Electrical Engineer in Training

Your Opportunity 

You will work as a junior to intermediate Electrical Engineer in Training, reporting to a P.Eng. team lead to deliver on buildings projects throughout the province and country. The candidate would support in the design of electrical systems for buildings including design, evaluation, recommendation, and specification of engineered systems or products in compliance with applicable codes and engineering standards / practices, including scopes in power, emergency power, lighting, fire alarm, and communications systems. 

You will perform a variety of tasks including providing drawings & calculations, report writing and attendance in meetings with both internal and external clients. 

The ideal candidate will have ideally performed this role in the past, with at least 2 years experience delivering on projects with CAD and Revit proficiencies. The candidate will have been exposed to the proficiencies listed and would be comfortable explaining the basics of each to colleagues and potential clients. 

Your Key Responsibilities 

• Constant updating of one’s knowledge in Electrical Engineering, Contract Management, and Building codes, as well as the tools to deliver on these 
• Assisting in the design and coordination of projects of varying complexity/size. 
• Coordination with the lead engineer to evaluate, select, specify, and engineer electrical systems or products for a project, including power, lighting, fire alarm, and communications. 
• Development of a design from preliminary concepts through the construction document stage with the guidance of a registered P.Eng. or P.L.Eng. 
• Understanding of Revit/BIM technologies in development of models of building electrical systems is an asset 
• Ability to apply or delegate designs for engineers and technologists/technicians utilizing CAD or Revit. 
• Participate in project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors, providing good knowledge of the designed Electrical systems 
• Participate in client project requirement meetings and value analysis and basic cost estimating. 
• Assist with developing and managing the project scope, budget, staffing and schedule. 
• Assist in the preparation and coordination of project specifications. 
• Performs and oversees the performance of calculations using company standard software, and proprietary manufacturer software. 
• Participation in constructability reviews. 
• Quality assurance and quality control on projects. 
• Documentation of design decisions and calculations performed