Electrical Engineer

• Diverse Project
  
  Experience:
  
  You will work on challenging projects across multiple industries, including healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, and manufacturing in hopes of a broad and fulfilling career experience.
• Impactful Work:
  From designing essential infrastructure to enhancing complex industrial systems, your contributions will have a lasting impact on communities and industries alike.
• Professional Development:
  Take advantage of opportunities for continuing education, licensure support, and leadership development to advance your career.
• Flexible Work Environment:
  Enjoy a hybrid schedule that allows you to balance remote work on Mondays and Fridays with in-office collaboration in our Charlotte office Tuesdays through Thursdays.

Project Associate is an engineering position that expands upon the knowledge and skills achieved in an entry level position. The primary responsibility is to provide complete engineering and design solutions for assigned projects. Project Associates will utilize assigned design staff to complete project deliverables, while working with senior design staff to continue to develop their understanding of engineering and the project delivery process.

Responsibilities include, client communication, construction administration and other various engineering, design and drafting tasks utilizing the applicable drafting software to accommodate the project schedule.

• Application of Knowledge of Building Systems (Conceptual Design)
  • Working knowledge of codes and standards including but not limited to: NFPA 70, 72, 101, 110, 780; UL 96A; ASHRAE 90.1; and Building Codes
  • Knows when to obtain support from Lead Associate or Senior Associate for assistance to determine building requirements for special occupancies
  • Assists the Lead Associate or Senior Associate with working with building/facility owner to ensure that the appropriate systems/products are utilized in their facility.
  • Lighting design, system types, and understanding of the following concepts:
    • Various lighting and lamp applications
    • Color temperatures
    • Lighting rules such as spacing to mounting height ratio, manual point to point calculations, impact of horizontal and vertical foot candles
    • Life safety requirements (egress and exit marking)
    • Circuiting and control
  • Power design
    • Knowledge of the design of power distribution
    • Panel schedules
    • Grounding and lighting protection systems.
    • Knowledge of the application of emergency systems, legally required systems and optional standby systems.
    • Coordinates the connections of all power utilization components
  • Documentation of calculations, reflecting code compliance of the following:
    • Lighting calculations
    • Power load calculations
    • Short circuit and voltage drop calculations
    • Coordination studies
  • Fire alarm design
    • Performs system design
    • Initiation device layout
    • Smoke detection design
    • Indicating device layout
    • Other system interconnections
  • Telecommunications design
    • Device layouts
    • System infrastructure layout
    • Understanding of the EIA/TIA standards
    • Security system design
    • Card access system design, learning system types and understands functional procedures.
    • CCTV system design
    • Intrusion detection systems design, understands system types and applications
  • Paging and intercommunication systems design, system types and applications
• Detail Design:
  • Ensures that there are complete and accurate construction documents
  • Uses design software proficiently and can incorporate designs into project documents/models.
  • Effectively execute inter-discipline and intra-discipline review and coordination efforts
  • Assists lead associate in development of project specifications
• Design Project Execution
  • Leads all scopes in delivery of assigned project
  • Monitors work performed by the assigned project…