Power Systems Engineer (Hybrid)

Location: Vancouver, WA
Hybrid: onsite 3 days per 2-week pay period 
Travel: up to 5%  local travel
Overtime: 5% anticipated
Length: 1+ yrs, up to 5 years
 

MUST be US Citizen to be eligible to apply for Federal Background Check
 
SUMMARY
 
This position serves as an engineer for the technical review of Facility Ratings processes, applicable standards, and underlying transmission asset data. Their engineering knowledge enables them to design, implement, and maintain the quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) measures necessary to ensure client’s Facility Ratings are accurate, compliant, and defensible. As a dedicated quality control engineer, they proactively monitor workflows to identify and address potential issues early in the process. This foresight helps prevent rework, delays, and regulatory non-compliance by resolving quality concerns before they impact downstream decisions. They also provide engineering determinations across the Facility Ratings program, including acceptance reviews, error correction, and corrective action recommendations. All of which require consistent application of engineering and regulatory knowledge. As an engineering resource within thedivision, they serve as the program’s internal control mechanism, ensuring that ratings outputs are technically sound and reliable for use in establishing TTCs and SOLs across the client’s system
 
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform technical reviews of engineering documentation, as-built records, and field data to verify that new or modified transmission assets are accurately represented in engineering and asset management systems.
• Evaluate the completeness, consistency, and validity of equipment and configuration data submitted from project and field sources using engineering judgment and analytical tools.
• Identify data and documentation discrepancies, determine root causes, and develop recommendations or corrective actions to ensure data integrity across asset systems.
• Coordinate with design engineers, project managers, field personnel, and data stewards to resolve discrepancies and validate final documentation prior to system integration.
• Conduct structured quality assurance reviews on asset attributes, configuration relationships, and connectivity information within mapping and asset databases to ensure technical accuracy and model reliability
• Develop and apply automated quality control scripts and data validation tools using programing tools (i.e. Python) to identify data anomalies, verify relationships between systems, and streamline review processes.
• Use programming tools (i.e. Python) and related analytical libraries to generate reports, metrics, and visualizations that track data quality trends and highlight recurring issues or systemic improvements.
• Design, maintain, and execute repeatable workflows for verifying and updating asset records following construction completion, ensuring traceability from engineering documentation to system representation.
• Perform data reconciliation between historical engineering records and newly integrated digital models to confirm that legacy data remains accurate and traceable.
• Conduct post-integration data verification reviews following major construction or system update events to confirm that all asset and configuration changes were successfully implemented.
• Document engineering rationale for data corrections and maintain traceable change histories to support audit readiness and compliance verification.
• Develop and maintain quality assurance procedures, checklists, and desk guides that document review criteria, system validation steps, and escalation paths for unresolved data issues.
• Lead or contribute to cross-functional working sessions with engineers, GIS analysts, and system administrators to address data quality findings and implement corrective measures.
• Maintain all quality assurance records, correspondence, and review documentation in compliance with information governance, records retention, and federal audit requirements.
• Recommend and implement improvements to data review methodologies, automation approaches, and system validation processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and transparency

 
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or other closely related engineering field is required

Required Technical Skills & Experience

• 5 years of practical electrical engineering experience is required
• Professional knowledge of electrical engineering principles applied to transmission systems
• Experience working in a regulated environment, including, but not limited to, exposure to NERC reliability standards

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and validate complex data sets, including the use of Python (preferred) or similar scripting languages for automation and quality testing.
• Experience performing quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) reviews of engineering or asset data to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established standards.
• Knowledge of applicable reliability, safety, and data integrity standards governing transmission system design, operation, and asset management
• Familiarity with GIS-based asset management or mapping systems, particularly those supporting transmission system modeling

 
Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
 
APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
 
About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions and Data Resource Group. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
 
Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest