What are the responsibilities and job description for the Entry Level Electrical Engineer position at Actalent?
Description
This full-time, contract Electrical Engineer position will be performing the testing and energization of communications and control equipment in high voltage electrical substations, radio stations, and control centers, as well as recommending modifications and additions to existing installations throughout Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
Responsibilities Include:
- Under the guidance of a commissioning engineer or technician, perform testing of substation equipment, primarily power circuit breakers, transformers, and static capacitors.
- Conduct verification of CT/PT ratio, CT polarity, transformer impedance, power factor for transformers, timing of power circuit breakers, and insulation voltage withstand tests.
- Perform testing of Substation Control equipment including Protective Relaying, SCADA, microwave radio, Transfer Trip, and PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers).
- Support the design, implementation, maintenance, and improvement of electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, and systems by checking rack wiring and cables.
- Operate computer-assisted engineering and design software and equipment to perform engineering tasks.
- Gather information to create electrical drawings, reports, and calculations to support engineering solutions for electrical systems.
- Coordinate construction, installation, maintenance, support, documentation, or testing activities to maintain compliance with specifications, codes, and customer requirements.
- Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish construction and installation standards and specifications.
- Inspect completed installations and verify operations to maintain conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards.
- Perform troubleshooting and provide on-site technical support to craft/customer personnel in the field.
- Collaborate with design staff during the engineering phase to understand design philosophy and provide field information/valid requirements.
- Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles/practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
- Facilitate projects on site, including requesting outages through outage coordinator and verifying that materials arrive on site.
Travel: Up to 100% to substations across the service territory (primarily WA/OR/ID/MT). Duration at each location could range from 2 weeks to 2 years, depending on the project.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an ABET-accredited college/university in electrical engineering or a closely related engineering field.
- Minimum of 3 months of electrical engineering experience in design or analysis. College or charitable/voluntary engineering projects may be counted toward this experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite software including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Experience using PLS-CADD, Bentley ProjectWise, and Microsoft SharePoint.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $39.00 - $44.00/hr.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Vancouver,WA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Nov 13, 2025.
About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing due to a disability, please email actalentaccommodation@actalentservices.com for other accommodation options.
Salary : $39 - $44