Senior Electrical Engineer - AECOM

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AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to be based in Orange, CA; Denver, CO; Columbus, OH or Cleveland, OH. 

The Electrical Engineer will join a multidisciplinary, collaborative team with a range of expertise supporting the expansion of their knowledge base with the ability to travel and gain field experience.

As part of our team, you will support a diverse tapestry of work across markets like Commercial, Federal (Military/DoD), Healthcare, Higher Education, Sports + Rec and Science + Tech markets, including landmark projects in the industry. You will have opportunities to take on complex challenges and pioneer innovative solutions from strategy and design through project realization.

Join a practice filled with professionals pioneering Energy Conservation and Zero Carbon initiatives, focusing on renewable energy projects for high-performance buildings. Contribute to decarbonization and electrification efforts while enjoying focused growth opportunities in sustainable practices and skills enhancement training centric to AECOM's Sustainable Legacy.

About Buildings + Places: 

Our Buildings + Places practice includes architecture, interiors, building and system engineering, urbanism, and planning (inclusive of landscape design), strategy +, economics, technology solutions, asset advisory, and cost and program management.  This diverse team assists our clients from strategy through project realization, creating positive outcomes for those who occupy and use the buildings and environments we help to create.  Our practice focuses on the Commercial/Corporate, Science and Technology, Higher Education and Federal market sectors.  We look to combine beauty, sustainability, resiliency, equity, and innovation in our projects and believe these values can be instilled in any project regardless of size or budget. 

Job Summary/Responsibilities: 

Senior Electrical Engineer will work in a highly collaborative environment on a wide range of projects. The ideal candidate will have a passion for designing building electrical systems and supporting junior staff. The Engineer will be responsible for performing the technical calculations and design, understanding the project requirements and the effort required to complete the work and applying critical thinking to quickly recognize issues and be part of the solution. 

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to: 

• Electrical engineering from conceptual design through construction administration and post-occupancy including writing reports for internal and external purposes based on findings.
• Be competent in all aspects of building electrical systems design for a variety of types of projects or markets to complete routing engineering assignments and calculations
• Writing reports for internal and external purposes based on findings
• Stays current on codes and technologies appropriate for building electrical systems including power, lighting, telecommunications and fire alarm systems.
• Researches, develops, designs, specifies, and witnesses the testing of electrical systems, equipment, components, and materials, applying principles and techniques of electrical engineering.
• Organizes and conducts site visits for the purpose of data collection and evaluation of electrical systems, equipment, components, and materials for projects with and without well-defined scopes of work.
• Coordinating with the client and multiple disciplines, acting as electrical engineer point of contact to ensure that projects are delivered within budget and on schedule.
• Assist in proposal preparation and discipline plans that meet project requirements in conjunction with the senior leadership.
• Manage and work on multiple projects with other team members, acting as mentor and reviewer of work.
• Ensures discipline plans that are created meet overall project team requirements for project scope and schedule
• Review team member's work for quality and recognition of training requirements
• Attend and present to owners, clients and architects as needed.

Minimum Requirements: 

• BA/BS in Electrical Engineering, Architectural Engineering or similar +6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Professional Engineer (PE) Registration

Preferred Qualifications: 

• A minimum of eight (8) years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Strong electrical code knowledge including National Electric Code (NEC), ASHRAE and International Energy Conservation Code (IECC).
• Competent in all conventional aspects of electrical building engineering systems and conducts work in a professional manner while collaborating with other team members.
• Experience in the following markets: Corporate Workplace and Commercial buildings, Federal Civilian and DoD, Healthcare, Mission Critical, Justice, and Higher Education projects.
• Experience with sustainable design and certification in LEED and/or WELL.
• Analyze equipment energy use for optimizing systems selection.
• Ability to manage and work on multiple projects with other team members.
• Power system studies experience utilizing SKM, ETAP or Easy Power.
• Lighting calculation experience with Visual, AGI32 or Elumtools.
• Strong Revit and CAD experience.
• Excellent communication skills: articulate, assertive, and confident.
• Creative thinker with effective teamwork skills.
• Project related travel may be required for this position

• Hybrid work environment – Fully remote position not available.
• Sponsorship is not availble for this opportunity

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

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