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STAFF ENGINEER - WIND Job in Portland Oregon (OR)

Job# 212069

Overview:
Our client is looking for an Electrical Engineer to join a global organization which respects diverse perspectives, experiences and traditions as essential and values each employees contribution toward achieving our business objectives.

The Electrical Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations at the local or regional level; for recommending and managing capital expenditure project; and for assessing and developing local training.

In addition, the Electrical Engineer is the primary resource for review and approval of test procedures, methods and interpretations.

Responsibilities:
Provide local management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.
Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs.
Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
Provides expertise in multiple product categories.
Provide quotes for a large array of standards and complex projects and products.
Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
Handle calibration issues.
Develop and communicate test procedures.
Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints. Audit and qualify sites for special programs.
Actively review reports for multiple product categories.
Design new test fixtures and report shells.
Provide complex sales support such as giving presentations during client visits.
Provide on-going support to clients as needed.
Within policy guidelines, identify, properly document, and recommend engineering judgments.
Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
Mentor less senior technical staff.
Perform other work as required.

Required Qualifications:
5+ years of proven strong people management skills
MS in electrical engineering
3+ experience in the wind industry
Prior experience with the design or certification of inverters for use in the power generation industry

Desired Qualifications:
Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems
Ability to deal with non-verbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases
Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables
Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists
Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to travel 25%
Categories: Engineer Electrical
Industry: Engineering Services general Utilities, Gas, Electric, Nuclear, Power

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