Electrical Engineering- Senior

Senior Electrical Engineer - Remote

Our client is a leading engineering design and commissioning company that has a national footprint. They specialize in MEP critical facilities and provide design, commissioning, consulting, and management expertise. They have a mindset to provide reliability, energy efficiency, sustainable design, and LEED expertise when providing these consulting services for enterprise, colocation, and hyperscale companies. This career-growth minded opportunity offers exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

This challenging and unique role will involve acting as a senior electrical engineer, designing critical power systems for new data centers and expansions to existing data centers. The ideal candidate will have past experience designing electrical systems specifically for large data centers. They will have experience and in-depth knowledge of electrical power systems/power distribution system design and installation. Previous experience with electrical equipment design to include generators, UPS systems, PDUs, and electrical switchgear is a must. They will be proficient using AutoCAD MEP and Revit MEP to develop electrical construction models and documents. You will help lead the design and effectively work with/communicate with all the trades and stakeholders involved in the project.

Manage projects, create designs and plans, provided and gather specifications, and execute assignments in a multidisciplinary electrical engineering design role for all sizes of data center facility design projects- enterprise data centers, colocation providers, and for hyperscale companies.

Create conceptual designs gathered from meetings with the client for field engineer focus

Establish project objectives, policies, procedures, and performance standards within boundaries of company policies put these in clear concise work statement for the field

Represent the company in project meetings as needed

Collaborate with all design staff and oversee full cycle electrical design activities

Interact closely with the project management team to produce construction documents, develop and edit project specifications, and lead the construction administration process

Execute and lead design teams and design projects of complex scope

Perform intermediate to advanced electrical design tasks including development of electrical distribution systems and topologies, infrastructure and equipment layouts, and selection/sizing of equipment

Utilize AutoCAD and Revit software to prepare drawings

Review and/or prepare book or sheet specifications for electrical systems

Develop and/or review sequences of operations

Assist in proposal development including project scope, schedule, and budget

Effective management of project design team including resource forecasting and coordination

Identify potential project scope changes and aid in development of strategies to minimize impact and control deviations from estimated costs and project deadlines

Support contact for design clients and builds effective, long-term client relationships

May direct/coordinate interns/other engineering and technical staff

Survey existing building conditions/conduct field observations and prepares technical reports of findings and commissioning support

Collect data and other information for construction documents

Prepare project design and construction documents

Review and complete punch lists and project closeout documents

Prepare project progress reports for internal and external stakeholders

Update and maintain shop drawing and RFI log

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar engineering degree

• Experience with the design process of building systems for data center and mission critical projects
• Knowledge of electrical systems found in buildings including single/three phase power distribution, lighting and lighting controls, grounding, and life safety systems
• Knowledge of codes and specifications for the design of electrical systems including National Electric Code, Life Safety, and Energy Conservation Codes
• Technical/design software including short circuit coordination and arc flash studies, equipment sizing, underground feeder calculations, and lighting calculations
• Revit MEP projects, AutoCAD MEP, BIM a plus
• Experience working on data center/mission critical projects
• Extensive experience with electrical power systems and equipment - UPS/uninterruptible power supply, generators, batteries, switchgear, power distribution units, backup power, electrical power, power systems, medium voltage, high voltage, etc.
• Experience working on complex data center/mission critical facilities design projects a must
• Proficient in design and calculation software MS Office: Excel, Word, Project, PowerPoint, Teams SKM Power tools, EDSA or ETAP experience is desirable
• Skilled with various electrical topologies and distribution systems
• Skilled in performing code analysis including selection of equipment, wiring, etc. Effective communicator – emails, phone, and face to face
• Analyze and prepare documents, reports, and correspondence
• Communicate effectively directly with clients and at times serve as primary point of client contact
• Previous experience in the military/military veterans in all branches that have experience with electrical/mechanical is a huge plus (Navy nukes- EMN, ETN, MMNs, Seabees, Army - Power Generation, Air Force – Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, Army National Guard, etc.)