Senior Electrical Engineer-Water and Wastewater

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 Engineering Design Organization is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team in the US Northeast region. In this role, you will play a key part in designing electrical power generation, distribution, and utilization systems, while guiding and mentoring a talented group of Electrical Power Engineers across the region. 

Your responsibilities will span coordinating and performing power studies (including Arc Flash analysis), leading detailed design efforts for electrical power systems, and supporting proposal development through scope definition and engineering estimates. You’ll also prepare procurement specifications for electrical equipment, develop comprehensive electrical construction documents, and design, review, and seal electrical design packages. 

If you're looking to make a meaningful impact through technical excellence and team leadership, we invite you to bring your expertise to a role where innovation meets opportunity.

Our Hybrid Work Model: 

Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

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: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve quality to better meet client's needs.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Manage technical troubleshooting projects, ensuring effective diagnosis of technical issues with equipment and experiments and the development of effective solutions.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Testing: Develop product specifications and design test procedures and standards.
• Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Engineering Drawings: Create complex engineering drawings to support the communication, evaluation, and implementation of engineering solutions.
• Equipment Installation: Lead major equipment rebuilds; guide planned installation of complex systems.
• Process Design Engineering: Analyze information and specify the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.

What you’ll bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred or ability to obtain
• Experience working on water and wastewater projects
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the design of electrical power generation and distribution and utilization systems; experience with industrial and municipal clients 
• Familiarity with ETAP or SKM computer-assisted electrical power study programs including short-circuit, protective relaying coordination and arc-flash studies
• Working knowledge of NFPA70 (NEC), NFPA 70E, and NFPA 70B and other electrical industry codes, standards and recommended practices
• Able and willing to travel for short period for site visits and client meetings

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Salary range: $95,000-$188,000 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.