Lead Electrical Engineer - Complex Facilities Design

Lead Electrical Engineer, PE - Complex Facilities design

(Relocation assistance is available for highly qualified candidates.)

Who You’ll Work With

You will join one of our AEC hub offices, and be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.

When you join Design Group as a Lead Electrical Engineer, PE, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Architecture/Engineering Process Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do

We are seeking a talented Licensed Electrical Engineer who thrives on designing large, complex, and unique industrial facility electrical power distribution systems and is knowledgeable of 480V 3-phase power system equipment, configurations and applications.

• Design power distribution, motor control, lighting, and grounding systems for industrial facilities in collaboration with other licensed engineers and designers
• Design low (120V-480V) and medium (2.4kV-35kV) voltage electrical power distribution systems
• Utilize SKM and EasyPower to model electrical power systems and perform short circuit, arc flash, and overcurrent device coordination studies
• Collaborate with architects, engineers, and contractors on new construction/renovation projects
• Develop electrical design specifications and drawings
• Lead projects through the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed design phases
• Present design progress to clients both in-person and virtually
• Review and approve contractor submittals, and respond to RFIs
• Conduct site observations during design, and installation verification walks during construction
• Make an impact day-to-day with your skills and expertise, strengthening that relationship with our clients and team
  
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Professional Engineering License (PE): A testament to your expertise and dedication.
• 12 Years of Relevant Experience with design for manufacturing, warehouse, or distribution facilities, water/wastewater/storm water treatment plants, large central utility plants, large ports/intermodal facilities, or very large campus-style plants.
• Experience acting as Engineering of Record (EOR). Engaged and design-interactive throughout projects, not just high-level review at the end.
• NEC Proficiency: A strong working knowledge of the NEC, ensuring compliance in all designs.
• Power Distribution Expertise: Knowledgeable in 480V 3-phase power system equipment, configurations and applications. Power distribution, grounding, feeder sizing, cable tray, construction specifications, switchboard and service sizing, connection options and scenarios, power system backup, Life Safety requirements. Minimum projects are generally 2000A and higher at 480V 3-phase. Grounded Wye systems, grounded and ungrounded Delta systems.
• Knowledge of constructability of proposed solutions.
• Knowledge of Power System Analysis and application in design: Ability to calculate and apply Short Circuit Current to equipment ratings, ability to calculate and adjust feeders for Voltage Drop, ability to analyze utility demand readings, practical understanding of time-current curves and application to coordination settings. Ability to adequately size distribution equipment to project needs.
• Lighting Design Knowledge: Proficiency in developing lighting solutions for complex production spaces. Ability to design lighting solutions for areas with multiple levels of platforms and working space, knowledge of IESNA lighting requirements for various types of workspaces, ability to specify fixtures for a variety of environments including hot, wet, cold, hazardous, corrosive, indoor, outdoor, office, warehouse, washdown.
• Knowledge of Energy Compliance requirements, controls and completion compliance documentation (ComCheck, Title 24, EnergyGauge).
• Multi-Discipline Design Exposure: Experience with integrated facilities design.
• Software Skills: Proficiency in eTAP, SKM, Visual, Easy Power, ElumTools, REVIT, AutoCAD, and BlueBeam.
• Exceptional Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills for effective collaboration. and project development. Ability to assess required project information and seek answers from team members, vendors, contractors, equipment suppliers, owner drawings, utility data, etc. Takes initiative to move the project forward and makes timely decisions in support. Takes notes. Documents discussions and organizes information received.
• Willingness to Travel: For site assessments, on-site meetings, and progress observations.
• Educational Background: A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university.
  
  
  

Our culture and commitment to our people is what sets us apart. We foster an environment of mutual respect, integrity, and unconditional interest in the individual and collective success of our professionals. Our model and entrepreneurial mindset offer a rewarding, challenging, and highly flexible path. As a Lead Electrical Engineer, PE, you will build a meaningful and fulfilling career with the support of professional development resources and mentorships including our First Year Experience program, Individual Development Plans, and Career Path resources and tools. You will be surrounded by exceptional talent who will support your development as both a world-class engineer and a highly effective leader.

Feel like you're on the path to becoming a Lead Electrical Engineer, PE, but you're not quite there yet? We'd love to connect with you to see if we can take you from where you are today and grow you into a Design Group Engineering Consultant.