Power Generation Electrical Project Engineer

Location: Redding, California, US; onsite

Salary: $115,128–$175,080 annually, California locality range.

Company

hirify.global operates and maintains hydroelectric, fossil, solar generation, and battery storage facilities serving California.

What you will do

• Lead design and project management for moderately complex generation projects, including discipline-specific, multidisciplinary, and programmatic work.
• Provide technical support to operations and maintenance, including incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Control project scope, schedule, cost, quality, and stakeholder coordination throughout the project lifecycle.
• Perform and review engineering analyses, studies, conceptual designs, alternatives, scopes, and recommended fixes for generation assets.
• Prepare, evaluate, and administer contracts and proposals with consultants, vendors, and construction firms.
• Interpret applicable codes and approve or stamp technical reports, specifications, drawings, and revisions.

Requirements

• Four-year BS degree in Engineering from an accredited US curriculum or equivalent international qualification.
• Current California Professional Engineer license in the appropriate discipline; another state or Canadian PE license is acceptable only if a California PE license is obtained within 18 months of hiring.
• Minimum three years of cumulative experience in project engineering, design, and construction, with mastery of Associate-level Project Engineer duties.
• Ability to independently plan work, manage multiple moderately complex projects, exercise sound engineering and business judgment, and work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to provide technical direction to engineers, project managers, drafters, analysts, consultants, suppliers, and construction firms.
• Ability to manage contracts, negotiate and resolve disputes, build consensus, and communicate technical information effectively.

Nice to have

• Project Management Institute Project Management Professional certification.
• Electrical Engineer PE qualification.
• Knowledge of power generation design, construction, or operation, including rotating machines, applicable codes, standards, regulations, and practices.
• Experience stamping or certifying engineering drawings and documents and developing project scopes, design changes, and implementation plans.
• Experience managing concurrent projects, directing consultants and contractors, supporting complex projects, and recommending process improvements.
• Commitment to ongoing development through industry associations, conferences, workshops, publications, and formal education.

Culture & Benefits

• Role is an ESC-represented exempt classification subject to collective bargaining.
• Work supports safe, reliable, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible power generation infrastructure.
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance personnel, project teams, internal services, contractors, vendors, and regulatory agencies.