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Senior Electrical Engineer

Chicago, IL, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-30

Core

Lead electrical design for diverse building projects including power, lighting, and system optimization.

Role type

Senior IC Electrical Engineer (Discipline Leader)

Builds

Production electrical designs and technical plans for commercial, federal, and mission-critical buildings

Domain

Infrastructure + Electrical Engineering

Required skills

Electrical power design, Lighting design, Cost estimation, Schedule planning, Multi-disciplinary coordination, Quality control review, Client proposal development, Regulatory code compliance (NEC, ASHRAE, IECC, NFPA, ISA, IEEE), BIM software (Revit, AutoCAD), Electrical calculation software (SKM, ETAP, Easy Power, Visual, AGI32, Elumtools)

Preferred skills

Experience in Corporate Workplace, Commercial, Federal Civilian/DoD, Healthcare, Mission Critical, Justice, Higher Education markets, Energy optimization analysis

Responsibilities

Complete electrical power and lighting designs, Make major design recommendations and decisions, Plan design work and assign duties to junior staff, Coordinate with architectural, structural, and mechanical disciplines, Maintain project documentation, Act as adviser reviewing junior staff correspondence, Evaluate staffing requirements and write reports, Meet with clients and prepare proposals, Identify prospective clients and assist in marketing, Perform quality control checks on other projects, Represent the organization in external liaison

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities

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