Senior Electrical Engineer
On-siteDallas, Texas, United States or Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Job Summary
Lead firm-level technical direction for complex electrical design, systems, and commissioning across water and wastewater projects, including resilience and risk decisions. Establish design standards, specifications, and QA/QC frameworks while guiding integration, sequencing, and startup approaches for pump stations and major infrastructure. Mentor junior staff and serve as senior advisor to project managers, clients, and executive leadership on technical strategy, dispute resolution, and claims support. Perform root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and lessons learned to ensure high-quality deliverables. Represent the firm externally through industry leadership, technical presentations, and committee work. Requires a P.E. license, 6+ years of experience in electrical power for water/wastewater, and advanced knowledge of NFPA 70, SCADA, and instrumentation design. Hybrid schedule with up to 40% remote work available.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, architectural engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline relevant to Electrical Power design from an ABET-accredited program
- Active Professional Engineer license (P.E.)
Desired Qualifications
- 6+ years of relevant experience in Electrical Power for Water and Wastewater Systems
- knowledge of SCADA, instrumentation design, or related technical design work
- Recognized technical authority with significant impact on standards, quality, innovation, risk controls, and complex Electrical design for water and wastewater systems
- Advanced knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, electrical systems for water and wastewater systems, commissioning, and construction documentation
- Experience developing complex electrical systems from conceptional to final including duct bank routing and layouts, control wiring diagrams, one-line diagram, and construction costs
- Experience establishing QA/QC expectations, technical review practices, standards application, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and quality improvement
- Executive-level communication skills with clients, leadership, project teams, contractors, vendors, and interdisciplinary stakeholders
- Working knowledge of standards such as NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, UL 508A, NEMA MG-1, IEEE 519, NFPA 820
- Preferred PE licensure in multiple jurisdictions served by the firm
- Experience serving as responsible licensed engineer or engineer of record for critical or high-risk I&C scope
- Experience establishing, standards, innovation, specification strategy, QA/QC systems, risk controls, training, and delivery frameworks
- Leadership in the electrical industry, presentations for conferences/seminars or white papers, member of a professional committee, or electrical standards committee
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