Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate, and review the engineering and design of electrical power, lighting, and electronic systems.
• Oversee the design of integrated facility systems, including: Fire alarm and life-safety systems, Inmate duress systems, Paging and communication systems, Security and control center systems, Emergency power and generator systems.
• Coordinate and approve the design and layout of electrical distribution systems within project sites.
• Determine appropriate electrical system configurations, including dual-feed systems, substations, system capacity, and emergency-generation requirements.
• Serve as the technical expert responsible for resolving unusual, complex, or critical electrical engineering problems.
• Design Review and Technical Approval: Evaluate designs for completeness, technical accuracy, suitability, constructability, compliance with applicable codes and standards, and conformance with accepted engineering practices.
• Provide technical approval and interpretation of electrical engineering guidelines and standards.
• Engineering Standards and Program Management: Manage the development and maintenance of electrical and electronic engineering guidelines, standards, and design criteria. Develop program plans, identify and organize activities and resources, establish procedures for developing, reviewing, approving, and maintaining technical standards, and ensure program goals, responsibilities, and technical requirements are clearly defined and communicated.
• Construction Oversight: Participate in inspections of construction projects, monitor construction activities for compliance with approved designs, standards, and specifications, review field conditions, and provide technical recommendations.
• Value Engineering and Cost Analysis: Recommend design improvements that enhance system performance and reduce construction, operating, and life-cycle costs. Evaluate energy-management strategies such as peak-load reduction, thermal storage, emergency generation, and energy-efficient electrical systems.
• Contracting and Procurement Support: Assist with the procurement of architect-engineer and construction management services, serve on evaluation boards and technical evaluation panels, evaluate the technical qualifications of prospective firms, provide technical advice and assistance during contract negotiations, support the administration of contracts, resolve contract disputes and claims, and provide technical expertise related to procurement of utility service contracts.
• Site Evaluation and Environmental Support: Provide technical support for site evaluation and acquisition activities, assist with environmental analyses and impact studies, evaluate the availability, capacity, reliability, and cost of electrical utility services for proposed facility sites, and provide recommendations regarding electrical infrastructure and utility requirements.
• Policy and Operational Support: Participate in the ongoing review of policies, procedures, and guidelines related to the design, construction, and operation of FBOP institutions, develop analyses and recommendations concerning planning and operational issues, review technical and operational assumptions used in facility design and construction, participate in post-activation surveys, inspections, and facility visits, and evaluate completed facilities and recommend improvements for future projects.

Qualifications

• Necessary Skills and Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of electrical and electronic engineering principles and practices, extensive knowledge of building and site electrical systems, communication systems, security systems, and related electronic systems, knowledge of related architectural and engineering disciplines, extensive experience with construction methods, materials, installation techniques, and building systems, knowledge of the design and construction of correctional institutions, detention facilities, or similarly complex institutional facilities, ability to provide expert technical guidance and make independent engineering decisions, ability to read and interpret construction drawings, architectural and engineering plans, technical specifications, project schedules, construction cost estimates, knowledge of applicable building codes, electrical codes, fire codes, and life-safety requirements, knowledge of federal regulations, budgeting requirements, procurement procedures, and contracting practices, familiarity with correctional facility operations and American Correctional Association standards, ability to prepare technical drawings, specifications, analyses, reports, and recommendations, strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to organize and conduct meetings, conferences, technical discussions, and contract negotiations, strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills, ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, proficiency with computers and software used for word processing, project management, scheduling, technical documentation, spreadsheet development and analysis.
• Minimum Qualifications: Must possess a current and active Professional Engineer license, ability to pass an extensive FBOP background check.
• Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a related field.