Senior Electrical Engineer

WSP USA is seeking a highly energetic, self-motivated, and goal-oriented Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Northeast Transportation and Infrastructure Engineering Team and work out of our New York, NY office. With the intimacy of a tight-knit group of staff, along with the support of a large firm, this is an excellent and unique opportunity for the right candidate to challenge themselves and to grow their career.

Our Engineers work on high quality, high-profile, national and international projects. You will actively participate in the full project cycle, from the design phase through the final construction close-out. WSP offers excellent growth opportunities.

• Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawings and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors, and building owners.
• Lead electrical design for transportation-related facilities, including:
  • Transit stations, tunnels, and underground structures
  • Roadway and highway facilities
  • Tunnel and station ventilation systems
  • Traction power interfaces, utility power, and emergency power systems
• Design and coordinate electrical systems such as:
  • Power distribution (normal, emergency, standby)
  • Lighting and lighting controls (including tunnel and roadway lighting)
  • Grounding and bonding systems
  • Fire alarm and life-safety systems
  • Low-voltage systems (communications, SCADA interfaces, CCTV, access control)
• Coordinate design activities with other multi-discipline project team members (mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, communications, structural, civil, architectural, and other disciplines).
• Plan and incorporate various design requirements with equipment sizing and cabling, AC/DC panel design, and conduit design strategies that account for the safety and functionality of end-users, systems, and infrastructure.
• Prepare and/or review electrical calculations for loads, voltage drop, equipment sizing, grounding touch and step potentials, short circuit study, protective device coordination, arc flash analysis, one-line diagram development, protective relaying, and lighting calculations.
• Develop and review plans, specifications, and cost estimates, construction safety and phasing plans, and updating electrical infrastructure layout plans that require coordination with owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and clients.
• Perform Construction Phase Services, including reviewing RFIs, shop drawings, submittals, field visits, and coordination with contractors.
• Participate in client meetings, design reviews, and technical workshops internally and externally with transportation agencies.
• Mentor junior engineers and designers and contribute to technical quality control.
• Remain current in latest electrical engineering techniques and practices.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 7 to 10 years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in building facilities and/or transportation.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license, highly preferred.
• Proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Demonstrates competence and comprehensive knowledge concerning adjacent disciplines such as electrical engineering, P&C, SCADA, and telecom.
• Experience with electrical infrastructure planning, design, and construction management; including active involvement in a variety of rehabilitation, new design, and construction projects.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., AutoCAD, Revit, Micro Station, Open Buildings, SKM/ETAP, AGI, etc.), spreadsheets, and tools.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
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