Sr. Electrical Engineer

Location:  Oklahoma City, OK

Description
The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer building and construction industry. Our Sr. Electrical Engineer is expected to execute a project from beginning to end and lead a team of electrical engineers and designers in all aspects of a project. The candidate must have a P.E. license in Electrical Engineering to be considered.

Required Responsibilities/ Duties:

Conceptual Design:

• Understand and determine customer needs and define the services needed to provide an effective project

• Develop budgets and proposals

• Develop project concept plans and associated detailed documents

• Responsible for leading and providing engineering design in accordance with applicable industry codes and standards for all phases of the electrical engineering work

 
Electrical Design:

• Facility-related design of AC power distribution, grounding, lightning protection, lighting, generators for back-up power, UPS systems for uninterruptible power, surge protection

• Complete knowledge of the design of power distribution, medium voltage, and below

• Fully coordinates the connections of power utilization component connections

• Grounding design, proper application

• Lightning protection design, system types

• Lighting calculations such as spacing to mounting height ratio, point to point, impact of horizontal and vertical foot-candles, lighting for emergency egress, selection of color-temperature, and design for daylighting and associated controls. Use of lighting software

• Life safety requirements (egress and exit marking)

• Application of process electrical and various types of control systems

 
General:

• Working knowledge of the NFPA 70 National Electrical Code

• Clear and professional verbal and written communication skills

• Prepare scope of work, specifications, construction documents, and other necessary project-required deliverables

• Experience with REVIT Preferred

 
Project Leadership:

• Provide engineering managers with reports on project progress with respect to work completed and work still required, actual time requirements, versus estimates, and technical matters related to assigned projects.

• Represent electrical team in both internal and external (Clients/Vendors) design reviews throughout the project.

• Track cost and scheduling of engineering services.

• Direct and coordinate all work related to assigned projects.

• Lead Electrical personnel assigned to the project.

• Maintain project communications through regular review meetings and day-to-day contact.

• Assure that all contractual requirements are satisfied.

• Drive coordination of electrical design discipline with other engineering disciplines.

• Role requires a self-starter who can work well within groups and individually to further improve and contribute to the growth and effectiveness of the Department.

 Group Leadership:

• Mentor other Electrical and Controls team members on learned technical job skills.

• Maintain positive client relationships and develop potential work opportunities.

 
Preferred Experience

• Experience with Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC’s) preferred but not required.

• Experience with low voltage design (fire alarm, telecommunications, audio-visual, security) preferred but not required.

 
Education and Experience

• ABET-accredited bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

• P.E. license in Electrical Engineering required 

• Minimum of 10 years discipline experience

• Licensed Professional Engineer. NCEES Record Number holder preferred

Core Competencies

• Accountability: Accepting responsibility that results in anticipation/prevention of problem areas from actions, and problem-solving inside and outside the department/organization.

• Customer Focus: Makes service to internal and external customers a priority; focuses on exceeding customer expectations, not just meeting them; recognizes and values all key stakeholders; applies and develops service excellence skills.

• Effective Communication: Listens for understanding and appreciation, encourages open feedback; presents clearly and effectively one on one, and in small and large group settings; considers the audience in preparing messages and in choosing the appropriate communication channels; creates and encourages open channels of communication.

• Execution/Empowerment: Demonstrates the ability to get results; manages competing demands in fast-paced environment with effective results; identifies and creates contingency solutions to ensure timely execution.

• Learning & Development: Learning new skills and increasing capabilities a high priority; takes action to address development needs in self and others, if applicable; identifies gaps and learning opportunities to ensure complete technical job proficiency; takes responsibility for own development and skills improvement.