Associate Electrical Engineer


Job Details

As an Associate Electrical Engineer, you will have the opportunity to apply your technical knowledge of building services systems across a portfolio of ground-breaking projects in the US and globally. Strong communication skills and teamwork are essential and in turn, offer you unrivaled career, project, and development opportunities.


What would you be doing?

As a key part of the team, your responsibilities will be varied, but likely to include:

  • Work closely with clients, architects, Engineers, and/or design team members as part of a dedicated and skilled team
  • Produce coordinated detailed design drawings, electronic models, specifications, written reports, site observation reports, schedules, etc. on a variety of projects within the electrical discipline, as well as the coordination with utility companies and obtaining the necessary electrical permit approvals from Plan Check
  • Organize technical and financial proposals for new work
  • Manage workload of Project Discipline Engineers and Technicians (including verification of quality).
  • Take responsibility for concept and preliminary engineering solutions for detailed design
  • Prepare Technical Specifications
  • Monitor financial performance of jobs
  • Keep senior staff informed of important and relevant service/design decisions and the objectives of the client are achieved
  • Mentor junior Electrical Engineers
  • Continually ensure practices, policies, strategy, and services represent the client s best interests and policy is in keeping with current legislation and the relevant building codes for the relevant state, etc
  • Plan organized and managed personal workload to meet deadlines in line with client commitments
  • Proactively raise concerns regarding workload and ability to meet deadlines
  • Maintain an overview of the project team s workload and commitments to successfully meet deadlines and balance resource utilization
  • Actively contribute towards delivering profitable projects in the context of project finances
  • Monitor financial performance of jobs, with the setting up and managing of job/project administrative systems, including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure (adjusting these as necessary).

What are we looking for?

  • 8+ years experience in electrical engineering design in the building services and construction industry
  • Experience working on projects in the following sectors is preferred: Higher Education, Museums, Commercial, Transportation Hubs and/or Stadiums
  • Relevant bachelor's or master s degree
  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) desirable
  • LEED AP accredited preferred
  • Experience using Revit
  • Familiarity using computational analysis tools such as electrical fault analysis and lighting design software
  • Ability to accept a high degree of responsibility in a team-based organization, combined with ability to work independently
  • Excellent technical knowledge of electrical systems; ability to investigate, identify, and provide solutions to technical problems
  • Excellent client-facing and communication skills (verbal and written), with experience presenting (you will often be required to present solutions directly to 'c-suite' level stakeholders)
  • Experience in the preparation of technical reports for delivery directly to a client audience
  • Ability to problem solve and propose multiple solutions to Clients and objectively summarize the benefits and shortfalls of each





 The Alexander Group Human Resource Consultants

 04/20/2024

 Washington,DC