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Join Mott MacDonald as a Senior Traction Power Specialist in Seattle, WA. This full-time role offers a salary of $166,504 per year and involves managing the technical delivery and construction of traction power and overhead contact systems in a transit environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • 8 years of experience as a Senior Traction Power Specialist or related occupation involving railway traction electrification systems engineering.
  • 5 years of experience in management and oversight of design, construction, testing, and commissioning of traction power systems in a transit environment.
  • 5 years of experience working with traction power modelling software, including load flow analysis.
  • 5 years of experience in design and construction of overhead contact systems for transit applications.
  • 5 years of experience with technical expertise in design, manufacturing, installation, or commissioning of traction power substations in AC and DC environments.
  • 5 years of experience managing client requirements relationships including technical, schedule, and budget aspects in project delivery.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Traction Power Systems Management: Lead the technical delivery, design review, and construction oversight of traction electrification and overhead contact systems.
  • Modelling Software: Utilize traction power modelling tools, including load flow analysis, to optimize system performance.
  • Substation Expertise: Oversee the design, manufacturing, installation, and commissioning of AC and DC traction power substations.
  • Contractor & Client Relations: Provide expert assistance during installation, testing, and commissioning phases while maintaining positive client relationships and meeting project schedules.
  • Potential transition routes: People from electrical engineering or railway signaling backgrounds may bring strong analytical and power systems skills, alongside meeting the mandatory engineering degree and transit industry experience requirements.

Job description

Title: Senior Specialist – Traction Power

Location: 1601 5th Avenue, Suite 800 , Seattle , WA 98101

Duties: Manage the technical delivery aspects of Traction Power and overhead contact system design (traction electrification systems), from concept engineering through final design and to design support during construction. Manage and oversee the delivery of Traction Power-related construction contracts, including traction power-specific and overhead contact systems delivery. Oversee and lead the review of Designer’s and Constructor’s submittals for technical appropriateness, compliance with Owner’s requirements, constructability and maintainability. Provide expert assistance to Contractors during the installation phase, to optimize installation methods and deliver high-quality solutions; during the testing and commissioning phase to ensure progress to schedule and rigorous testing and recording of traction electrification system installation. Provide expert assistance to Contractors and Owners in the optimization of traction electrification system performance during the testing and operational phases. Oversee Contractor’s activities in the delivery of traction electrification systems, recording specification compliance, non-conformances and deviations. Provide technical and quality assurance oversight for traction electrification systems projects involving the delivery of new and upgrade of existing network communications systems. Provide technical leadership through excellent example. Demonstrate innovation, collaboration and decisive action, particularly in terms of the relationships between Owner, Consultants (including Mott MacDonald), Designers, and Contractors. Lead teams to excel in technical delivery, on-time performance and development of positive client relationships. Communicate effectively with Project Managers and Directors in the Owner’s organization and the Construction Contractor’s organization. Provide timely, accurate, comprehensive, and concise reporting to the Owner’s and Mott MacDonald’s teams. Provide detailed analysis and solutions to emerging managerial and technical problems. Provide expertise in the preparation and production of contract documentation. Ensure a quality process is implemented for any design, upgrades, manufacturing, installation and/or testing and commissioning project phases.

Requirements: Requires a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or a related field plus eight (8) years of experience as Senior Traction Power Specialist, or related occupation involving experience in railway traction electrification systems engineering.

Experience may be gained concurrently and must include five (5) years in each of the following:

  • Management and oversight of design, construction, testing, and commissioning of traction power systems in a transit environment
  • Working with traction power modelling software, including load flow analysis
  • Design and construction of overhead contact systems for transit applications
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Mott MacDonald

Senior Specialist Traction Power

Seattle, Washington
$166,504.00 /year
  • Technical expertise in design, manufacturing, installation, or commissioning of traction power substations in AC and DC environments
  • Managing client requirements relationships including technical, schedule and budget aspects in project delivery.
  • Salary: $166,504.00 /year. Benefits: 401k, medical, dental, and vision insurance, STD/LTD disability, holiday, personal time off (PTO), parental leave, and company-paid life insurance. Apply via https://apply.mottmac.com. Job Code: 11795

    Our teams are comprised of bright and enthusiastic people who wish to make a difference to the world that we live in. If you share that vision and don’t have all the experience outlined in this posting, we still want to hear from you!

    Let’s discuss how we can help you take the next step in your career and how you can participate in an exciting new chapter for Mott MacDonald in North America.

    Equal opportunity is the law.

    We seek to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

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