Healthcare Critical Power & Electrical Systems Engineering Lead

Healthcare Critical Power & Electrical Systems Engineering Lead
Company:
Hire Now Staffing (Direct Placement Partner)
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Hire Now Staffing is actively recruiting a seasoned Healthcare Critical Power & Electrical Systems Engineering Lead to join one of our valued client partners in Cincinnati, Ohio. This full-time, permanent opportunity is designed for a senior electrical engineer with substantial healthcare facility design experience who can lead technically complex projects while maintaining strong client relationships.

The successful candidate will take ownership of electrical engineering design for healthcare environments, including normal and emergency power distribution, generators, UPS systems, lighting, grounding, and other critical electrical infrastructure. The position combines hands-on engineering, multidisciplinary project coordination, technical leadership, mentoring, and client-facing responsibilities.

• Lead electrical engineering design for healthcare facility and commercial building projects.
• Engineer building power distribution, lighting, motor feeders, starters, and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Design critical healthcare electrical systems involving emergency power, generators, UPS, ground-fault protection, and lightning protection.
• Perform voltage-drop, short-circuit, arc-flash, and related electrical engineering analyses.
• Produce and review engineering calculations, specifications, technical reports, construction documents, and design deliverables.
• Apply FGI Guidelines, NFPA 99, NEC, NFPA, NESC, ANSI/IEEE, IBC, Life Safety Code, and applicable project requirements.
• Coordinate electrical design with architectural, mechanical, structural, civil, construction, and other project disciplines.
• Provide technical direction and mentorship to engineers and designers.
• Manage multiple engineering priorities, project milestones, and deadlines while maintaining design quality.
• Build trusted client relationships and provide technical guidance throughout project execution.
• Contribute technical expertise to proposals, presentations, client engagement, and business development activities.
• Visit active construction sites when required to support project delivery and field coordination.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• 10+ years of professional electrical engineering experience.
• Significant experience designing electrical systems specifically for healthcare facilities
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• Professional Engineer (
  PE
  ) license in Ohio or demonstrated ability to obtain Ohio registration through comity.
• Strong working knowledge of FGI Guidelines and NFPA 99
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• Demonstrated expertise with building electrical power distribution and lighting systems.
• Experience designing emergency power, generator, UPS, grounding, and other critical electrical systems.
• Working knowledge of Revit and AutoCAD or comparable engineering design platforms.
• Comprehensive understanding of applicable NEC, NFPA, NESC, ANSI/IEEE, IBC, and Life Safety Code requirements.
• Experience supervising, mentoring, or managing engineering professionals.
• Strong project leadership and client relationship capabilities.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 25%.
• Permanently authorized to work in the United States without current or future visa sponsorship.

• Extensive healthcare infrastructure and acute‑care facility electrical design experience.
• Advanced experience designing resilient and mission‑critical electrical systems for healthcare environments.
• PE registration in multiple states.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary healthcare engineering projects.
• Experience contributing to engineering proposals and business development initiatives.
• Strong record of developing junior engineers and technical team members.
• Stable professional history demonstrating progressive engineering and leadership responsibilities.