Electrical Engineer

Your Opportunity

Our Houston, TX office is looking for a highly motivated Senior Electrical Engineer to join our growing, multi-disciplinary team.  If you are an excellent communicator and skilled problem-solver with strong attention to detail, then we have a place for you on a team committed to delivering innovative designs for a diverse range of building projects.  In this role, you will draw on your strong engineering knowledge and deep industry experience to successfully lead the electrical design on projects of varying scales and complexities.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the Lead Electrical Engineer and Engineer of Record for multiple simultaneous design projects. 
• Establish schedules and provide regular maintenance of design schedules.
• Coordinate cross-discipline design activities.
• Perform field investigations and analyze existing conditions to develop comprehensive engineering solutions.
• Prepare site analysis reports regarding the feasibility of proposed projects and potential issues that may arise during construction.
• Prepare project documentation including electrical equipment layouts and schedules, site plans, one-line diagrams, grounding diagrams, lighting plans, fire alarm plans, installation details, diagrams and schematics, and construction specifications.
• Provide construction administration services (construction site observation visits, review and respond to submittals and RFIs, etc.).
• Interact and coordinate with Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) to resolve technical issues.
• Specify electrical equipment including transformers, switchboards, panelboards, overcurrent protective devices, conductors, raceway, motors, and variable frequency drives.
• Model and analyze normal and emergency power distribution systems, and design life safety systems with SKM, ETAP, EZ-Power, or other IEEE-compliant modeling tools.
• Design and model lighting and associated control systems.
• Prepare photometric studies.
• Coordinate with the other design disciplines as necessary to produce a coordinated, integrated design.
•  Actively participate in the development of junior level design staff through work on projects as well as serving as a trainer, mentor, and resource.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Current Professional Engineer license in the U.S. Texas license is preferred. Ability to become licensed in Texas within 6 months of hire is required.
• Ability to establish strong relationships with clients and contractors.