SLAC Job Postings

Position Overview:

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory¿s (SLAC) Facilities and Operations (F&O) Division manages one of the world¿s premier science facilities on a 400-acre Stanford site with 150+ structures comprised of office and research facilities for the Department of Energy. We are a service organization committed to the support and success of the Laboratory's Scientific Mission by providing safe and responsive engineering, construction, operations, and maintenance of equipment, buildings, and infrastructure. The Electrical Power Department within our Facilities and Operations Division is responsible for the operation and maintenance of the SLAC Electrical Infrastructure used to support SLAC¿s scientific mission. We are seeking a Facilities Engineer 1, who will play a vital role in ensuring the functionality and reliability of electrical systems within our organization. You will be responsible for performing different power studies, designing, implementing, and testing protection schemes for electrical infrastructure as well as analyzing and resolving potential faults and issues. The position reports to the Electrical Power Control and Protection group lead.

Your specific responsibilities include:

• Perform electrical power analysis such as short circuit, coordination, and arc flash analysis.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to develop protection schemes for the company's electrical systems.
• Assist in designing control systems to monitor and manage power distribution.
• Perform testing and troubleshooting to identify and resolve electrical faults and anomalies.
• Analyze data and provide recommendations for improvements to enhance system reliability.
• Prepare technical documentation, reports, and presentations to communicate findings and proposed solutions.
• Stay up to date with industry standards and advancements in electrical protection and control systems.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering discipline or other appropriate specialty, or combination of education and work experience meeting the CA Engineer-in-Training requirements.
• Knowledge of electrical protection and control systems
• Familiarity with industry standards and regulations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
• Familiarity with relevant software tools for electrical systems analysis, ETAP, or SKM

Certifications and Licenses:

None

SLAC employee competencies:

• Effective Decisions: Uses job knowledge and solid judgment to make quality decisions in a timely manner.
• Self-Development: Pursues a variety of venues and opportunities to continue learning and developing.
• Dependability: Can be counted on to deliver results with a sense of personal responsibility for expected outcomes.
• Initiative: Pursues work and interactions proactively with optimism, positive energy, and motivation to move things forward.
• Adaptability: Flexes as needed when change occurs, and maintains an open outlook while adjusting and accommodating changes.
• Communication: Ensures effective information flow to various audiences and creates and delivers clear, appropriate written, spoken, and presented messages.
• Relationships: Builds relationships to foster trust, collaboration, and a positive climate to achieve common goals.

Physical requirements and working conditions:

• Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Given the nature of this position, SLAC is open to on-site and hybrid work options.

Work Standards:

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for environment, safety and security; communicates related concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned. Meets the applicable roles and responsibilities as described in the ESH Manual, Chapter 1¿General Policy and Responsibilities: http://www-group.slac.stanford.edu/esh/eshmanual/pdfs/ESHch01.pdf
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu

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• Classification Title: Facilities Engineer 1
• Grade: G, Job code: 4351
• Duration: Regular Continuing

The expected pay range for this position is $87,256 - $97,800 per annum. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory/Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.