Senior Electrical Engineer

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We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer who can develop and lead power distribution, emergency power, and resiliency design for complex, secure, high-hazard federal facility programs. We are currently working on projects and have openings available to support the modernization of Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration facilities contributing to the mission of defending the United States and supporting the nation's nuclear security enterprise.

The Senior Electrical Engineer works in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary team environment leading power distribution, emergency power, and electrical resiliency design for new facilities, additions, and renovation projects, with particular emphasis on secure and hazardous occupancy (e.g., ICD 705, IBC H-2) environments where electrical system reliability and continuity carry direct mission‑critical and life‑safety consequences.

The position's responsibilities primarily focus on providing technical leadership for the creation of construction drawings and specifications, existing system studies, and facility master planning efforts, including base building power distribution as well as specialized systems such as emergency/standby power, UPS, electrical resilience and redundancy, and security-related electrical infrastructure compartmentalization.

Qualified candidates will meet with clients, project teams, code officials, contractors, and others to address electrical issues and develop effective working relationships across a program's full design lifecycle. The project clientele includes Federal Government (DOE/NNSA), Department of Defense, national laboratory‑adjacent programs, Higher Education, Commercial, Health Care, Science and Technology, and other municipal and institutional facilities.

• Meet with clients to determine and document electrical power distribution, emergency power, and resiliency requirements.
• Develop electrical system designs based on project scope, client RFPs, and hazardous occupancy/security classification requirements.
• Provide engineering design, evaluation, and planning of electrical systems for a variety of building types, including base building power distribution, lighting, and specialty systems (emergency power, UPS, generator/ATS, electrical redundancy) for mission‑critical and high-hazard process environments.
• Perform electrical load calculations, short‑circuit/coordination studies, and system sizing using industry‑standard software and tools.
• Conduct existing building surveys and documentation of existing electrical systems, including comparative analysis between an existing reference facility and a target facility.
• Develop system design calculations and equipment selection (switch gear, panel boards, transformers, generators, UPS) for use in buildings.
• Coordinate compartmentalization of electrical distribution systems and communications infrastructure in accordance with approved security criteria, where applicable.
• Write/edit project specifications.
• Prepare detailed design documents, reports, and studies.
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