What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Electrical Engineer/Project Lead- Facilities position at Sivad Consulting?
Senior Electrical Engineer/Project Lead - Facilities
Qualifications
This is a position for one who enjoys hands-on work combined with leadership.
The candidate will be providing medium-voltage electrical engineering design services for facilities, industrial plants, water and wastewater facilities, and airports. The individual will work individually with the President and Chief Engineer, providing guidance, supervision. This role will also require the candidate to take the lead on projects and act as PM, lead other design engineers, and handle client relations.
Responsibilities
- Your work will be based in a project team environment with other engineers and designers involved in the design, modification, and analysis of new and existing medium voltage electrical systems, electric power distribution design, and standby power generation.
- You will work on challenging assignments that include investigating, troubleshooting, and solving a wide variety of electrical engineering issues. You will be the project lead in efforts to ensure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time, and within budget.
- You will prepare and review detailed calculations, including three-phase power studies, short circuit, voltage drop, motor starting, and protective relay settings, as well as prepare documentation for design input for drawing production.
- You will perform independent reviews of work performed by others, including calculations and drawing preparation.
- Additionally, you will have Construction Management duties including shop drawing review, Inspections, as-built reviews, and Manual reviews.
Must Have
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited university at a minimum.
- Registration as a Professional Engineer (if Canadian-based PE license, must be willing to attain US certification once in the US).
- 8-12 years of experience tied to the responsibilities. Hands-on design work required.
- Individual with good judgment, discipline, dependability, and responsibility.
- Excellent verbal and writing skills to communicate effectively with clients, field engineers, peers, and management.