Advisory Engineer
Job Description
Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking an Advisory Engineer.
The expected annual salary range for this role is $156000 - $228000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.
Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
What you’ll do:
In this role you will provide national engineering leadership to create complete engineering design packages with the following responsibilities:
- Provide engineering leadership across the Project Engineering group by mentoring the broader engineering team
- Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) by leading organization in current and emerging power distribution technology
- Provide guidance/oversight to the standards committee for the development of design standards and specifications
- Establish engineering program goals to grow engineering business throughout country
- Perform complex engineering work or act as lead engineer on complex projects to ensure successful delivery and mentorship
- Perform QAQC in collaboration with Regional Project Engineers (RPE) to ensure high quality deliverables
- Assist RPE in developing engineering design concepts and estimates at the proposal stage
- Oversee development of electrical drawing packages including physical layouts, ground grid design, protection and control, and wiring
- Assist RPE in developing testing/commissioning plans for projects and be SME resource during testing/commissioning phase.
- Assist RPE in leading engineering effort on large turnkey projects with multiple engineering groups to ensure high quality and on-schedule deliverables
- Provide technical oversight of civil engineering designs
- Assist RPE in QA/QC review of internal and external designs for code compliance, accuracy, and constructability
- Assist in development and enforcement of design and process standards
- Providing technical guidance, value added engineering and constructability guidance during both the design and implementation phases
- Mentoring and/or leading other engineers
- Support National Engineering Managers with operational support including project financial updates and risk reviews
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- BS in electrical engineering from an accredited institution
- Minimum of ten (10) years of power system transmission, distribution, or generation design
- Must be willing to travel up to 25%
- Must have a valid driver's license with an acceptable driving record
- Successfully complete and maintain compliance with Eaton’s safety program and policy; This includes role-applicable portions of the EESS Qualified Electrical Worker (QEW) program and any required annual re-certifications thereafter.
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional Engineer qualification
- Field experience in testing/commissioning medium voltage equipment Working knowledge of NERC/FERC, NESC, NEC, ANSI, NETA
- Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- Experience with AutoCAD and/or MicroStation
- Proficiency with MS Office applications
- Engineering project management experience
- Familiarity with power system engineering calculations
- Knowledge of codes and standards such as NEC, NESC, ANSI
- Diverse application experience with power transmission, distribution, or generation projects
- Experience with commissioning support for power distribution projects
The application window for this position is anticipated to close on 7/15/2026
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