Electrical Engineer - New England

Electrical EngineerLocation: Remote or hybrid, New England. The role carries a regular on-site expectation which suits someone based in New England. For a senior engineer who holds a PE and is set up to work independently, that expectation is flexed, which opens the role more widely across the region.Company: Multi-discipline engineering firmSalary: Up to $160,000, plus a discretionary annual bonus plus up to $10,000 sign on, if requiredAbout the workThis is consulting-side building services electrical, taken from concept through construction administration. The engineer who designs a system is the one who answers for it on site, so the seat does not split into a drawing job and a site job done by different people.The firm works across roughly 35 states. Around half the workload is federal, sitting alongside commercial, healthcare and education projects. Every other discipline on a project is designed in house rather than subcontracted, so the electrical scope is developed alongside the other teams rather than negotiated across a contract.In this role you will take projects end to end rather than being handed one component of them, and there is no layer of people between you and the work.Role accountabilitiesPower distribution designOwn the power design for a building. Size and select service equipment, distribution and branch circuiting, and carry load calculations, voltage drop and short circuit considerations through design development. Coordinate the incoming service and the standby or emergency provision where a project calls for one.Control and communications systemsDesign the control and low voltage communications scope alongside the power design, and coordinate it with the mechanical controls and the wider technology requirements on a project.Lighting designProduce the lighting design and the associated controls, working to the code and energy requirements applying on each project.Submittals, RFIs and construction administrationReview submittals and shop drawings, answer RFIs, and carry the design intent through construction to close out. Site visits are part of the role rather than the majority of it.Federal project deliveryAround half the workload is federal, including DoD sites. This work carries its own criteria and review process, and the engineer on a project is expected to know it rather than route around it.Working across disciplinesCoordinate the electrical scope with the other design disciplines in house. This is a multi-discipline team, so the electrical position on a building is agreed with the people designing the rest of it rather than with an outside consultant.The experience that fits best hereYou would be designing a system and then defending it through submittals, RFIs and site queries, so five or more years in a consulting or A/E environment is the base that fits best. Time spent purely on contractor-side installation, or purely on drafting to someone else's design, is a narrower fit.You would be working in AutoCAD and Revit day to day, producing and coordinating the electrical model alongside the other disciplines.You would be taking projects end to end without close supervision, so this suits someone who can hold a position on a design question and see it through rather than escalate it.You would be attending federal sites, so you need to be able to obtain unescorted base access. That is the one hard requirement on the role.You would be working alongside other disciplines daily, so the ability to explain an electrical constraint to a mechanical or structural engineer, and to take theirs seriously, matters as much as the technical work.A BS in electrical engineering or electrical engineering technology sits behind the role. A Professional Engineer license is preferred but it is not required to apply. It does matter for one thing specifically: the weekly on-site expectation is flexed only for senior engineers who hold one and are set up to work independently.Also useful, though not needed to applyProfessional Engineer (PE) license, in one state or severalFederal, DoD or NAVFAC project experienceHealthcare, laboratory or higher education project experienceLighting certification, for example NCQLPPower systems analysis software, for example SKM, EasyPower or ETAPLighting calculation software, for example AGi32Structured cabling or communications credentials, for example RCDDExperience at a contractor or in the field moving into consultingBenefits401(k) with employer matchDental, vision, short term disability, long term disability and life insurance, employee premium paid in fullGenerous holiday packagePaid parental leaveHalf day Fridays during summer timeRemote working and flexible hours as standing policy, with a $250 budget for home office equipmentMonthly cell phone stipendContinuing education and additional state PE registrations funded where the firm requires themFree parking, and a state park pass for you and your vehicle etc.