Senior Electrical Engineer - Mission Critical

About the role

The MCF (Mission Critical Facilities) Senior Electrical Engineer plays a crucial role in guiding the technical design of Stantec's data center projects. They serve as a subject matter expert, mentor, and resource to the technical team. This position involves delegating tasks, leading the technical project process, managing scope, schedule, and budget, and ensuring quality throughout the design process.

Responsibilities

• Assists in new project pursuits by providing input on RFPs/RFQs and participating in project interviews and presentations.
• Manages technical project process and scope of work within own discipline; reviews and tracks scope, schedule, and budgeted hours; finds and resolves all inconsistencies with project manager.
• Delegates tasks to project engineers and designers within own discipline as appropriate.
• Follows quality management process; conducts project reviews and approvals before all QA/QC reviews done by the technical authority.
• Builds and maintains strong client relations; able to understand and articulate project and design requirements, progress, challenges, and troubleshooting to clients and technical staff.
• Leads technical discussions and mechanical workgroups with project stakeholders as their trusted advisor, identifies key requirements, and adapts design accordingly to meet the project objectives.
• Collaborates with all disciplines to fully integrate work and client requests into design.
• Acts as supervisor and resource to technical design team; supports and assists staff education, training, and development.
• Actively participates in the data center engineering/professional community to build personal knowledge, stay updated on new and upcoming requirements and technologies, and strive for professional growth (e.g., attends meetings/seminars/conferences and writes articles for trade magazines).
• Identifies opportunities to improve and standardize project deliverables (details, specifications, etc.) across Stantec MCF business centers.
• Contributes to the development of design guides, technical memos, calculation templates, etc. as they pertain to data center design.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in mission critical/data center design concepts.
• Experience working on large scale projects with varied stakeholders.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering practices, concepts, principles, codes, and standards in own discipline and basic knowledge of practices and principles in other disciplines.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to conceptualize and develop solutions for multifaceted systems and interactions with varied disparate components.
• Strong communicator who effectively conveys scope, schedule, and budget to clients, co-workers, and technical teams (e.g., work plan, statement of work, and two-way communication).
• Adept at writing comprehensive reports, business correspondence, and procedural manuals.
• Proficient in applicable software (Autodesk, BIM 360, Revit, Trace 700).
• Working knowledge or proficiency in hydraulic modeling software (e.g., Pipe-Flo) and CFD software (e.g., Fluent, 6Sigma) preferred.
• Knowledge of the construction process and interaction with design.
• Equipped to analyze, problem solve, and train others; organized and attentive to detail; flexible and collaborative.
• Able to independently resolve complex problems within the engineer’s discipline.

Education and Experience

• Accredited engineering degree or equivalent experience required.
• Minimum 10 years related industry experience preferred.
• Mission critical/data center experience required.
• Registered professional engineer (PE) license or other professional certification based on expertise required.

Pay

$147,300.00 - $176,800.00 Annually

Schedule

Full time

Benefits Summary

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Wellness program
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• 401(k) plan
• Employee stock purchase program
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Short-term/long-term disability plans
• Emergency travel benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional membership fee coverage
• Paid family leave

Primary Location

United States | MD | Baltimore

Organization

BC-2803 Buildings-US Atlanta & Baltimore

Employee Status

Regular

Travel

No

Job Posting

04/05/2026 07:05:33

Req ID

1005710

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.