Job Summary
This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, with three days in the office and two days remote. You will lead a group on challenging projects involving the investigation, troubleshooting, and resolution of electrical engineering issues for single and multi-discipline projects, often requiring extensive client interface and coordination.
Responsibilities
- Lead group members to ensure successful completion of electrical engineering project deliverables, meeting technical, quality, financial, and project controls expectations.
- Initiate and convey scope of work to group members.
- Define project deliverables, including calculations, specifications, drawings, and design changes.
- Review progress, track project scope/budget, and keep clients informed.
- Conduct routine status meetings and submit progress reports.
- Track and resolve open items and emergent project issues.
- Coordinate the completion of project deliverables.
- Lead detailed design phases for all electrical engineering aspects, coordinating with other disciplines.
- Develop project scope, cost estimates, and schedules for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants.
- Develop proposals for complex electrical modifications at nuclear power plants.
- Provide technical oversight and supervision for electrical engineering activities, including:
- Engineering design change packages for equipment installation, replacement, or upgrades.
- Engineering calculations (AC/DC power studies, short circuit, cable ampacity, voltage drop, breaker coordination, motor starting, protective relay settings).
- Equipment procurement specifications.
- Bid review and evaluation for equipment vendors, including managing requests for information and vendor questions.
- Interface with clients to validate scope and ensure satisfaction.
- Mentor and guide the development of the engineering group.
- Identify and follow up on client needs to create strategic opportunities.
- Leverage client relationships to develop follow-on work.
- Prepare and coordinate multi-discipline proposals.
AI & Automation
- Lead teams in utilizing data, automation, and AI to improve workflows, reduce rework, and deliver cost-effective designs.
- Direct automation and process-improvement initiatives, such as automating calculations, summarizing documents, or generating design documentation.
- Guide the appropriate use of AI and agentic AI tools, ensuring results are verified.
- Oversee engineers who program or script (e.g., Python, MATLAB, advanced Excel) for task automation, with review of outputs (valued, not required).
- Additional learning in Computer Science, AI, Software Engineering, or related fields is valued for overseeing automation and AI-enabled workflows.
Qualifications
Essential skills and experience:
- BSEE degree from an ABET-accredited engineering program.
- 10+ years of experience in electrical engineering system design for nuclear power plants.
- 3+ years of experience leading an engineering design group through all project design phases.
- Experience in equipment and material selection, and preparing engineering design change packages, calculations, and specifications.
- Experience serving as a firm/client liaison in a support or lead engineering role.
- Experience with electrical system design, including low and medium voltage distribution systems (transformers, generators, motors, relays, etc.).
- Effective written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with MS Office applications.
- Detail-oriented approach.
- Ability to be badged for unescorted access to a nuclear station.
- PE Licensure is preferred.
Note: We do not sponsor employees for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.
Award-Winning Benefits
Sargent & Lundy offers comprehensive healthcare plans, generous paid time off, and competitive benefits, recognized with the Top Workplaces Culture Excellence Award for compensation and benefits in 2022, 2023, and 2024.
Health & Wellness
- Medical, Dental, Vision Plans
- Life & Accident Insurance
- Disability Coverage
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Back-Up Daycare
Financial Benefits
- FSA & HSA
- 401(k)
- Pre-Tax Commuter Account
- Merit Scholarship Program
- Employee Discount Program
- Corporate Charitable Giving Program
- Tuition Assistance
- First Professional Licensure Bonus
- Employee Referral Bonus
Work-Life Balance
- Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Bereavement Leave
- Flexible Work Arrangements
Compensation Range
$116,620.00 - $179,890.00
Transparency Statement
Compensation ranges comply with all local and state regulations. The total compensation package includes base salary/hourly rate and benefits. Individuals may be eligible for a yearly discretionary bonus.
About This Business Unit
Join Sargent & Lundy's Nuclear Power Group, a leader in nuclear engineering, design, and licensing since 1954. We work on SMRs, advanced reactors, reactor restarts, life extensions, digital modernization, coal-to-nuclear conversions, and international projects, driving clean, carbon-free energy solutions.
Awards & Recognition
Equal Opportunity
Sargent & Lundy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any protected status as defined by applicable law.
Location: Metairie, LA, United States Area of Interest: Electrical Engineering Type: Full Time - Regular Job ID: 2026-23356 Business Group: Nuclear Power Group Department: Electrical Engineering