Entry Level Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Dewberry’s Raleigh office is seeking an Electrical Engineer for the MEPS Infrastructure team developing power systems studies including, but not limited to load flow, fault current, overcurrent coordination, and arc flash.  The successful candidate should have experience in power system studies as well as specifying, designing, and implementing electrical power systems. Passion for power systems studies and electrical safety is a must.

 

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

 

Dewberry has one of the strongest electrical teams in the Raleigh area with over 30 electrical design professionals. You will be joining a team of highly skilled, experienced, and dedicated electrical professionals focused on designing the electrical infrastructure that interconnects your healthcare, higher education, and federal campuses. At Dewberry you will develop your technical knowledge in microgrids, medium voltage distribution, SCADA, and power system studies as you execute a full range of services for our national clients. As part of the MEPS Infrastructure electrical team you will shape the impact renewable energy has, as it is utilized by our client in meeting their decarbonization and electrification goals. Your design will combine co-generation, solar generation, battery energy store systems, and complex control system to improve the reliability of our nation’s infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide power systems studies for a variety of public and private clients in the industrial, healthcare, higher education, and water/wastewater markets.
• Perform EE analysis such as short circuit studies, Arc Flash studies, etc.
• Meet and coordinate with other engineering disciplines and specialists where required.
• Prepare electrical engineering calculations, code analysis, reports, specifications, project schedules, and cost estimates to meet project requirements.
• Conduct site visits and field inspections of electrical systems.

Required Skills & Required Experience

• Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering (BSEE) degree from an accredited university.
• 0-2 years of experience
• EIT preferred
• Ability to coordinate the work of multiple disciplines
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced team environment with multiple deadlines. 
• Well organized, with good understanding of electrical power system software, applicable codes, national standards, and electrical safety.
• Attend client and contractor meetings and prepare meeting minutes.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

 

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.

Program Information

As an entry-level hire, you’ll be part of a class of peers with 0-1 year of professional experience. Our entry-level program comes together on a regular basis for professional development events and team building activities led by an advisory team to:

• Form lasting connections with peers in your class.
• Gain a better understanding of career growth and meaningful opportunities to align with your professional goals.
• Expand your knowledge of Dewberry and what we do.