Electrical Engineer (4 - 9 Years' Experience)

Summer Consultants, Inc. • Mclean, VA

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is designed for an Electrical Engineer who is ready for more than task completion. We are looking for someone who can own technical work, coordinate across disciplines, support project execution, communicate clearly, mentor earlier-career staff, and continue building the judgment required for future project and team leadership. The work is technically interesting and challenging, often involving renovations and MEP/FP systems in existing buildings. Clients choose Summer Consultants when they want the work done right the first time, serving federal, institutional, and higher education clients whose facilities support important missions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Architectural Engineering with an electrical or lighting focus, or a closely related discipline
• 4 to 9 years of relevant electrical design experience, preferably in building systems consulting
• Experience with lighting and power design
• Experience producing construction documents and supporting construction administration
• Experience performing field surveys, preparing code analyses, calculations, equipment selections, and specifications
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and/or Revit
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Strong planning, organization, and follow-through
• Solid technical foundation and a willingness to keep learning
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-disciplinary team environment
• Interest in mentoring earlier-career staff and developing future project leadership skills
• Professional, approachable, team-first demeanor
• Ability to obtain site access at client locations
• Ability to travel up to 12 nights per year, in addition to day-long field surveys
• Ability to conduct day-long field surveys outdoors and indoors in conditioned and unconditioned spaces, including walking 10,000–20,000 steps in a day, climbing up and down a 6-foot ladder, kneeling, squatting, and bending

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AGI32, SKM, and/or EasyPower
• EIT, PE license, or active pursuit of PE licensure

Responsibilities

• Own technical work
• Coordinate across disciplines
• Support project execution
• Communicate clearly
• Mentor earlier-career staff
• Build judgment for future project and team leadership
• Investigate and understand building problems
• Develop practical solutions
• Help clients choose the right path forward
• Figure out how to fit new electrical equipment into an existing building
• Figure out how to phase work around ongoing operations
• Coordinate with other disciplines
• Understand how a contractor will actually build the design
• Expand technical knowledge in lighting, power distribution, low-voltage systems, surveys, code analysis, calculations, equipment selection, specifications, and construction-phase support
• Build project management skills through exposure to scope, schedule, budget, coordination, and deliverable accountability
• Develop as a well-rounded consulting engineer
• Gain client-facing and field experience
• Conduct day-long field surveys outdoors and indoors in conditioned and unconditioned spaces
• Obtain site access at client locations

Benefits

• 100% company-paid employee-only health insurance, with 50% of family premiums paid
• Dental and vision insurance available
• 401(k) with total employer contribution opportunity of up to 7%
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability insurance, plus life and AD&D coverage
• Eleven (11) paid holidays
• Twenty-two (22) days of PTO per year
• Education Assistance Program
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid work options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level