Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you're in the right place.

DLR Group has an opening for a Senior Electrical Engineer.

Location: Chicago, IL or Minneapolis, MN

Position Summary:

As a Senior Electrical Engineer at DLR Group you will be responsible for the design of electrical systems from schematics through construction administration on a wide range of building types. As part of our integrated design teams you create buildings that elevate the human experience through design. You will be responsible for participating in the design process of electrical building systems and preparing detailed electrical engineering drawings and calculations.

The successful candidate will:

• Assist in developing project objectives, goals, and documentation policies.
• Develop electrical designs from concept through completion of construction.
• Prepare engineering design calculations and layouts.
• Prepare detailed engineering reports and narratives.
• Coordinate electrical design requirements with architecture, mechanical, and other disciplines.
• Perform site investigation surveys and punch list reviews.
• Provide electrical engineering design expertise on large, complex projects.
• Lead project teams and manage team workloads.
• Mentor emerging professional engineers.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering.
• Licensed Professional Engineer.
• 7+ years' experience as an Electrical Engineer designing power and lighting building systems on complex projects.
• Experience with consulting engineering or A/E firm as an electrical engineer designing power, lighting, and low voltage systems for Commercial Educational, Sports, Workplace, or Civic projects.
• Experience with BIM, specifically Revit MEP.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Power, Lighting and low voltage systems design experience.
• Experience and interest in sustainable building design.
• An appreciation and understanding of architectural design and how architects work and think.

Our comprehensive benefits at DLR Group include medical, dental, vision, disability, wellness programs, flex spending, paid holidays, and paid time off. We also offer a 401(k) plan, employee stock ownership, and bonus opportunities. Compensation considerations are based on location, experience, and skills. The suggested pay range for this position is:

Pay Range

$100,000 - $144,430 USD

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values – commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork – we elevate the human experience through design, together. DLR Group follows a four-day in-office work model, with employees having the flexibility to work somewhere other than the office on Fridays.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.