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Posted: 24-Apr-26
Location: Waco, Texas
Type: Full Time
Required Education:
Internal Number: ES26-01
Power Your Career with Brazos Electric
Electrical Design Engineer, Waco, TX
At Brazos Electric, we’re building the future of reliable energy by designing and maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers our member cooperatives and communities across Texas. We’re looking for an Electrical Design Engineer to join our team of innovators, problem solvers, and trusted industry experts.
If you’re ready to bring your engineering skills to a collaborative environment where your work directly impacts the safe and efficient delivery of electricity to millions, we’d love to meet you.
What You’ll Do
Design
- Prepare, analyze, and check engineering drawings, specifications and system data to determine design factors on specific projects requiring protection related equipment including, but not limited to, protective relays, transformers, circuit breakers, motor operators, substation control house equipment, protection related communications equipment, protection related automation equipment, protection related cybersecurity equipment, and general electrical miscellaneous equipment.
Support & Collaborate:
Diagnose and troubleshoot protection related systems to support operational modifications, repairs, or enhancements. Maintain relationships with external contractors, consultants and member cooperative personnel to coordinate job related activities
Plan & Analyze:
Plan and develop enhancements to specific protection and control systems. Assist in project management by performing detailed engineering and economic studies, reviewing of contract specifications and estimating labor, materials and construction costs of projects. Analyze Cooperative material inventory and prepare purchase order requisitions when required.
Why Brazos Electric?
We value people as much as we value power. At Brazos, you’ll find:
- A mission-driven organization that supports Texas communities.
- A team-focused, collaborative environment where your expertise is respected.
- Professional development opportunities, training, and industry conference participation.
- Competitive compensation and benefits package.
Join Us
If you’re ready to design the protection and control systems that power the future, apply today to become part of Texas’ largest and oldest generation and transmission cooperative. To apply, visit our careers page: https://joblinkapply.com/Joblink/6972
Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status
What We’re Looking For
Education:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university
- Prefer knowledge of three-phase power systems and experience in one or more of the following subjects, with training to be provided in other areas:
- Ground Grid studies
- Arc Flash studies and rating categories
- Developing or modifying specifications for substation equipment
- Developing standards for P&C designs and relay panels
- Familiar with protective relay functionality such as time-overcurrent, step distance, and line differential
- Familiar with protective relay communications schemes using power line carrier systems
- Modification and checking of protection and control (P&C) schematics and wiring diagrams using AutoCAD or Microstation
