Electrical Designer

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Electrical Designer

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Electrical team for Hospitality & Entertainment projects based in the Glendale, California office.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Prepare one-line diagrams with limited input from Engineers.
• Maintain the discipline Engineering documents for the project.
• Respond to RFI’s for the project, and accurately review submittals with limited input from Engineer.
• Solve installation problems with electrical systems, travel to the site to resolve issues.
• CAD proficient with working CAD drawings.
• Prepare CAD floor plans showing electrical device layouts, circuitry, fixtures, equipment, etc.
• Perform calculations for available fault current and/or over current coordination study implement proper AIC ratings of equipment with limited input from Engineers.
• Prepare calculations for electrical loads and panel schedules.
• Thorough knowledge of NEC and other codes.
• Understand and correctly apply concepts of emergency and normal power systems
• Extensive knowledge of lighting, photometric, and lighting controls.
• Understand and apply concepts of voltage drop, conductor sizing, harmonics, etc.
• Edit electrical specifications with limited input from Engineers
• Layout fire alarm devices on floor plans with limited input from Engineers.
• Develop equipment room sizes during Schematic Design and Design Development phases.
• Select and schedule equipment with limited oversight by senior staff.
• Meet with vendors to determine specification requirements for application.
• Coordinate with other disciplines (MEP/FP, arch, struct, etc) for all electrical & lighting details.
• Apply risk management procedures daily to minimize exp’s and client’s exposure to problems.
• Manage and deliver revisions (ASI’s, etc).
• Meet with contractors during bid phase to review the design details.
• Understands specific Electrical requirements for applications within the Market Sector.
• Understands and properly applies details relevant to projects.
• Understands circuit breaker coordination and application.

 What your experience looks like

• 1-4  years experience in electrical design for commercial facilities for the Hospitality & Entertainment market sector.  
• Experience in using SKM Power Tools or similar software for engineering calculations (Fault Current Studies, Coordination Studies, Arc Fault Studies)
• AutoCAD and REVIT MEP proficient (REVIT Experience is required)
• BS Architectural Engineering, or BS Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
• FE License (Passed the Fundamentals in Engineering Exam).

The pay range for this role is $75,000 to $85,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.