Job Details

Senior Electrical Engineer (PE Required)

Position Number: 6434942
Location: San Jose, CA
Position Type: Engineering - Electrical

Senior Electrical Engineer (PE Required)

Valley Water

Salary: $167,668.80 - $214,635.20 Annually

Job Type: Full-Time

Job Number: 01912-E

Location: CA, CA

Department: Water Utility Capital

Closing: 8/24/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

Description

Overview:

The Senior Engineer (Electrical) is to provide specialized electrical engineering expertise, particularly related to low and medium voltage electrical distribution systems and low voltage motor control centers used in industrial facilities, including water treatment plants. This individual will serve as a subject-matter expert, support ongoing capital projects throughout all phases-planning, design, and construction, act as the Owner's representative for electrical engineering, and manage consultants and professional services agreements. Their role includes troubleshooting complex electrical issues, assisting with design modifications, and managing capital improvement (electrical) projects, such as the Electrical Improvement Project at Water Treatment Plants and providing electrical engineering support for the Reliability Improvement Project (RWTP). The Senior Engineer (Electrical) will also support the Treatment Plant Projects Delivery Units ongoing efforts to enhance facility operations and ensure the successful delivery of vital infrastructure upgrades.
Our Commitment:
We are committed to building and sustaining a working environment where all individuals are respected and valued. We believe every member of our team brings unique perspectives that enhance our ability to serve the public effectively. By fostering a workplace with employees from the communities we serve, we broaden our collective understanding of the world around us and strengthen our mission to equitably provide safe, clean water, natural flood protections, and environmental stewardship.

About Valley Water:
Valley Water is a public agency with an operating and capital budget of $964 million, and over 900 employees. With headquarters in San Jose, Valley Water provides water supply, enhances streams and watersheds through creek restoration and habitat protection, provides flood protection for homes, schools, businesses and roadways, and partners with other agencies to provide trails and open space for the community.
Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Manage complex, politically sensitive, and/or large treatment plant capital improvement projects through all phases, including planning and design; supervises multi-division teams and coordinates and collaborates with external agencies.
Provides electrical and power engineering support for projects under the Treatment Plants Project Delivery Unit.
Develop the scope of work, initiate, negotiate, and manage consultants and professional services agreements as assigned, including overseeing the contract process to on-board, maintain the current agreement, and close the agreement at the end of the project.
Serve as a technical expert in electrical engineering, including on-site troubleshooting during construction, as well as coordinating and overseeing complex electrical shutdowns.
Schedule, lead, and participate in project meetings to discuss electrical and power design elements. Mentor, train, and supervise subordinate staff.
Assumes responsibility for the review and preparation of engineering studies, reports, design, and contract documents for compliance with electrical engineering standards and principles, stamps and/or signs such work to assume project (electrical) engineering responsibility.

Ideal Candidate's Background Includes:

Applicants whose experience and background best match the ideal experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, and education are considered ideal candidates for the position. To determine the top candidates, each applicant will be assessed based on the ideal candidate criteria as listed below.

Ideal Experience:

Six (6) years of professional engineering experience designing and maintaining industrial electrical systems in an operating environment, preferably in a critical infrastructure environment including at least two (2) years of lead responsibility.
Lead experience should include: supervising, leading, and/or overseeing:
Planning, designing, and inspecting all phases of industrial electrical distribution engineering projects.
Troubleshooting and repairing existing industrial electrical distribution (both hardware and software).
Leading, coordinating and implementing full cycle industrial to electrical distribution projects ensuring no disruption of mission critical operations.
Collaborating with project teams to ensure that projects in planning, design, and construction phases are abiding by industrial to electrical distribution standards.
Developing technical policies and procedures and making recommendations for changes and improvements to existing standards and procedures.

Ideal Skills and Abilities:

Planning, organizing, monitoring
Supervision and leadership
Technical capability to quality assurance and quality check of electrical engineering deliverable work product.

Ideal Knowledge:

Knowledge of operations, services, and activities of a comprehensive electrical distribution systems including computer-based process monitoring and control systems in the area of water production, treatment and distribution systems.
Advanced principles and practices of electrical distribution systems design and installation.
Electrical distribution systems engineering theory and design concepts for electrical distribution systems.
Expert in industrial electrical distribution.
Principles and practices of electrical distribution systems network administration.
Hardware and software design development and implementation.

Ideal Training and Education:

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in electrical engineering or a related field.

Required License or Certificate

Possess and maintain a valid license as a Professional Electrical Engineer issued by the California Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists

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Treatment Plants Project Delivery Unit (Position Code 1099)
Valley Water Telework Program: Eligibility for telework will depend on the type of work performed, operational needs, and the ability for the employee to perform the essential functions of their job duties while teleworking. Employment with Valley Water requires employees to live within 150 miles of their primary physical work location located in San Jose, California by their start date.

This position is eligible for a hybrid telework schedule, typically working 40% remote and 60% onsite.

Selection Process

(1) The selection process may include one or more of the following: application review, application assessment, performance exercise, written exercise and/or interview.
(2) The Employment Application, Qualifying Information Questions and/or Supplemental Questions will be evaluated based on the ideal candidate criteria listed above. Resumes are highly recommended.

NOTE: Position and start date is subject to availability of funds. Valley Water retains the right to repost this position as deemed necessary.
Consideration may be given to existing applicant pools within the same classification.
Valley Water's Equal Opportunity Non-Discrimination Policy is available for review upon request.

Valley Water will make reasonable efforts in the examination process to accommodate persons with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources in advance of any special needs by calling 408-630-2260.

Please be aware that once submitted all application materials become the property of Valley Water and will not be returned. Human Resources staff are not authorized to make copies of application materials for applicants.

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