Principal Engineer-Electrical Design Authority Engineer
Pinnacle Specialty Group is a woman-owned and operated small business specializing in providing project and contract management for Professional, Technical, Engineering, IT and Support Services. We offer full benefits to include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K - Company Matched.
Duties and Responsibilities
Define scope of technical programs and develop effective, quality solutions to challenges which involve unique or controversial problems. Creatively meet all company and industry requirements and apply site systems to achieve quality, timely and cost-effective results. Give quality guidance and assistance to less senior professionals on related tasks.
Apply technical experience in the field of specialization or broad-based experience in multiple technical fields, to resolve complex problems.
Incorporate advanced technical practices and a variety of complex features such as complicated technical requirements, application of new or special materials or processes and difficult coordination or oversight requirements into problem solving and program planning.
Provide leadership in determining solutions to complex problems and be recognized as having expertise in a functional area(s) of technical expertise.
Provide direction and position responsibility both inside and outside department lines on programs seeking new approaches to problems and new applications of existing engineering or scientific principles.
Evaluate the results of programs and prepare reports and recommendations based on these evaluations.
Identify and recommend improvements where established technology components and methodology are inadequate for solution.
Keep informed of the advancement of technology as applied through one's area of technology. Prepare plans including schedules, budgets and personnel requirements for solving technical tasks identified by management.
Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
Develop schedules, monitor progress, monitor expenditures of budget and review quality of work performed.
Communicate results and objectives verbally and in manuscripts form to customers colleagues and management.
Occasionally prepare reports for external publication.
Enhance expertise in field through leadership in local technical societies
Demonstrate creative ability through medium of patent disclosures, problem solving, engineering reports, technical papers and articles.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
**Education: **Ph.D. degree in applicable science or engineering discipline and 5+ years' experience. OR A MS with 8+ years' experience. OR A BS with 10+ years' experience or more.
Experience/Skills
Preferred electrical engineering/science degree with Twenty-five (25) years of experience in facility engineering support with a minimum of twenty (20) years of experience in design authority engineering experience.
OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates must be able to perform periodic field walk downs of the job site for the engineering work being performed. These walk downs may involve construction sites with uneven surfaces and work in progress, walking for distances over half a mile, climbing of ladders to access remote areas, and dressing out in protective clothing.
Candidates must be capable of conducting independent technical reviews of nuclear technical work documents in support of Electrical Design Authority work, including the various NNSA projects underway.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Candidates who have possessed an active DOE clearance (Lor Q) within the past two (2) years are preferred.
Prior SRS experience and NNSA Capital Projects experience preferred.
Candidates who have extensive knowledge and experience with the following are preferred:
Conduct of Engineering related procedures and requirements in the DOE/NNSA environment Conduct of Maintenance and Construction related activities preferred.
Department of Energy Orders and Regulations relative to the technical support required of DOE facilities.
Working knowledge of Engineering Codes/standards requirements. Demonstration of working with multi - functional engineering organizations
Work Environment / Physical Demands:
Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards. Light to moderate lifting may be required for packages and other items, ability to walk short distances, may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and keyboard.
Due to government and/or federal regulations for this position, proof of U.S. citizenship is required.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer
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