Senior Electrical Engineer - San Diego, CA

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Stantec is seeking a highly qualified Senior Electrical Engineer for a commercial construction electrical leader who wants to move beyond project execution and actively shape a growing San Diego Buildings practice—maintaining & building trusted client relationships, influencing strategy, mentoring teams, and delivering technically excellent projects that improve experiences of building occupants.

As a Senior Electrical Engineer, you will be a visible leader and trusted advisor within Stantec’s Buildings Engineers practice. You will lead multidisciplinary project teams, guide clients through complex regulatory environments, and help grow Stantec’s Buildings Engineering presence in Southern California and the US West. You will balance hands‑on project leadership with mentorship, and technical stewardship—playing a key role in differentiating Stantec as an innovative and reliable engineering design partner.

• Lead and support business development efforts to win new work aligned with the studio, sector, and firm strategy.
• Serve as a key client contact and trusted advisor, helping Stantec clients navigate technical, regulatory, and operational challenges.
• Partner with Principals and marketing teams on proposals, interviews, and client pursuits, contributing technical insight and market knowledge.
• Represent Stantec through industry events, conferences, presentations, and thought leadership.
• Sustain and grow top‑line revenue in collaboration with Regional and Business Center leadership to support Buildings Engineering design and thought leadership growth across Southern California and the US West.
• Nurture existing client relationships, while proactively pursuing opportunities for new business through strong client relationships and market awareness.

• Own successful delivery of complex projects—from planning through construction—with decision‑making authority and accountability for quality, schedule, budget, risk, and client satisfaction.
• Lead electrical design for commercial building facilities, including power, lighting, and fire alarm systems, ensuring compliance with California Electrical/Energy/Green codes, and other California building codes.
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders, including contractors, developers, owners, regulatory bodies, and internal teams.
• Develop project plans, resource allocations, and task‑level budgets; track performance and provide project managers with scope, earned value, change, and financial management input.
• Work collaboratively with project leaders, architects, design partners, peers, contractors, and other project stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, and success metrics, and develop innovative and practical solutions, and meet the project's conditions of satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with education, utility, and/or industrial regulations, quality standards, and best practices.
• Engage with external partners, including vendors and regulatory agencies, to ensure compliance and integration of project design.
• Establish strong relationships with contractors, vendors, and internal stakeholders to ensure design alignment with project objectives.
• Conduct site visits and inspections to ensure project requirements are met.
• Prepare detailed design documents, specifications, and reports.
• Apply strong electrical engineering skills, experience, and knowledge to the design and oversight of the design for building projects.
• Manage and plan the production resources and workflow to…