Posted in Other 28 days ago.
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
EPRI provides thought leadership, industry expertise, and collaborative value to help the electricity sector identify issues, technology gaps, and broader needs that can be addressed through effective research and development programs for the benefit of society.
This position is part of the overhead transmission research team, with a focus on transmission conductors. The EPRI team is an industry leader in testing and evaluating conductor systems, and this position will support the growth of the EPRI testing program as utilities transition to the future energy system. This individual will take on a leadership role in designing and executing testing in EPRI’s purpose-built conductor testing lab in Charlotte, North Carolina.
To be successful in this position, an engineer will need to:
Develop and execute high-quality research and test plans that go beyond standard tests
Analyze results to gain insights into the meaning of the results and how they could be applied
Engage worldwide utilities to identify research needs and share results to that they have impact
Think innovatively to understand opportunities and needs for new technologies in overhead transmission
Understand the practical life-cycle of transmission assets, including specification, procurement, inspection, maintenance, and replacement
Key Responsibilities and Requirements:
Works independently on technical activities without direct supervision
Conducts technical searches and analyzes information in support of the project team
Demonstrates responsibility for highly specialized technical objectives or problems where the relationships between cause and effect are difficult to establish and little or no precedence exists, and the use of creative and imaginative thinking is required
Applies technical expertise, and has full knowledge of other related disciplines
Develops technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity.
Additional Requirements:
Has developed relationships with primary advisors to a research area
Provides assistance to the EPRI sales staff in Member Services and EPRI International
Communicates strategies and results, written and verbal, to program members, potential members and external stakeholders through guidelines, reports, meetings, webcasts, workshops and conferences
Continues to communicate work across EPRI programs to make sure parallel work is informed
May provide oversight of a project team to assure technical and financial milestones are met
Organizes the external and interdepartmental activities ensuring completion of the project/product on schedule and within budget
Supports the planning and execution of complex project work within the technical department to meet member/client objectives; prepares and presents research reports
Manages small or medium (less complex) projects including budgets and resources
Begin interfacing with national and international technical networks (e.g, manufacturers, consultants, academia and research organizations)
Supports proposal efforts and new promotional work
Develops research or services opportunities of value to EPRI members that fit EPRI’s mission and capabilities. This will include solving customer problems, producing insights and information vital to the members, and delivering information in a manner that members and customers can and will apply
Continues to provide guidance and mentorship to junior staff
Education & Years of experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field or equivalent experience required
8+ years of professional experience required
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