Senior Project Engineer - Electrical

About the role

Bartlett & West is an engineering, architecture, technology, and other professional services firm headquartered in Topeka, KS with 19 offices in seven states throughout the Midwest. As a completely employee-owned company, Bartlett & West has a “We Before Me” mentality. We prioritize service to our clients, communities, and each other. We’re less concerned about titles and more concerned about how each person can be supported to make the greatest impact.

Responsibilities

• Acts as part of a team of professionals headed by a Project Manager.
• Provides internal technical advice to project managers throughout the company for preparing proposals and developing client presentations.
• Collaborates with a project manager with project planning and provides technical guidance on the development of the project scope, concepts and strategies to be used, task organization, estimates of effort, fee structure and amount, risk management, the identification of other required resources, and schedules necessary to complete the project.
• Collaborates with the development of cost and budget estimates for the project.
• Directs, manages and participates in the production of the project deliverables, up to and including signing and sealing of work products as a Registered Professional Engineer.
• Performs or participates in some or all of the following: Preliminary studies, plans and cost estimates, Plan, oversee, and develop final report for studies, Definition of and oversight of design process, Designs and plan production, Conducting project status/review meetings, Specification and contract document development and production, Bidding and contract award, Contract Administration oversight, Monitors and maintains quality on all facets of the project deliverable, Performs site investigations and prepares report(s) documenting existing conditions, Provides input to the project manager and/or others regarding the monthly project accounting process, including review of time and expense charges to projects.
• Stays abreast of new engineering trends, techniques, strategies, philosophies and methods.
• Participates in professional organization(s) in the engineer’s area of expertise and/or client focus.
• Maintains professional licensure in the states required by the company.
• Regularly analyzes specific issues on project manager’s project to recommend solutions that are efficient and cost effective.
• Mets with vendors of equipment on a technical basis with project managers and project teams as directed.
• Selects appropriate materials and equipment for the project application, accounting for desired performance, costs, and operation and maintenance considerations.

Qualifications

• Effective communication skills (verbal and written)
• Excellent listening and reading skills, including proofreading
• Strong interpersonal skills to develop and maintain client and employee relationships
• Ability to lead, train, and mentor others
• Self-awareness: Knowing one’s strengths and limits with a strong sense of one’s self-worth and capabilities
• Self-regulation: Keeping emotions in check; trustworthy; taking responsibility for personal performance; flexibility; innovative
• Customer service orientation
• Political awareness: Reads a group’s emotional current and power relationships
• Collaborative Ability to negotiate
• Analytical and critical thinking skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to maintain appropriate amount of detail
• Demonstrates a high degree of creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in planning, organizing and problem analysis and resolution
• Strong proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Exhibits initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership
• Good time management skills with ability to handle complex deadline-driven workload
• Detail knowledge of Electrical Systems design including riser/one-line diagrams, power distribution, electrical service size calculations, lighting design and cost estimates
• Familiarity with building code requirements and working with authority having jurisdiction
• Writing Electrical project specifications, SpecLink familiarity preferred
• Construction administration tasks such as addendums, RFIs, submittal review and pay applications
• Proficient in AutoCAD and/or REVIT computer software

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in architectural, electrical (building systems background) engineering or related engineering field required.
• Experience 4-8 years engineering experience in appropriate discipline required.
• Knowledge/experience of AutoCAD, REVIT and related design software preferred.
• E.I.T. required, P.E. preferred.
• Must obtain professional licensure in the states required by company as soon as possible.