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Edgewater Technical Associates is seeking qualified candidates for a Principal Electrical Design Engineer *opportunity for our customer, *Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, WA. This position will be permanent with PNNL, requires all work to be performed in Richland, WA, and offers a competitive relocation package. US Citizenship Required SUMMARY The Campus Development Division delivers mission ready projects from concept inception through readiness and beneficial use in support of the forward looking PNNL Campus Strategy, emerging research needs, and the ongoing investments in modernizing and maintaining the Laboratory's existing facilities, utilities, and infrastructure. Campus Development's project lifecycles begin in Facility Strategic Planning as part of the campus wide Facilities and Infrastructure (F&I) Planning Process and are executed by our Project Management and Engineering staff with support from the Design & Drafting and Construction Management staff. The Engineering and Project management resources concurrently support projects received from the Research directorates (program sponsored and Laboratory Directed Research and Development [LDRD]) and from the Facilities and Operations (F&O) Core Teams. Campus Development excels in actualizing projects that maximize safety, functionality, and reliability, while optimizing the efficiency, sustainability, and life-cycle operating costs of our facility and infrastructure capabilities to enable a mission ready world-class research and development campus for the Department of Energy. PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is looking for a Principal Level Electrical Engineer (Level 5) to be part of the Campus Design, Engineering, and CAD group. Help design facilities to meet the future needs of our research partners that are developing new solution for some of the world's greatest science and technology challenges. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing electrical engineering expertise for engineering studies, preliminary, conceptual and detailed facility design, calculations, troubleshooting, preparation of contract documents including drawings and specifications, and field inspections for all PNNL facilities. This position applies engineering knowledge and methods for the accomplishment of electrical engineering work assigned to the facility engineering Department, which will also include research and development support.  

• Lead multi-disciplinary project design teams on simple and highly complex projects.
• Lead project electrical design engineering efforts and apply electrical engineering expertise to the design.
• Coordinate within the engineering group and other groups independently in developing the overall system design in a team environment.
• Mentor and be a technical resource for early career engineers/designers and provide oversight to outside consultants to meet project design schedules.
• Support the procurement of equipment by developing procurement packages, reviewing quotations, providing technical evaluations, reviewing vendor submittals, and providing resolution of technical issues during the procurement of equipment.
• Review and disposition of engineering change notices, non-conformance reports, and condition reports.
• Prioritize and manage heavy workload to ensure high quality and productivity.
• Support operations, maintenance, and commissioning of the PNNL Facilities.
• Interface with subcontractors, vendors, and project support groups.
• Communicate effectively and timely to stakeholders and engineering team

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

BS/BA and 9+ years of relevant work experience -OR-