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Opportunity Profile
What This Role Delivers
At OPPD, we power the communities we serve by providing safe, reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy. As one of the nation's largest public power utilities, we continuously invest in infrastructure, technology, and innovation to ensure long-term energy reliability for our customers.
As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for major capital projects and strategic generation fleet modernization initiatives. This role serves as a senior engineering resource responsible for solving complex technical challenges, leading critical infrastructure investments, and driving engineering excellence across OPPD's generation facilities.
You will lead complex electrical design efforts from concept through implementation, providing advanced expertise in power systems, instrumentation, controls, and automation technologies. In addition to owning the technical design, calculations, specifications, and engineering deliverables for major projects, you will oversee project execution activities including cost estimating, budget development, schedule management, procurement strategy, construction oversight, and risk mitigation. Future projects will include large-scale modernization of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), and other critical generation control and electrical systems.
This role also serves as a mentor and technical authority within the organization, helping establish engineering standards, guide technical decision-making, and develop engineering talent across the Design Engineering team.
What This Role Will Lead & Own
- Lead electrical design development for major and complex capital projects, providing technical ownership of engineering evaluations, calculations, specifications, drawings, installation packages, testing strategies, and commissioning activities.
- Serve as the lead engineer and technical authority for generation modernization projects involving electrical systems, plant controls, DCS platforms, PLC systems, and related infrastructure.
- Direct project planning and execution activities, including cost estimation, budget development, business case preparation, schedule oversight, resource coordination, and risk management.
- Lead cross-functional teams and provide technical guidance to engineers, project managers, operations personnel, contractors, and external partners.
- Drive technical decision-making for complex engineering challenges and develop long-term solutions that improve reliability, maintainability, and operational performance.
- Oversee procurement strategies, vendor evaluations, equipment selection, and technical review of supplier deliverables.
- Provide senior-level construction management oversight, including contract administration, contractor performance management, field issue resolution, and executive-level project reporting.
- Champion engineering standards, continuous improvement initiatives, and best practices that advance organizational technical capability.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, operational, safety, and project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Mentor engineers across multiple experience levels and contribute to the development of future technical leaders within the organization.
What You Will Bring
Demonstrated ability to successfully complete essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Nebraska or ability to obtain Nebraska registration within 6 months through reciprocity and relevant experience.
What Will Help You Stand Out
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Eight (8) or more years of engineering experience in power generation, industrial facilities, utilities, manufacturing, or other complex infrastructure environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading major capital projects, multidisciplinary engineering efforts, or large-scale infrastructure upgrades.
- Strong expertise in electrical power systems, industrial controls, instrumentation, automation, DCS, and PLC technologies.
- Experience developing engineering calculations, technical specifications, construction packages, and commissioning plans.
- Proven experience managing project budgets, schedules, business cases, and technical risk.
- Ability to lead technical teams and influence decisions across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Experience leading major DCS migration, PLC modernization, or plant control system replacement projects.
- Experience in utility generation, fossil generation, renewable generation, or other large industrial facilities.
Work Location
Office: Work will be performed in a modern office environment amid normal conditions of dust, odors, fumes, and noises.
Field: Work will be performed outside in a wide variety of weather conditions (snow, rain, heat, cold, wind, etc.), terrain, and other natural environmental hazards as well as pollen and other airborne allergens.
Generation Plant: Work will be performed inside with exposure to industrial building conditions and may include extreme temperatures, odors, dust, gases, poor ventilation, and loud noise levels.
Travel: Must be able to travel throughout the service territory and report to various locations in a timely manner as needed.
Work Environment
Work will be performed in high traffic environments.
Will work around energized high voltage electrical equipment.
Will work in construction areas that present many physical hazards.
Will work at heights.
Will work in closed or confined spaces.
Will work around asbestos and lead.
Strength Factor
Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Salary/Wage Info
Grade: S6
Minimum: $109,942
Midpoint: $137,428
Apply online at www.oppd.com on or before November 13th.
Our Culture & Mission
At Omaha Public Power District, everything starts with people - our teams, our communities, and the customer owners who count on us. As the 12th largest public power utility in the U.S., we serve more than 900,000 people across 13 counties, and we take that responsibility seriously.
We lead with integrity, support one another, and do what's right, because how we serve matters just as much as what we deliver. Our goal is simple: provide affordable, reliable, and environmentally responsible energy today and for generations to come.
We create power with purpose. Your work here has real impact; on families, on the environment, and on the future of energy. And we believe great ideas can come from anywhere.
If you want to be part of a team that takes care of the community and the people who serve it, you're in the right place. We back up our mission by taking care of our employees, too; which is why our benefits are among the most comprehensive and competitive in the region.
Ready to apply?
When you apply, be sure your resume highlights the skills and experience that will help you succeed in this role.
EOE: Protected Veterans/Disability
If you would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with OPPD, please email OPPD Talent Acquisition at TalentAcquisition@OPPD.com.
Recruiter Information
Recruiter: Michael Fierro - mrfierro@oppd.com #LI-MF
Opportunity Profile
What This Role Delivers
At OPPD, we power the communities we serve by providing safe, reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy. As one of the nation's largest public power utilities, we continuously invest in infrastructure, technology, and innovation to ensure long-term energy reliability for our customers.
As a Senior Electrical Design Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for major capital projects and strategic generation fleet modernization initiatives. This role serves as a senior engineering resource responsible for solving complex technical challenges, leading critical infrastructure investments, and driving engineering excellence across OPPD's generation facilities.
You will lead complex electrical design efforts from concept through implementation, providing advanced expertise in power systems, instrumentation, controls, and automation technologies. In addition to owning the technical design, calculations, specifications, and engineering deliverables for major projects, you will oversee project execution activities including cost estimating, budget development, schedule management, procurement strategy, construction oversight, and risk mitigation. Future projects will include large-scale modernization of Distributed Control Systems (DCS), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), and other critical generation control and electrical systems.
This role also serves as a mentor and technical authority within the organization, helping establish engineering standards, guide technical decision-making, and develop engineering talent across the Design Engineering team.
What This Role Will Lead & Own
- Lead electrical design development for major and complex capital projects, providing technical ownership of engineering evaluations, calculations, specifications, drawings, installation packages, testing strategies, and commissioning activities.
- Serve as the lead engineer and technical authority for generation modernization projects involving electrical systems, plant controls, DCS platforms, PLC systems, and related infrastructure.
- Direct project planning and execution activities, including cost estimation, budget development, business case preparation, schedule oversight, resource coordination, and risk management.
- Lead cross-functional teams and provide technical guidance to engineers, project managers, operations personnel, contractors, and external partners.
- Drive technical decision-making for complex engineering challenges and develop long-term solutions that improve reliability, maintainability, and operational performance.
- Oversee procurement strategies, vendor evaluations, equipment selection, and technical review of supplier deliverables.
- Provide senior-level construction management oversight, including contract administration, contractor performance management, field issue resolution, and executive-level project reporting.
- Champion engineering standards, continuous improvement initiatives, and best practices that advance organizational technical capability.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate technical, operational, safety, and project risks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Mentor engineers across multiple experience levels and contribute to the development of future technical leaders within the organization.
What You Will Bring
Demonstrated ability to successfully complete essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
Registration as a Professional Engineer in the State of Nebraska or ability to obtain Nebraska registration within 6 months through reciprocity and relevant experience.
What Will Help You Stand Out
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Eight (8) or more years of engineering experience in power generation, industrial facilities, utilities, manufacturing, or other complex infrastructure environments.
- Demonstrated experience leading major capital projects, multidisciplinary engineering efforts, or large-scale infrastructure upgrades.
- Strong expertise in electrical power systems, industrial controls, instrumentation, automation, DCS, and PLC technologies.
- Experience developing engineering calculations, technical specifications, construction packages, and commissioning plans.
- Proven experience managing project budgets, schedules, business cases, and technical risk.
- Ability to lead technical teams and influence decisions across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Experience leading major DCS migration, PLC modernization, or plant control system replacement projects.
- Experience in utility generation, fossil generation, renewable generation, or other large industrial facilities.
Work Location
Office: Work will be performed in a modern office environment amid normal conditions of dust, odors, fumes, and noises.
Field: Work will be performed outside in a wide variety of weather conditions (snow, rain, heat, cold, wind, etc.), terrain, and other natural environmental hazards as well as pollen and other airborne allergens.
Generation Plant: Work will be performed inside with exposure to industrial building conditions and may include extreme temperatures, odors, dust, gases, poor ventilation, and loud noise levels.
Travel: Must be able to travel throughout the service territory and report to various locations in a timely manner as needed.
Work Environment
Work will be performed in high traffic environments.
Will work around energized high voltage electrical equipment.
Will work in construction areas that present many physical hazards.
Will work at heights.
Will work in closed or confined spaces.
Will work around asbestos and lead.
Strength Factor
Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.
Salary/Wage Info
Grade: S6
Minimum: $109,942
Midpoint: $137,428
Apply online at www.oppd.com on or before November 13th.
Our Culture & Mission
At Omaha Public Power District, everything starts with people - our teams, our communities, and the customer owners who count on us. As the 12th largest public power utility in the U.S., we serve more than 900,000 people across 13 counties, and we take that responsibility seriously.
We lead with integrity, support one another, and do what's right, because how we serve matters just as much as what we deliver. Our goal is simple: provide affordable, reliable, and environmentally responsible energy today and for generations to come.
We create power with purpose. Your work here has real impact; on families, on the environment, and on the future of energy. And we believe great ideas can come from anywhere.
If you want to be part of a team that takes care of the community and the people who serve it, you're in the right place. We back up our mission by taking care of our employees, too; which is why our benefits are among the most comprehensive and competitive in the region.
Ready to apply?
When you apply, be sure your resume highlights the skills and experience that will help you succeed in this role.
EOE: Protected Veterans/Disability
If you would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with OPPD, please email OPPD Talent Acquisition at TalentAcquisition@OPPD.com.
Recruiter Information
Recruiter: Michael Fierro - mrfierro@oppd.com #LI-MF
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon49
- Tesla20
- CDM Smith19
- General Atomics16
- Blue Origin12
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- Manufacturing26
- Consulting & Professional Services23
- Technology & Software13
- Construction & Real Estate10
- Electronics & Hardware6
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in electrical design technician jobs.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD Electrical or EPLAN for schematic and panel layout drawings
- Two or more years of experience producing electrical construction documents
- Working knowledge of the National Electrical Code and relevant industry standards
- Associate degree or technical certificate in electrical technology or a related field
- Experience reading and interpreting one-line diagrams and wiring schematics
- Familiarity with bill-of-materials generation and component selection for electrical assemblies
Tips for Your Electrical Design Technician Job Search
List your CAD software versions precisely
Hiring managers screen for specific versions of AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, and EPLAN. Name the exact releases you've used in your resume skills section so you clear automated filters that reject candidates who list only the software name without a version.
Highlight schematic types you've produced
Don't just say you created electrical drawings. Specify whether your work included single-line diagrams, wiring schematics, panel schedules, or relay logic diagrams. Recruiters and engineers scan for these terms when they define the role's core deliverable.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists electrical design technician openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by code standard
Postings often specify NEC, IEC, or UL standards experience. Target roles that match the code environment you've worked in most, since employers in regulated industries like utilities and industrial manufacturing treat standards familiarity as a hard requirement.
Prepare a redline or revision sample
Interviewers commonly ask you to walk through a drawing correction or markup. Bring a sanitized before-and-after redline example from a past project so you can demonstrate how you handle design changes, version control, and cross-discipline coordination under review.
Negotiate using project scope, not just title
When discussing compensation, reference the complexity of projects you've supported, such as multi-panel industrial controls or high-voltage substation layouts, rather than citing generic experience years. That framing anchors the conversation to deliverable complexity, which engineers and hiring managers recognize immediately.
Electrical Design Technician Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most electrical design technicians?
The companies hiring the most electrical design technicians right now include Amazon, Tesla, and CDM Smith, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Utilities, industrial manufacturers, and engineering services firms consistently drive the highest volume of openings for this role.
How many electrical design technician jobs are remote?
About 45% of electrical design technician openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, which is lower than many technical roles because the work often requires collaboration on physical equipment or site drawings. Sub-specializations like CAD drafting support and documentation review tend to have the highest share of remote or hybrid arrangements.
How do you become an electrical design technician?
Most electrical design technicians start with an associate degree or technical certificate in electrical technology, electronics, or a related field, which provides grounding in circuit theory and print reading. From there, employers expect hands-on CAD training, typically in AutoCAD Electrical or a similar platform. Entry-level roles or internships where you produce real drawings under review accelerate the path to independent work quickly.
Can you get hired as an electrical design technician with little or no experience?
Yes, entry-level electrical design technician roles exist, particularly at smaller engineering firms and contractors that prioritize CAD proficiency and technical aptitude over years of experience. Building a portfolio of practice drawings, completing an AutoCAD Electrical certification, and showing familiarity with NEC conventions are concrete ways to stand out when your formal work history is limited.
What does the electrical design technician interview process look like?
Interviews typically include a phone or video screen with HR, followed by a technical conversation with a lead engineer or design manager. You'll likely be asked to walk through drawings you've produced, explain how you handle redlines or design changes, and demonstrate your CAD workflow. Some employers add a short take-home drawing exercise or ask you to interpret an existing schematic on the spot.
Where can I find and apply to electrical design technician jobs?
You can find and apply to electrical design technician jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your skills and location, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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