Electrical Senior Project Engineer (San Luis Obispo, CA)

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San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
In-Office
149K-149K Annually
Senior level
Professional Services • Energy • Defense • Industrial
The Role
Designs and documents electrical power and control systems for industrial, public, and commercial projects. Prepares drawings, performs conduit/cable and voltage drop calculations, power system studies (short circuit, coordination, arc flash), programs and troubleshoots PLCs and HMIs, implements SCADA and fieldbus networks, and commissions field instruments and motor controls.
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Description

  • Prepares one-line drawings, equipment layout, schematics, and hazardous area classification drawings for the projects. 
  • Reviews approval drawings, quotes, schedules, specification writing, and equipment selection. 
  • Performs conduit, cable tray, pull box sizing calculations, cable sizing, and voltage drop calculations. 
  • Coordinates with representatives of clients, vendors, material suppliers, and contractors to obtain information and guidance and make appropriate equipment selections. 
  • Performs power system studies such as Short Circuit Analysis, Coordination Studies and Arc Flash Analysis. 
  • Works directly with the project manager on: Designing power systems for industrial, public, and commercial applications using Switchboards, Motor control centers, switchgear, relays, transformers, enclosures, power cables, cable terminations, insulators, surge protection devices, reactive power compensation devices, etc., UPS sizing, electrical panel heat calculations, and lightning calculations based on the NFPA 780. 
  • Programs and troubleshoots Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), including ladder logic, function block, and structured text routines. 
  • Programs and troubleshoots Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), including communication drivers, graphic object development, data historization, alarm management, trending, and reporting. 
  • Prepares control narratives, processes control descriptions, technical specifications, and design drawings. 
  • Design, programming, and implementing network infrastructure for SCADA systems, HMI Servers, virtualization services, network hardware, and fieldbus networks. 
  • Design, programming, and implementing fieldbus network protocols (HART, Modbus, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, OPC). 
  • Commissioning of field instruments like E300 starters, VFDs, pressure transmitters, pressure switches, flow switches, flow meters, level transmitters, and float switches.

Requirements

Requires Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or electronics engineering or closely related (foreign equivalent) + 5 years of relevant experience. Requires 1 year experience in Schneider Electric M580 PLC system, Unity Pro, EcoStrucxure Software, Rockwell ControlLogix, CompactLogix PLC., Studio 500 Logix Designer software & SCADA software. $149344.000/yr, 40 hr./week.  Mail resume to Cannon Corp. Attn. HR, 1050 Southwood Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, electronics engineering, or closely related field (or foreign equivalent)
  • 5 years of relevant electrical engineering experience
  • Minimum 1 year experience with Schneider Electric M580 PLC system
  • Minimum 1 year experience with Unity Pro
  • Minimum 1 year experience with EcoStruxure software
  • Minimum 1 year experience with Rockwell ControlLogix and CompactLogix PLCs
  • Minimum 1 year experience with Studio 5000 Logix Designer (Studio 500/5000)
  • Experience with SCADA software and HMI programming/troubleshooting (graphics, drivers, alarms, historization)
  • Proficiency programming PLCs using Ladder Logic, Function Block, and Structured Text
  • Experience designing and implementing fieldbus network protocols (HART, Modbus, Profibus, Foundation Fieldbus, OPC)
  • Ability to perform power system studies (Short Circuit Analysis, Coordination Studies, Arc Flash Analysis)
  • Experience preparing one-line drawings, equipment layouts, schematics, and hazardous area classification drawings
  • Experience with conduit/cable tray sizing, pull box sizing, cable sizing, and voltage drop calculations
  • Experience commissioning field instruments and motor controls (VFDs, starters, transmitters, switches, meters)
  • Experience with UPS sizing and electrical panel heat and lightning calculations (per NFPA 780)
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The Company
140 Employees
Year Founded: 1976

What We Do

Cannon is a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm founded in 1976 that delivers civil, mechanical, electrical, surveying, controls and construction management services. Serving land development, water resources, transportation, energy, industrial, municipal, aerospace & defense and public infrastructure clients, Cannon focuses on partnering with clients to deliver reliable, responsive solutions that emphasize safety, operability, maintainability and community impact.

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