Description

About Sandia

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs:

• Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide
• Extraordinary co-workers
• Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world
• Career advancement and enrichment opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home)
• Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance*

World-changing technologies. Life-changing careers. Learn more about Sandia at: http://www.sandia.gov

*These benefits vary by job classification.

What Your Job Will Be Like

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in ensuring the electrical systems at Sandia National Laboratories are available, reliable, sustainable, and safe for years to come? We are seeking a dedicated and innovative Electrical Systems and Operations Engineer to join our dynamic team. You will have the opportunity to engage with a variety of teams and projects, making a tangible impact on our operations and mission success. In this role, you will collaborate daily with Maintenance, Projects, and Mission Partners, supporting a variety of missions across the site. Your work will touch a variety of buildings and labs ensuring that our electrical systems remain safe, reliable, and efficient. Your expertise will be essential in keeping the power flowing throughout the entire site. If you are passionate about electrical engineering and want to be part of a collaborative environment that values innovation and teamwork, we encourage you to apply!

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Design and oversee the development of high, medium, and low voltage electrical systems, ensuring safe, reliable, and efficient operations in compliance with applicable codes. This includes electrical equipment, controls, components, systems, and products, as well as meters for overhead and underground distribution and transmission line construction and maintenance.
• Plan and execute maintenance strategies by modeling electrical systems, conducting condition assessments, analyzing operational data, balancing loads, and identifying upgrade and lifecycle replacement options to enhance system reliability.
• Develop comprehensive power outage procedures to guide project and maintenance activities effectively.
• Analyze and review arc flash calculations to ensure compliance with National Fire Protection Association (NFPA-70E) and National Electrical Code (NEC) standards.
• Manage the electrical metering system for the power distribution network.
• Research and test innovative techniques and equipment aimed at improving energy efficiency in building electrical systems and utility contracts.
• Assess the capabilities and performance of existing high, medium, and low voltage electrical components, systems, substations, and networks, including looped and radial systems, relays, and meters.
• Provide detailed systems analyses for electronic systems and subsystems to support operational efficiency.
• Conduct lighting calculations and analyses.
• Design lightning protection systems.
• Support the design of photovoltaic systems, ensuring their safe and compliant operation.
• Develop and implement inspection and testing procedures for electrical components and systems, adhering to Western Electrical Coordinating Council (WECC) reliability standards and reporting requirements.
• Perform strategic planning and forecasting for site load projections over a 10-year horizon to ensure adequate capacity and reliability.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Salary Range

$99,400 - $193,600

*Salary range is estimated, and actual salary will be determined after consideration of the selected candidate's experience and qualifications, and application of any approved geographic salary differential.

Qualifications We Require

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline, plus five (5) or more years of experience
• Minimum of five (5) years experience in low voltage (<600VAC) building electrical power and distribution.
• Experience working in one or more of the following:
• A Facilities organization
• An Engineering firm
• A Construction industry
• Inspection with design experience
• Ability to obtain and maintain an active DOE L-level security clearance.

Qualifications We Desire

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on power and power distribution (up to 600VAC).
• Licensed Engineer or the ability to obtain a Professional Engineering (PE) License.
• Proficient in current electrical codes and standards, including NEC and NFPA 70E.
• Basic understanding of Facilities, Commercial, and Laboratory engineering related to design, construction, and contracting.
• Experience with Arc Flash Hazard calculations and relevant software, as well as short circuit and load flow calculations.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot electrical systems, utilizing and interpreting power quality instrumentation for diagnostics.
• Strong analytical and reasoning skills to identify and resolve electrical risk issues, with a focus on mission objectives, and to provide recommendations to management and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating power outages effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain productive internal customer relationships.
• Proven capability to plan, organize, lead, and monitor team efforts to successful completion.
• Familiarity with NNSA, DOE, or other federal government requirements.
• Competence in conducting research, investigating alternative solutions, and recommending effective solutions for electrical system challenges.

About Our Team

The Facilities Electrical Engineering Department is the powerhouse behind Sandia's electrical systems to ensure they are available, reliable, sustainable, and safe for years to come. We provide low to high-voltage engineering support that keeps everything running smoothly. We're charged with operational, tactical, and strategic Lifecycle Asset Management (LCAM) planning and the critical development of Lifecycle Asset Management Plans (LCAMPs) for our electrical systems. Our team conducts Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and power system/arc flash hazard analysis to ensure our systems are always in peak condition and ready to support the institution's essential mission goals.

We strive to ensure our projects are grounded in solid engineering principles by establishing the institution electrical asset design and installation requirements, performing regular facility walkdowns, and developing sound electrical scopes of work for design and implementation. We ensure equipment is positioned to meet current and future demands. We support asset health monitoring through data analytics, asset criticality assessments, and energy audits that keep our systems operating at peak efficiency and are cost effective. In addition, our department crafts equipment-specific lockout/tagout procedures, ensuring safety is always at the forefront of our maintenance and construction activities.

Posting Duration

This posting will be open for application submissions for a minimum of seven (7) calendar days, including the 'posting date'. Sandia reserves the right to extend the posting date at any time.

Security Clearance

Sandia is required by DOE to conduct a pre-employment drug test and background review that includes checks of personal references, credit, law enforcement records, and employment/education verifications. Applicants for employment need to be able to obtain and maintain a DOE L-level security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship. If you hold more than one citizenship (i.e., of the U.S. and another country), your ability to obtain a security clearance may be impacted.

Applicants offered employment with Sandia are subject to a federal background investigation to meet the requirements for access to classified information or matter if the duties of the position require a DOE security clearance. Substance abuse or illegal drug use, falsification of information, criminal activity, serious misconduct or other indicators of untrustworthiness can cause a clearance to be denied or terminated by the DOE, resulting in the inability to perform the duties assigned and subsequent termination of employment.

EEO

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status and any other protected class under state or federal law.

NNSA Requirements for MedPEDs

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.

If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.