• Fire Protection Engineer - Principal/ Senior

    Energy Northwest (Richland, WA)


    It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they are doing!

     

    _We're committed to bringing passion and customer focus to the business._

    GENERAL SUMMARY

    Provide independent engineering service and support to performing complex engineering tasks requiring specialized skills and broad experience in the application of engineering fundamentals in support of the design modification, operating and independent assessment of Energy Northwest facilities. Serve as an advisor to others.

    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

    Perform engineering plans, designs, specifications, evaluations, studies, instructions, utilizing analytical skills.

     

    + Support systems, programs, audits, inspections, and assessments using skills and experience gained through application of engineering methods and analysis, codes, standards, and regulatory requirements.

    + Routinely provide technical leadership on complex and/or extended programs and projects.

    + Perform tasks within schedule and budget.

    + Ensure effective coordination of efforts with other departments and disciplines. Work with minimum supervision.

     

    Provide technical guidance to other engineers; check and review technical products of others. Serve as a mentor.

     

    + Develop plans for programs, projects, audits, testing, and inspections; lead audits and inspections. Use engineering judgment in evaluating results for findings.

     

    Interface with regulatory agencies as required.

     

    A limited amount of industry participation is required.

    Engineering employees are expected to be available and to support the following activities as a condition of employment with Energy Northwest:

    + Emergency Response Organization (ERO) including being on-call (24/7) during your required team duty (2 weeks out of every 8 weeks).

    + 12-hour work shifts during outages as part of our overall Outage support (24/7).

    + Engineering duty cycle support (24/7) including call-out availability during your responsible duty assignment (This is a shared responsibility across all engineering positions).

    REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

    Engineer Principal

     

    Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited college or university and seven years of discipline specific engineering experience; **OR** a high school diploma (or GED) and PE licensed Fire Protection Engineer (or Society of Fire Protection Engineers "Professional Member") plus eleven years of discipline specific engineering experience.

     

    Engineer Senior

     

    Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an accredited college or university and three years of discipline specific engineering experience; **OR** a high school diploma (or GED) and PE licensed Fire Protection Engineer (or Society of Fire Protection Engineers "Professional Member") plus seven years of discipline specific engineering experience.

     

    This position is open until filled.

    Pay Range:

    **Engineer Principal Salary:** $119,107 - $178,661

    **Midpoint:** $148,884

    **Engineer Senior Salary:** $103,563 - $155,345

    **Midpoint:** $129,454

     

    Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

     

    Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

     

    Incentive Compensation

     

    This role is eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

     

    Benefits

     

    Energy Northwest (EN) offers a highly competitive and substantial benefits package which allows qualifying employees (and their families) to enroll in medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring, and identity theft insurance. EN offers three retirement programs to qualifying employees including a matching 401(k) deferred compensation plan, the Washington State Pension Plan (PERS), and a 457(b) savings plan. Qualifying employees will also accrue 160 hours of personal time per year and nine paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

     

    We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

     

    EEO is the law, click here to learn more (http://www.energy-northwest.com/whoweare/joinourteam/Documents/EEO%20is%20the%20Law%20poster.pdf) .