Principal Engineer - Electrical

We are committed to making a meaningful impact through our work. As a Principal Electrical Engineer
, you will join our Building Services Team in our Westwood, Woburn, or Boston, MA office, where you’ll play a key role in delivering vital infrastructure projects across the Northeast. Working with industry experts, you’ll tackle complex challenges that strengthen community resilience and advance environmental sustainability. At Tighe & Bond, you’ll find an engaging, hybrid work environment, a culture of collaboration, and the resources to support your professional growth and development.

Our electrical team supports a wide range of building and infrastructure projects for higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare, laboratories, municipal and institutional facilities, industrial clients, and campus environments. The work includes electrical distribution, utility service upgrades, medium-voltage systems, switch gear replacements, emergency and standby power, lighting and controls, fire alarm, life safety systems, energy studies, and phased renovations in occupied facilities. The team works closely with mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, civil, and architectural partners to deliver practical, coordinated designs that help clients improve, modernize, and plan for the future of their facilities.

As a valuable part of our Building Services team
, the Principal Electrical Engineer
will provide technical leadership and project direction for multidisciplinary design teams. You will lead electrical engineering design from early planning and conceptual studies through construction documents, construction administration, and commissioning support.

• Leading electrical design for building systems, campus infrastructure, utility upgrades, and facility improvement projects
• Serving as Engineer of Record for electrical projects, including power distribution, emergency and standby power, lighting, lighting controls, fire alarm, life safety, and related building systems
• Evaluating existing electrical systems and develop practical recommendations for upgrades, replacement, capacity improvements, resiliency, and future growth
• Leading engineering studies, energy efficiency reviews, load analyses, system planning, infrastructure strategy, master planning, and preliminary engineering reports
• Preparing and reviewing construction drawings, specifications, technical reports, cost estimates, and design narratives
• Supporting project delivery for traditional design-bid-build, design-build, design-assist, fast-track, and phased renovation projects
• Coordinating closely with mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, civil, architectural, and owner teams
• Providing technical QA/QC for electrical design work and help establish consistent design standards
• Mentoring and developing electrical engineers and designers through technical guidance, project review, and day-to-day collaboration
• Supporting project management efforts, including scope development, schedules, budgets, fee estimates, staffing plans, and client communication
• Participating in client meetings, presentations, interviews, and proposal efforts
• Providing construction administration support, including submittal reviews, RFIs, site observations, punch lists, and commissioning coordination
• Helping grow and strengthen Tighe & Bond’s electrical and MEP presence across our New England offices

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
• Professional Engineer license required
• 15+ years of electrical engineering experience, preferably with a consulting engineering,…