Electrical Engineering Designer - Entry Level

We are seeking an Electrical Designer to assist project teams in creating electrical power distribution and lighting design documents for healthcare, higher education, and commercial building type projects. The Electrical Designer will work with the project team throughout the design and construction process, coordinating electrical plans with budget constraints, other project discipline design factors and client requirements. Other responsibilities include keeping up with trends in engineering and attending professional development events. Ideal candidates will have attention to detail and a strong desire for organization. Opportunities to grow, update engineering standards and advance to project management.

Essential Responsibilities: 

• Technical design on assigned projects, including lighting calculations, voltage drop, short-circuit calculations and power/lighting layouts
• Maintain best practice engineering methods
• Production of design documents from concept through detailed design for new buildings, renovations, and additions to existing facilities
• Apply project related data as requested by project manager
• Construction administration, site visits and shop drawing review per project
• Assist with production of project specifications
• Updating/correcting drawings provided by quality assurance.

Education/Experience: 

Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program. Minimum of 3 years of experience in the Engineering field. Working experience with power distribution and lighting design. Related experience in the design of healthcare, higher education, or commercial building electrical systems. Knowledge of current building electrical and energy codes. Project management experience is a plus but not required; this role has the opportunity to advance to project management.

Certifications/Licenses/Registrations:

Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam required.  Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator’s license and willingness to use insured personal vehicle in the course of employment. 

Qualifications/Skills: 

Candidate must be proficient Microsoft Office, AutoCAD & Revit. AGI32 experience preferred. Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently (i.e. without time limitations, without restrictions or without the need for work sponsorship) in the country where this position is located. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be detail oriented and able to perform each essential duty effectively. 

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Organizational skills with attention to detail
• Time management and multi-tasking skills to meet deadlines
• Ability to work effectively in a team atmosphere

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision; distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to travel when necessary.

Work Environment: 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at office and construction job sites.
• The noise level in the work environment and job sites may occasionally be loud.

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled