Senior Electrical Designer

Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career. 

Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal. 

Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world, and we’ll provide you unlimited space to grow.

Who are we looking for?   

Our Northeast Engineering Design Organization (EDO) is looking for a Senior Electrical Designer to join their team! In this role, you coordinate with team members to develop contract drawings and specifications for power distribution, MCC layouts & wiring diagrams, motor schematics, cable tray calculations & layout, equipment selection & layout, lighting designs, and building mechanical support systems for municipal water, wastewater, and infrastructure related facilities using AutoCAD. 

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Data Collection and Analysis: Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.
• Solutions Analysis: Interpret data and identify possible answers. Involves navigating a wide variety of processes, procedures, and precedents.
• Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct straightforward software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Operational Compliance: Develop knowledge and understanding of the organization's policies and procedures and of relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct to ensure own work adheres to those standards. Obtain authorization from a supervisor or manager for any exceptions from mandatory procedure.
• Product and Solution Development: Carry out a range of product development and engineering activities. Use established systems to analyze customer needs and define and deliver products.
• Design and Conceptualization: Research and interpret data, trends, and benchmarks relevant to digital products/services design.
• Operating Machine or Equipment: Operate complex machines and systems, adjusting processes to optimize quality and productivity. Also responsible for generating solutions to complex inefficiencies.
• Quality Assurance Testing: Carry out a specified range of complex tests; interpret test data to verify that specifications are met and/or to identify remedial actions required to ensure conformance.

What you will bring to the team:

• Associate’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology or relevant design field
• Minimum of 8 years of design experience for a variety of electrical projects
• Proficiency with AutoCAD
• Experience working with Visual Lighting software (AGi32 a plus)
• Revit experience a plus
• A basic understanding of PLC’s
• Manage multiple project tasks and maintain flexible approach to meet challenging deadlines
• Possible field investigations and construction observations may be required

If you're interested in pursuing this position, please submit your application!

Salary Range: $33.00-$53.00 based on experience & location.

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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