Entry Level Electrical Engineer

Job Summary of Roles and Responsibilities

POWER Engineers is currently seeking an entry level Electrical Engineer to work in the Power Delivery
Substation Department in our Phoenix, Arizona office.

Responsibilities
• The position entails performing detail design of low to extra high voltage substations and switchyards.
• Typical designs include one-line diagrams, protection and control schematic development, wiring
diagrams, SCADA, communications, substation physical layouts, material lists, conduit and cable
sizing/routing, AC and DC systems calculations and sizing, and substation grounding. The Entry Level
Electrical Engineer will participate in QA/QC processes as part of the learning curve.
Required Education/Experience
• BSEE (BS Electrical Engineering) or BSEET (BS Electrical Engineering Technology) degree, from an
accredited university preferably with a power option.
• Minimum 2.5 Grade Point Average (GPA).
• Strong knowledge and understanding of electrical engineering to build on.
• The candidate must have strong command of the English language with good written and oral
communication skills in order to work effectively with internal team members and external client
personnel.
• Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently in the U.S. without the need for work
sponsorship.
Desired Education/Experience
• At least 3 months electrical engineering work experience; could be on an internship or co-op basis.
• GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Familiarity with substation design.
• Engineer In Training certificate (EIT) or passed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam.
At POWER Engineers, Inc. you can have a rewarding career on every level. In addition to challenging and
meaningful work, you’ll have the chance to make a positive impact on the environment, participate in a range
of diverse and unique initiatives, and find the support, coaching, and training it takes to advance your career.
We encourage new ideas and fresh approaches and most importantly, we strive to be our clients’ first choice.
These traits – and deep technical skill – account for our success.
Have fun, do good work, make money. As an employee-owned company, we strive to make POWER Engineers
an appealing place to work, where we perform projects that we find challenging and in which we excel. We
provide competitive compensation, a full benefit package, professional development, and an appealing work
environment. POWER Engineers is a unique and fun engineering firm, which may be contradictory to some, but
it works well for us.
EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled
Skills Checklist
planning
administering programs updating files
agendas/meetings
planning organizational
advising people setting up demonstrations
needs
analyzing data predicting futures sketching charts or diagrams
assembling apparatus rehabilitating people writing reports
auditing financial reports organizing tasks writing for publication
budgeting expenses prioritizing work expressing feelings
calculating numerical data creating new ideas checking for accuracy
finding information meeting people classifying records
handling complaints evaluating programs coaching individuals
handling detail work editing work collecting money
tolerating
imagining new solutions compiling statistics
interruptions
confronting other
interpreting languages inventing new ideas
people
dispensing information constructing buildings proposing ideas
adapting new procedures coping with deadlines investigating problems
negotiating/arbitrating conflicts promoting events locating missing information
speaking to the public raising funds dramatizing ideas
writing letters/papers/proposals questioning others estimating physical space
reading volumes of material being thorough organizing files
coordinating
remembering information managing people
schedules/times
interviewing prospective
running meetings selling products
employees
teaching/instructing/training
listening to others supervising employees
individuals
relating to the public enduring long hours inspecting physical objects
entertaining people displaying artistic ideas distributing products
managing an
deciding uses of money delegating responsibility
organization
measuring boundaries serving individuals mediating between people
counseling/consulting people motivating others persuading others
operating equipment reporting information summarizing information
supporting others encouraging others delegating responsibilities
determining a problem defining a problem comparing results
maintaining
screening telephone calls drafting reports
accurate records
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collaborating ideas comprehending ideas
medication
overseeing operations motivating others generating accounts
teaching/instructing/training thinking in a logical
making decisions
individuals manner
defining performance
becoming actively involved resolving conflicts
standards
recommending courses
analyzing problems selling ideas
of action
expressing ideas orally
preparing written communications to individuals or conducting interviews
groups
performing numeric analysis conducting meetings setting priorities
developing plans for
setting work/committee goals gathering information
projects
thinking of creative providing discipline when
taking personal responsibility
ideas necessary
enforcing rules and
maintaining a high level of activity meeting new people
regulations
developing a climate of
interacting with people picking out important
enthusiasm, teamwork, and
at different levels information
cooperation
creating meaningful and taking independent skillfully applying
challenging work action professional knowledge
maintaining emotional control knowledge of concepts providing customers with
under stress and principles service
knowledge of
community/government affairs

1. I used to work in security so I learned to take personal responsibility for myself and to
maintain emotional control under stress.
2. I have done shits of more than 12 hours while doing security so I can endure long hours
while staying focused.
3. I was part of a family owned janitorial company so I am used to being in a management
position.
4. I oversaw logging all my activities while working security so I learned to keep detailed
notes and take personal responsibility for my actions.
5. I have worked on big projects in my engineering classes so I am used to working in a
collaborative group.
6. I am good at accumulating information and organizing the information into a cohesive
understandable packet because this is what my position was for many of my project.
7. I have learning working in engineering labs to be meticulous and careful and taking
numerical data.
12233 10th Ave. S.
Seattle WA. 98168

January 21, 2018

Mr. Jason Nodurft, Substation Engineer

Facilities
Power Engineers, Inc.
7600 North 16th street
Suite 130
Phoenix, AZ 85020

Dear Mr. Nodurft:

I am writing in response to your advertisement on your company’s website. I am a senior who

will be graduating with my electrical engineering degree with an emphasis in power from
Washington State University. I learned about your company from a fellow student and after
researching about your company, I feel that I would have an exciting and rewarding experience
working for your company. I hope that you will give me the opportunity to do so.

My education at Washington State has given me a strong background in power systems and how
to analyze them. I have taken a power system analysis course and I am currently enrolled in a
protective relay course. I have learned from these courses that I have a strong interest for
substation design and power distribution. I have completed projects to analyze power systems
and the effects of different faults in the system. I am currently learning about substation designs
and different protection components. My senior design project is the Mitigating Reverse Power
Flow Due to Distributed Generation on Networked Secondary Distribution Systems. I am working
with three other students and our client is Avista. I feel that this project has given me a better
understanding of some of the challenges in the distribution of power.

I look forward hopefully working for Power Engineers, Inc. to further understand substations and
power distribution. I have included my resume with this document and I hope to hear from you
about the entry level electrical engineer position. Please feel free to contact me anytime at (206)
326-9488 or send me an email at abdirahman.ugas@wsu.edu. Thank you very much for your
consideration for this position.

Yours truly

Abdirahman Ugas