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Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
The Electrical Engineer III / Senior Electrical Engineer role supports the design, implementation, and optimization of electrical systems that power critical infrastructure, including pipelines, compressor stations, and storage facilities. This position plays an important role in advancing system performance, reliability, and safety through the integration of modern technologies and sound engineering practices. This role may be filled at the Engineer III or Senior Engineer level depending on experience, scope of responsibility, and demonstrated capabilities. At the Senior level, responsibilities expand to include technical leadership, mentorship, and ownership of complex, large-scale initiatives.
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us. At Williams, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects, collaborate with strong teams, and build a career that creates lasting impact.
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Day in the Life (Electrical Engineer III / Senior Electrical Engineer)
In this role, your day centers on designing, evaluating, and improving electrical systems that support critical infrastructure, including pipelines, compressor stations, and storage facilities. You may start by reviewing system performance data or design packages to identify opportunities to enhance reliability, safety, or efficiency, then shift into collaborating with operations, project teams, and engineering partners to refine designs or address technical challenges.
Throughout the day, you will contribute to system design, support troubleshooting efforts, and ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. This may include reviewing arc flash studies, evaluating system layouts, or supporting the integration of automation and monitoring technologies to improve performance. Your work will often span multiple priorities, requiring a balance of technical analysis, project execution, and stakeholder coordination.
As an Electrical Engineer III, you will focus on executing technical work, supporting projects, and continuing to build depth in your expertise.
As a Senior Electrical Engineer, your scope expands to leading complex projects, providing technical direction, influencing design decisions, and mentoring less experienced engineers while proactively identifying risks and driving solutions.
Across all levels, you will partner closely with operations, project management, and engineering teams to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective solutions that support Williams’ infrastructure and long-term strategy.
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Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
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