical, structural, and geotechnical to take projects from design through construction.
• An entrepreneurial-minded office that's backed by the resources of a large, international company.
• A passionate team of coworkers who work hard and respect the importance of work life balance - really!
• The opportunity to think outside the box to develop innovative solutions to client problems, and the support to implement your ideas.
• Our office is walking distance to restaurants, shopping, buses, and future light rail.
• Free parking and easy freeway access.
• We are a highly collaborative team working flexibly in the office and from home. Our goal is to create a space that enables collaboration and excellence in delivery with opportunities for mentoring and growth.

The salary range for this position is approximately $65,000 to $120,000 depending on education, qualifications, experience, and work location.

Tetra Tech offers comprehensive benefit options that allow employees to design a plan based on individual needs and assists in planning for long-term financial security. Available benefits include health insurance, term life, disability, accidental death & dismemberment coverage, time off with pay (TOWP), 401k, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.  

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech combines the resources of a global, multibillion-dollar company with local, client-focused delivery in more than 470 locations around the world. Our reputation rests on the technical expertise and dedication of our employees—22,000 associates working together to provide smart, scalable solutions for challenging projects. We are proud to be home to leading technical experts in water, environment, infrastructure, resource management, energy, and international development.

Explore our open positions at https://www.tetratech.com/careers. Follow us on social media to learn more about our people, culture, and opportunities:

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Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity, inclusion, and equity are among Tetra Tech's core values. Throughout our history, the company has prioritized equitable inclusion of all people. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, military or veteran status, gender, age, disabilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information and any other characteristics protected by the law. We invite resumes from all interested parties. Please visit our website at www.tetratech.com to see the array of diverse services and exciting projects we are currently working on.

Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans for available positions.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Please no phone calls or agencies.

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