Senior Electrical Engineer

Job summary

You will lead electrical design and construction oversight for diverse building projects, managing project scope, budgets, and schedules from proposal to closeout. Additionally, you will coordinate with internal teams, clients, and contractors while ensuring quality assurance and adherence to industry standards.

Job details

Your Opportunity With guidance from the electrical team principal, you will lead electrical design and construction oversight on a broad variety of building design projects in different geographies and diverse industry sectors, including healthcare, education, commercial, institutional, industrial, etc. Your involvement will start at initial proposal stage and will continue until project closeout. You will work on various electrical systems associated with buildings and other structures or places. You will work with clients, guide junior and design staff, and coordinate with other discipline teams. Your Key Responsibilities Responsible for projects of various complexity/size. Assess required work and prepare proposals. Select appropriate team for a project and inform that team of an assignment. Lead electrical engineering work on all electrical systems for a project. Present designs to clients and obtain acceptance. Coordinate development of models and working drawings utilizing BIM and AutoCAD technologies. Prepare or oversee necessary calculations and sizing. Lead preparation of project specifications, including where applicable commercial terms. Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner, contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors. Participate in value analysis and basic cost estimating. Manage the project scope, budget, staffing and schedule. Perform and oversee the performance of necessary calculations. Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects. Conduct peer reviews of project work prepared by other engineers. Lead the development of new standards, practices, and specifications for the electrical team. Work on multiple concurrent projects. Qualifications Your Capabilities and Credentials Comprehensive knowledge and application of National Building Code, Canadian Electrical Code, Ontario Electrical Safety Code, Ontario Building Code and other applicable building and industry codes. Thorough understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications. Thorough knowledge of electrical systems, means and methods, materials, and industry practices including but not limited to medium and low voltage electrical systems, power distribution, backup power generation, UPS, lighting and lighting controls, fire detection and alarm. Ability to check the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manage time to meet project budget and schedule. Ability to participate and collaborate in project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought. Thorough understanding of electrical engineering concepts and ability to effectively communicate ideas to others. Advanced oral and written communication skills. Good presentation and interview skills. Good understanding of Microsoft Office Suite, Bluebeam, Revit, AutoCAD. Experience with specialty modeling software, such as AGI 32, Visual Lighting, SKM, ETAP, HOMER, etc. is an asset. Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering & Licensed Professional Engineer with PEO required. Minimum of 10 years of experience preferred. G-class driver’s license Certification in lighting, power systems analysis, renewables design is an asset. Experience in information communications and technology is an asset. Experience in mission critical engineering design (data centers, etc.) is an asset. Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may require travel and include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice. Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best. Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world. Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design. Join us and design your place with Stantec. Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week. Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health care spending account, wellness spending account, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off. Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account. The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

What you’ll do

You will lead electrical design and construction oversight for diverse building projects, managing project scope, budgets, and schedules from proposal to closeout. Additionally, you will coordinate with internal teams, clients, and contractors while ensuring quality assurance and adherence to industry standards.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and be a Licensed Professional Engineer with PEO, with a minimum of 10 years of experience preferred. A comprehensive knowledge of building codes and electrical systems, along with proficiency in BIM and AutoCAD, is required.

Listed skills

• Quality assurance · Preferred
• Quality Control · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred
• Critical Thinking · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• AutoCAD · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Electrical design
• Construction oversight
• Project management
• BIM
• AutoCAD
• Electrical systems
• Power distribution
• Lighting controls
• Fire detection
• Quality assurance
• Quality control
• Technical specifications
• Budget management
• Team leadership
• Communication
• Critical thinking
• Working Drawings
• Electrical Safety
• Project Scoping
• SKM (Power System Software)
• Power Distribution
• Valid Driver's License
• Peer Review
• Alarm Devices
• Electrical Engineering
• Autodesk Revit
• Building Information Modeling
• Building Codes
• Construction
• Building Design
• Cost Estimation
• Critical Thinking
• Data Centers
• Engineering Design Process
• Electric Power Distribution
• Document Production
• Electrical Codes
• Electrical Systems
• ETAP
• Smoke Detector
• Renewable Energy
• Professional Engineer (PE) License
• Low Voltage
• Microsoft Office
• Electric Power Systems
• Project Coordination
• Quality Assurance
• Time Management
• Value Engineering
• Project Closure

Job areas

• Engineering
• Construction
• Energy
• Management & Leadership
• Electrical Engineer
• Electrical Engineer (General)
• Electrical Engineers