Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

LRS Federal is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned company that provides construction management, design engineering, and environmental services to government customers. Our goal is to deliver customer-focused quality solutions in a diverse, dynamic environment where every employee has an opportunity for professional growth and career satisfaction.

As part of our efforts to provide exceptional service, LRS Federal is seeking to hire an  Electrical Engineer(s)to assist our federal government client in managing the quality program of multiple construction and design projects (MEP related) taking place in either Tuskegee OR Montgomery, AL. This position will directly support the Department of Veterans Affairs campuses.

Qualifications 

Nice to have qaulifications

• Licensure: Active Professional Engineer (PE) license in electrical engineering (with the ability to obtain reciprocity in additional states as required).
• Experience: Minimum of 5-10 years of progressive experience working explicitly on  Federal/DoD infrastructure and facility projects.
• Active Design Footprint: Proven track record of  actually performing physical electrical design work within recent roles (producing calculations, single-line diagrams, layouts, and specifications; not just reviewing the work of junior staff).
• Federal Standards Expertise: Deep, practical mastery of Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC), National Electrical Code (NEC), NFPA standards, and federal sustainable design mandates.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on Electrical Design: Personally execute and oversee the production of comprehensive electrical design packages (Concept through 100% / Issued for Construction) for federal facilities, including medium-voltage distribution, interior power, lighting, grounding, lightning protection, and emergency/standby power systems.
• Engineering Calculations: Perform and seal critical engineering calculations including short-circuit analysis, overcurrent protective device coordination, arc flash studies (using SKM or ETAP software), and voltage drop calculations.
• Design-Build Support: Act as the lead corporate electrical technical authority on major Federal Design-Build (DB) and Design-Bid-Build (DBB) proposals and executed contracts.
• Quality Assurance & Mentorship: Provide rigorous independent technical reviews (QA/QC) for multi-discipline federal design projects while mentoring mid-level and junior electrical designers.
• Client Interfacing: Serve as the technical point of contact during design review conferences with DoD engineering components (e.g., USACE, NAVFAC) and civil agencies.

Technical & Professional Skills

• Expert-level proficiency in electrical engineering design software (e.g., SKM PowerTools, ETAP, AGi32).
• Advanced production capabilities in AutoCAD and Revit MEP for generating construction documents.
• Thorough understanding of physical security, visual/auditory signaling, and telecommunications infrastructure integration within federal footprints.
• Excellent written communication skills for authoring design narratives, basis-of-design (BOD) documents, and physical condition assessment reports.