Senior Electrical Engineer - Buildings Government Services

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Our Buildings Government Services team has an opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer.

Your role as a contributor on our professional consulting team is to work on projects of high complexity and serve as a leader of a team or project through all phases of a project lifecycle. The Senior Electrical Engineer will serve as the overall technical lead on projects of various sizes and complexities, with the support of electrical engineers and designers.

Your

Key Responsibilities

- Lead work on multiple projects with a team of design colleagues to conceptualize and develop full documentation for new construction and renovation projects for multiple types of facilities such as healthcare, commercial offices, higher education, research laboratory, and industrial facilities.

- Lead in client meetings on projects to establish design criteria, review design progress as well as support through construction administration.

- Lead in evaluation, selection, and engineering of all electrical engineered systems and products for a project.

- Lead the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents.

- Lead in the development of a design through sketches, engineering calculations, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.

- Prepare and review documentation in various project phases including site plans, floor plans, diagrams, and details.

- Lead project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractors, sub-contractors, and vendors.

- Conduct quality assurance and quality control on own projects and projects of peers.

- Lead in the development of new standards and specifications for the electrical engineering group, along with a team of other electrical engineers.

- Perform field work (or reviews field work performed by others) to review existing facility conditions for use in development of site-specific electrical design documents and to review work being performed by contractors.

- Apply technical expertise while leading cross-functional resources to meet project requirements within established time frames and budget.

- Provide client consultation, drawing on professional expertise and knowledge of Stantec's services.

- Nurture existing client relationships and proactively pursues opportunities for new business.

- Act as a resource for staff to all levels in any area of technical expertise and works with staff to train them on applicable knowledge of electrical / building codes, field work, and the processes associated with designing electrical systems.

- Maintain current knowledge of technologies and trends, as they apply to the applicable project and market types, and continually strengthen skills.

- Implement sustainable design principles into the building design and surrounding environment.

- May provide supervision to staff of all levels to develop staff skills and abilities by providing guidance and mentor to strengthen technical abilities and develop career goals.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

- Strong understanding of electrical engineering concepts and ability to effectively communicate ideas to others.

- Strong understanding and knowledge of power distribution systems, lighting systems, and low voltage systems for the built environment.

- Experience in the construction industry and/or in-depth knowledge of construction processes, including construction administration roles.

- Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications.

- Ability to apply sustainable design principles within projects.

- Ability to integrate design elements with other disciplines at the…