Engineer 2

Title: Engineer 2

Location: Vancouver, WA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12-month Contract (with possible extensions up to 5 years)

Pay Range: $44.37 - $47.50 per hour

***Candidates must be willing to work on our W-2. Due to federal contract requirements, only U.S. Citizens can be considered for this position. Also this role requires you to work onsite 1-2 days per week at Vancouver, WA and rest of the week you can work remotely.**

This function provides professional engineering expertise in assisting project manager and other engineering personnel in implementing management approved projects, supporting field maintenance crews and other related engineering activities.

Position Responsibilities:

• Confer with engineers, internal customers, and others to discuss existing or potential engineering projects
• Provide planning support, coordinate plans of service with stakeholders, and implement management approved plans for assigned projects.
• Prepare detailed design, material, or procurement specifications for assigned projects, verifying that technical tradeoffs have been considered, and decisions 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 modifications of existing facilities.
• Provide technical support to construction, operations, and maintenance personnel.
• Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles/practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.

Position Requirements:

Education & Corresponding Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from an ABET accredited college/university in mechanical, electrical or civil engineering is required .
• 5+ years of engineering experience is required.
• 2+ years of engineering experience in transmission line design & analysis, or construction is required .

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 2+ years' experience with the following:
• Experience using PLS-CADD, sufficient to perform electrical clearance analysis of transmission line using PLS-CADD/LiDAR models.
• Must have solid knowledge of thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, stress analysis, and AC/DC electrical circuits to perform and interpret results of automated calculations and analyses.
• Must have solid knowledge of engineering concepts, principles, and practices applicable to components and facilities found on a regional transmission system.
• Must be able to analyze, troubleshoot, and reverse engineer data involving the catenary and electrical clearance analyses.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience using Bentley ProjectWise or similar program
• Experience using MS SharePoint or similar program
• Experience using Power Query in Excel or similar program.

Everest Consultants offers the following benefits for this position: medical, dental, & vision insurance, short-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, a 401(k)-retirement plan, and a referral bonus program, paid sick/vacation/holidays, and a health and welfare fringe benefit.

Everest Consultants is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal civil rights laws.