Senior Electrical Engineer

Senior Electrical Engineer

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Senior Electrical Engineer in the Coral Gables, FL office.

What a day at EXP has in store for you:

• Responsible for meeting firm’s engineering quality levels for discipline on assigned projects.
• Oversees development of design concepts by Designers and ensure proper application and execution.
• Verifies designer’s work quality regarding specifications, reports, code application, submittal review, equipment selection, deliverables, and drawings.
• Mentors and encourages development of Designer level staff.
• Responsible for applying firm’s risk management practices of project engineering.
• Leads the discipline design to produce construction documents that meet the project requirements within the allocated schedule and budget while minimizing erroneous efforts.
• Have a solid understanding of engineering fundamentals and advanced concepts to execute all required aspects of discipline engineering.
• Encourages collaboration to seek the best solutions.
• Front-end loads projects and apply best practices to set the proper direction of the project in SDs and DDs.
• Manages work plans and deliverables on multiple projects within budgeted hours.
• Writes studies and reports for Electrical systems on projects.
• Executes complex electrical designs with conflicting design requirements or difficult coordination.
• Expert in specific Electrical requirements for applications within a market sector(s).
• Evaluates Value Engineering (cost cutting) items with respect to our level of risk.
• Edits and develops basis of design narratives documenting project scope.
• Meet with contractors during bid phase to review the design details.

Engineering/Design:

• Guide Designers on preparation of one-line diagrams.
• Assist in responding to RFI’s for the project, and accurately review submittals.
• Solve installation problems with electrical systems, travel to the site to resolve issues.
• Provide guidance for calculations for electrical loads and panel schedules.
• Thorough knowledge of NEC and other codes.
• Understand and correctly apply concepts of emergency and normal power systems
• Extensive knowledge of lighting, photometric, and lighting controls.
• Understand and apply concepts of voltage drop, conductor sizing, harmonics, etc.
• Edit electrical specifications.
• Select and schedule equipment.
• Meet with vendors to determine specification requirements for application.
• Understands circuit breaker coordination and application.
• Understands specific Electrical requirements for applications within the Market Sector.
• Understands and properly applies details relevant to projects.

Project Coordination:

• Distribute project related correspondence to project team members.
• Prepare project meeting minutes Schedule in-house discipline meetings.
• Oversee deliverables to and from clients.
• Oversee and encourage coordination between disciplines.
• Provide discipline specific manpower planning for projects.
• Provide continuous support for the Project Manager.

What your experience looks like:

• 7+ years’ experience in electrical design for Buildings.
• Thorough knowledge of NEC and building codes.
• Experience in using SKM Power Tools or similar software for engineering calculations Preferred (Fault Current Studies, Coordination Studies, Arc Fault Studies)
• AutoCAD and/or REVIT MEP proficient
• BS Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• EIT required and Registered P.E. is Preferred.