Electrical Engineer
MDAEdge · Seattle, WA · 1 mo ago
On-siteEngineeringFull-time
Job Summary
As an Associate Electrical Engineer, you will apply your technical knowledge of building services systems across a portfolio of ground-breaking projects in the US and globally. Strong communication skills and teamwork are essential, offering unparalleled career, project, and development opportunities.
Key Skills
- Electrical Engineering Expertise
- Building Services and Construction Industry Experience
- Professional Engineer (P.E.)
- Revit
Role & Responsibilities
- Work closely with clients, architects, and other Engineers/design team members as part of a dedicated and skilled team
- Produce coordinated detailed design drawings, electronic models, specifications, written reports, site observation reports, schedules etc. on a variety of projects within the electrical discipline, as well as the coordination with utility companies and obtaining the necessary electrical permit approvals from Plan Check
- Organize technical and financial proposals for new work
- Manage workload of Project Discipline Engineers and Technicians (including verification of quality)
- Take responsibility for concept and preliminary engineering solutions for detail design
- Prepare Technical Specifications
- Monitor financial performance of jobs
- Keep senior staff informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objectives of the client are achieved
- Mentor junior Electrical Engineers
- Continually ensure practices, policies, strategy and services represent the client's best interests and policy is in keeping with current legislation and the relevant building codes for the relevant state etc.
- Plan, organize and manage personal workload in order to meet deadlines in line with client commitments
- Proactively raise concerns regarding workload and ability to meet deadlines
- Maintain an overview of the project team's workload and commitments in order to successfully meet deadlines and balance resource utilization
- Actively contribute towards delivering profitable projects in the context of project finances
- Monitor financial performance of jobs, with the setting up and managing of job/project administrative systems, including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure (adjusting these as necessary)
Our Expectations
- 8+ years' experience of electrical engineering design in the building services and construction industry
- Experience working on projects in the following sectors is preferred: Higher Education, Museums, Commercial, Transportation Hubs and/or Stadiums
- Relevant bachelor or master's degree
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) desirable
- LEED AP accredited preferred
- Experience using Revit
- Familiarity using computational analysis tools such as electrical fault analysis and lighting design software
- Ability to accept a high degree of responsibility in a team-based organization, combined with ability to work independently
- Excellent technical knowledge of electrical systems; ability to investigate, identify and provide solutions to technical problems
- Excellent client-facing and communication skills (verbal and written), with experience presenting (you will often be required to present solutions directly to 'c-suite' level stakeholders)
- Experience in the preparation of technical reports for delivery direct to a client audience
- Ability to problem solve and propose multiple solutions to Clients and objectively summarize the benefits and shortfalls of each