Senior Technical Manager, Electrical Engineer
$157,410–$234,700 year
On-site · San Francisco, California, United States or Sacramento, California, United States
Job Summary
Provide high-level technical assistance and guidance for multi-site/phase due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, permitting, design, development, and construction of utility, industrial, and commercial scale projects in the public and private sector. Responsible for electrical calculations, lighting design, facility electrical service, medium voltage knowledge, motor control center design, and standby power system design. Ensure quality of specifications, reports, and analyses while managing design and construction projects. Coordinate with other design disciplines and oversee teams of engineers. Requires collaboration with regulatory agencies and ongoing professional development in electrical engineering techniques.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
- 10+ years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale
- Engineer license required
- Highly proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues
- Highly proficient with infrastructure design
- Strong knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes (especially NFPA 70- NEC); NFPA 130; and NFPA 101), regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements
- Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations
- Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies
- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience
- Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization
- Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC
- Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software (i.e., CADD, ETAP and/or SKM, AutoCADD electrical), technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools
- Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity
- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution
- Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
- Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment
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