Job Description:

　　Our client is currently seeking Entry Level Distribution Engineers to join their team in Florida. These individuals will support power distribution infrastructure upgrades and storm hardening projects across Florida. The initial projects are in support of Duke Energy with underground distribution power line projects. The work consists of the engineering calculations and design for replacing deteriorated cable, moving overhead lines to underground, reconductoring of existing distribution lines, and replacing aging equipment. The engineering calculations associated with these projects include structural analysis, guying, cable pulling, electric demand, fault currents, and coordination of protective devices.

　　Job Duties:

　　Conduct site visits and take field notes, including visual inspection, equipment inventory, measurements, sketches, photographs and field conditions. Compare field data to base plan

　　Evaluate loading of various equipment components being installed such as transformers and structural loading of poles to ensure a cost-effective, safe and reliable design utilizing client specifications

　　Review and interpret design manuals and details from local jurisdictions

　　Determine and specify design requirements

　　Perform electric distribution designs, using field notes, per the Utility’s standards. Design and draft construction drawings using standard engineering fundamentals for approval by Federal, state and local agencies

　　Prepare projects and job packages using appropriate software, including material estimates and material requisitions of the materials required for the prepared distribution electrical designs

　　Review plans for proposed construction to determine impacts to the existing distribution systems

　　Develop solutions to existing conductor and structural clearance violations and issues

　　Developing final design plan packages for the implementation of the proposed solution

　　Ensure projects fulfill ISO compliance requirements

　　Attend bi-weekly (or more frequently as necessary) meetings with project team on all projects/tasks

　　Additional Skills & Qualifications:

　　Graduation from a four-year ABET accredited college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering

　　Must have hands on design experience, preferably from post-graduate working environment or internship, but would also include complex design projects during school.

　　Experience or basic knowledge of concepts in the electric utility industry, including primary and secondary distribution systems, utility standards, ability to use design software packages, and general construction knowledge and aptitude

　　Understanding of basic engineering theories and principles

　　Understanding of basic practices of researching engineering and design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing/presenting recommendations

　　Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds

　　Good written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate frequently with customers

　　MUST have strong interpersonal skills, self-motivation/initiative, and the desire to learn.

　　Employer Value:

　　Long term opportunity, supporting the largest power utility in the country along with other power utilities as well

　　Opportunity to work on a long-term, well established program that will drastically change the reliability of power distribution across Florida

　　Excellent office environment – Dedicated leadership, engaged team, nice new 19,000 sq. ft. office space, with foosball table, shuffleboard

　　Opportunity to work with a well-established company, with over 2,200 employees, across 59 offices

　　Structured path for career advancement. Top performing designers/engineers can become leads, designers, go into QC, and/or become project managers

　　Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

　　At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I are embedded into our culture through:

　　Hiring diverse talent

　　Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection

　　Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes

　　Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

　　Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

　　About Actalent

　　Actalent connects passion with purpose. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts that drive scale, innovation, and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 engineering and sciences consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia, and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. An operating company of Allegis Group, the global leader in talent solutions, Actalent launched as a new specialized engineering and sciences services and workforce solutions brand in 2021.