Employment Type

Full time

Education Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Hourly Rate

Company Overview

PACO Group is a project-management and construction-management firm based in New York City that works with transit agencies across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Our professionals help owners deliver complex capital programs—from bridges and tunnels to facility electrification—safely, on time, and within budget.

Position Overview

Embedded inside WMATA’s Power Department, you will support the design, installation, and commissioning of electrical infrastructure that will charge and power one of the country’s largest Zero-Emission Bus (ZEB) fleets. The role is balanced between office-based design review and field engineering at WMATA bus garages in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Review and Analysis
• Evaluate 34.5 kV-and-below distribution designs, load studies, PV interconnections, and DC/AC charging layouts.
• Verify equipment sizing, protective-device coordination, short-circuit and arc-flash studies, and lighting photometrics.
• Produce formal comments, red-lines, and constructability notes for design-build teams.
• Construction and Commissioning Support
• Conduct site surveys and field inspections.
• Witness factory and site-acceptance tests for switchgear, chargers, and ancillary equipment.
• Prepare punch lists, deficiency logs, and close-out reports.
• Standards and Documentation
• Update WMATA standard drawings, specifications, SOPs, preventive-maintenance procedures, and charge-management guidelines.
• Draft scopes of work for future procurements and change-order justifications.
• Project Coordination
• Attend weekly progress meetings and brief the WMATA Task Manager on issues, risks, and required decisions.
• Interface with consultants, OEMs, and WMATA Maintenance to align design intent with long-term O&M practices.
• Research and Continuous Improvement
• Track emerging EV-charging technologies, codes, and incentive programs.
• Recommend innovations that improve safety, resiliency, and life-cycle cost.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 3+ years of electrical-design experience (power distribution, facility electrification, or comparable).
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and familiarity with NFPA 70/70B/130 and ANSI/NETA MTS-2015.
• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification in DC, MD, or VA.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for technical audiences.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with battery-electric bus infrastructure, EVSE, or CMS.
• PE license in DC, MD, or VA.
• Solar-PV or high-capacity charging-station design experience.
  
  

Skills & Competencies

• Power-system analysis (load, coordination, short-circuit, arc-flash).
• Construction-phase design review and field-engineering support.
• Ability to develop standards, SOPs, and maintenance documentation.
• Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset with keen attention to safety and code compliance.
  
  

Work Location & Schedule

• Primary office: 4100 Garden City Drive, Hyattsville, MD 20785
• Routine day trips to WMATA bus garages across the region and occasional night/weekend shifts during energizations or outages
• Initial twelve-month assignment aligned to the ZEV rollout, with expected option years
  
  

Hourly Rate Range: $52 – $65 per hour (W-2), commensurate with experience and credentials; higher consideration (up to $75/h) for Professional Engineers or candidates with direct EV-charging-infrastructure design experience.”

Benefits

401(k) and 401(k) Employer Matching

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Group Life Insurance, LTD and AD&D

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Professional Development Assistance

PACO Group, Inc. is committed to furthering opportunities for everyone in the national construction market. The firm periodically reaffirms this commitment through an active affirmative action plan. It provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees without unlawful discrimination regarding race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, religion, military status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, or citizenship status. As an equal opportunity employer, we have recruited, hired, promoted, and retained an ethnically and socially diverse professional staff. Our efforts to date have produced a multidisciplinary workforce - a record of diversity that extends to the highest levels of the firm's management.