Electronics Engineer

• Location: Vancouver, WA
• Type: Contract
• Job #7624

Overview:

ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Electronics Engineer 1 role will provide support and assistance to on-site engineering and project management services for construction projects. As field electronics engineer, this position will also support in laboratory testing and field installations by coordinating and performing the testing of communications and control equipment in high voltage electrical substations, radio stations, and control centers, as well as modifications and additions to the existing installations on the company system in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay rate: $31.76 - $45.04

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks, Brio Health

Responsibilities:

• Confer with engineers, internal customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects.
• Assist in planning and implementing research methodology and procedures to apply principles of electrical theory to engineering projects.
• Prepare/draft specifications for Contracting Officers' (COs') use in the purchase of materials and equipment.
• Assist with design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of electronic / electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems.
• Operate computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform engineering tasks.
• Create electrical drawings, reports, and calculations to support recommended engineering solutions for electrical systems.
• Assist with and coordinate construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation and/or testing activities that enable compliance with specifications, codes, and customer requirements, alert manager or PM of any potential concerns or issues.
• Perform detailed calculations to compute and support recommended construction, and installation standards and specifications.
• Assist with inspection of completed installations and verification of operations to validate conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards.
• Assist with redesign to commission and verify proper electrical circuit function and that all equipment designs meet applicable standards.
• Provide schedule and progress information for construction projects.
• Draft or review written work plans/functional tests.
• Perform troubleshooting and provide technical support to craft/customer personnel.
• Attend project scoping meetings or design reviews, recommending changes to specification diagrams based on technical and operational issues.
• Work with design staff during engineering phase to understand design philosophy and provide field information/valid requirements.
• Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles/practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• With guidance from more experienced personnel, facilitate projects on site, including scheduling outages through outage coordinator, and verifying that materials arrive on site.
• Assist in testing of communication equipment including SCADA, SONET, microwave radio, Transfer Trip, and PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers).
• Assist with on-site field testing and commissioning of communications equipment.
• Draft technical laboratory reports and commissioning test documents for communications equipment.
• Perform corrections to verify that all the equipment functions properly. Revise or correct all drawings to reflect the as-built condition of the equipment wiring and physical layout.
• Provide planning support, coordinate plans of service with stakeholders, and implement plans for assigned projects.
• Participate on teams to research and test telecommunication and related equipment.
• Assist in development of requirements for technical specifications for procurement of telecommunications systems and equipment and provide technical support in the administration of material contracts and project management of turnkey system contracts.
• Prepare detailed design, material, or procurement specifications for equipment, ensuring that technical tradeoffs have been considered and that recommendations conform to existing policies and standards and are within budgetary constraints.
• Prepare engineering designs or assist in developing engineering requirements for the development, installation, and modification of facilities.
• Provide technical support to construction, operations, and maintenance personnel.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (from an ABET*accredited school) is required.
• Candidates 3 months from graduation will be considered. Proof of degree may be requested after graduation.
• Note: *ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology)
• 6 months of Electrical Engineering experience is required.
• Experience must include knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
• Knowledge of design standards sufficient to review and correct Transfer Trip design, RAS and Data systems design, Microwave Radios, and Fiber optics
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

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