Senior Electrical Engineer

Henneman Engineering is a multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm providing comprehensive engineering design and project support services for clients across higher education, healthcare, municipal, commercial, industrial, and institutional markets.

Our electrical engineering team supports projects involving power distribution, lighting, emergency power, grounding, electrical studies, construction documentation, field investigation, and construction administration. Engineers work closely with architects, owners, contractors, mechanical engineers, structural engineers, controls engineers, and other technical professionals to deliver practical, reliable, and high-quality engineering solutions.

Henneman Engineering is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its Champaign, Illinois office. This role is ideal for an experienced electrical engineer who enjoys leading projects, solving complex design challenges, working directly with clients, mentoring younger engineers, and helping guide projects from initial concept through construction.

This is a client-facing consulting engineering role with responsibility for technical design, project coordination, quality control, construction support, and business development support. The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple projects, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, and producing complete electrical design packages for a variety of facility types.

• Lead meaningful electrical engineering projects across higher education, healthcare, municipal, commercial, and industrial facilities.
• Work on a wide variety of projects instead of being limited to one building type, one facility, or one narrow design specialty.
• Join a collaborative multidisciplinary engineering firm with in-house mechanical, structural, electrical, controls, instrumentation, and process engineering resources.
• Take ownership of projects from planning and design through bidding, construction, and final closeout.
• Build long-term client relationships while helping shape the direction and growth of the electrical engineering practice.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers while remaining technologically involved in design decisions.
• Support local and regional clients with a strong focus on practical engineering, constructability, and responsive client service.

• Lead electrical engineering projects through planning, design, construction documentation, bidding, construction administration, and project closeout.
• Serve as the primary electrical engineering point of contact for clients, architects, contractors, internal project managers, and other project stakeholders.
• Design electrical systems for power distribution, lighting, lighting controls, emergency power, standby power, grounding, and related facility electrical systems.
• Prepare and review electrical construction drawings, technical specifications, engineering calculations, reports, opinions of probable cost, and other project deliverables.
• Develop and evaluate electrical distribution systems including service entrances, switchboards, panel boards, transformers, feeders, branch circuits, motor loads, and emergency power systems.
• Perform or oversee short circuit, coordination, arc flash, voltage drop, load, and related electrical engineering studies.
• Provide technical leadership, quality control, and design guidance for electrical engineering deliverables.
• Mentor junior engineers, designers, and technical staff through project execution and professional development.
• Coordinate electrical design requirements with mechanical, plumbing, structural, architectural, controls, and process disciplines.
• Conduct site visits, field investigations, existing condition assessments, construction observations, punch lists, and commissioning support as required.
• Support proposal development, scope definition, project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and client communication.
• Maintain knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and industry best practices including NEC, NFPA, energy codes, and facility-specific requirements.

• Low- and medium-voltage power distribution
• Electrical service and building power systems
• Switchboards, switch gear, panel boards, transformers, and motor control equipment
• Emergency and standby power systems
• Generator systems, transfer switches, and UPS systems
• Lighting and lighting control systems
• Grounding and lightning protection systems
• Arc flash, short circuit, and protective device coordination studies
• Power system analysis and modeling
• Electrical equipment evaluation and replacement planning
• Construction documentation and electrical specifications
• Construction administration and field engineering support

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineer license or ability to obtain licensure through reciprocity.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible electrical engineering experience.
• Experience designing…