The Senior Associate, Healthcare Electrical Engineer role is ideal for an electrical leader who wants to move beyond project execution and actively shape a growing healthcare practice, maintaining & building trusted client relationships, influencing strategy, mentoring teams, and delivering technically excellent projects that improve patient outcomes.
As a Senior Associate, you will be a visible leader and trusted advisor within Stantec’s Healthcare practice. You will lead multidisciplinary project teams, guide clients through complex regulatory environments, and help grow Stantec’s healthcare presence primarily in Northern California.
You will balance hands-on project leadership with business development, mentorship, and technical stewardship, playing a key role in differentiating Stantec as an innovative and reliable healthcare design partner.
Your Key Responsibilities
Business Development/Marketing – Build Trusted Client Relationships & Grow the Practice
Lead and support business development efforts to win new work aligned with the studio, sector, and firm strategy.
Serve as a key client contact and trusted advisor, helping healthcare clients navigate technical, regulatory, and operational challenges.
Partner with Principals and marketing teams on proposals, interviews, and client pursuits, contributing technical insight and market knowledge.
Represent Stantec through industry events, conferences, presentations, and thought leadership.
Sustain and grow top‑line revenue in collaboration with Regional and Business Center leadership to support healthcare growth across Northern California.
Nurture existing client relationships, while proactively pursuing opportunities for new business through strong client relationships and market awareness.
Lead Healthcare Project Delivery
Own the successful delivery of complex healthcare projects—from early planning through construction—balancing quality, schedule, budget, and client satisfaction.
Lead electrical design for healthcare facilities, including power, lighting, nurse call, and fire alarm systems, ensuring compliance with HCAI/OSHPD, NFPA 99, NFPA 110, and California building codes.
Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders, including healthcare providers, regulatory bodies, and internal teams
Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and resource allocations to ensure successful execution
Work collaboratively with project leaders, architects, design partners, peers, contractors, and other project stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, and success metrics, and develop innovative and practical solutions, and meet the project's conditions of satisfaction.
Ensure compliance with healthcare regulations, quality standards, and best practices
Engage with external partners, including vendors and regulatory agencies, to ensure compliance and integration of project design.
Establish strong relationships with healthcare providers, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure design alignment with project objectives.
Conduct site visits and inspections to ensure project requirements are met.
Prepare detailed design documents, specifications, and reports.
Apply strong electrical engineering skills, experience, and knowledge to the design and oversight of the design for building projects.
Manage and plan the production resources and workflow to produce the design documentation, drawings, and calculations required for electrical engineering projects.
Act as QC (Quality Control) and/or independent reviewer on projects.
Effectively delegate work to production support staff.
Develop and deliver project-related client presentations.
Mentor, Lead, and Inspire Teams
Mentor and develop engineers and project leaders, fostering a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and professional development.
Provide guidance on project planning, workload forecasting, and resource management.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of project delivery processes and technical standards.
Advance Technical Excellence
Stay current with evolving healthcare regulations, technologies, and best practices—and help integrate them into Stantec’s standards and processes.
Proactively pursues additional knowledge in related disciplines through continuous technical leadership learning.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of Health Sector Engineering specifications, technical documentation, and standards in collaboration with other technical resources within Stantec.
Promote innovative, sustainable, and resilient design solutions that enhance patient, staff, and facility outcomes.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
10+ years of experience in delivering electrical engineering designs within the healthcare sector, with a proven track record of successful project delivery
Proven success leading complex healthcare projects and multidisciplinary teams.
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, and ability to navigate complex organizational structures and build consensus.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex project aspects, assess variables, and develop reliable design solutions independently.
Exceptional leadership and team-building skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a diverse group of engineers.
Proactive mindset with a commitment to fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture
Passion for enhancing healthcare delivery, creating healing environments, and driving innovative engineering solutions.
Strong understanding and application of project management principles.
Strong knowledge of applicable codes and standards, including California building codes, HCAI/OSHPD regulations, UL, NFPA, IEEE requirements as they specifically apply to Hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and medical office buildings.
Exceptional technical understanding and working knowledge of electrical building systems & site infrastructure.
Ability to develop concepts and ideas before evolving them into coordinated project deliverables.
Experience identifying and managing project risks and potential scope changes.
Functional knowledge of Revit and BIM workflows.
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Bluebeam.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field
Minimum 10+ years of relevant experience, or 8+ years of experience combined with equivalent education and/or demonstrated skills.
10+ years of HCAI/OSHPD experience preferred.
Professional Engineering (PE) – Electrical Engineering - is preferred with path to licensure.
Experience with Lean/IPD, Design‑Build, or Design‑Assist delivery methods is a plus.
Familiarity with major healthcare systems in California is required.
Possess a valid driver's license with a good driving record.
What This Role Offers
A leadership role within a growing, highly respected healthcare construction design practice.
The opportunity to influence healthcare strategy and project delivery across Northern California.
Exposure to some of the most complex and impactful healthcare projects in the region.
A collaborative, integrated A/E environment that values mentorship, innovation, and professional growth.
Clear pathways for expanded leadership and career progression.
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may 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
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.
About Stantec
Stantec is a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible. #INDBuild
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.