Electrical Engineering Associate II

RS&H Talent Acquisition • Chicago, IL

3h • Hybrid

About The Position

RS&H is currently seeking an Electrical Engineering Associate to join our Buildings Engineering team in Chicago, IL. This role is a strong next step for individuals ready to grow their electrical engineering career on meaningful building projects. RS&H is an employee-owned architecture, engineering, and consulting firm with a long history of delivering integrated solutions across corporate, federal, healthcare, science, and other facility-focused markets. The Buildings teams help create environments where people work, heal, learn, research, and connect. Your work will directly support the systems that make those spaces safe, reliable, efficient, and future-ready. In this role, you will support electrical design efforts for small to moderately complex building projects while continuing to build technical depth, client awareness, and practical design judgment. You will work alongside multidisciplinary architects, engineers, designers, and project managers to develop coordinated design solutions from concept through construction.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university
• Minimum of 3+ years of relevant electrical engineering experience
• Experience using production software and preparing construction documents
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build effective working relationships with clients, contractors, team members, and other project stakeholders
• Must be a U.S. Person per client requirement

Nice To Haves

• Engineer Intern (EI) certification is strongly preferred
• Experience supporting electrical design for building or facility projects
• Interest in growing toward greater technical responsibility, client coordination, and professional licensure

Responsibilities

• Design electrical systems that bring buildings to life, including power distribution, lighting, low-voltage systems, and other facility infrastructure
• Contribute to coordinated building design solutions by partnering with architects, engineers, designers, contractors, and clients from concept through construction
• Prepare drawings, construction documents, technical reports, calculations, visual aids, and design deliverables using current design and production software
• Apply electrical engineering standards, codes, criteria, and regulations while building the judgment to adapt solutions to each project’s needs
• Support design requirements, impact studies, cost analyses, and field reviews for small to moderately complex building projects
• Grow your technical confidence through hands-on project work, construction observations, and collaboration with experienced Buildings professionals

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• an employee assistance program
• retirement and financial protection programs (401(k), short‑ and long‑term disability)
• paid time off (including holidays and paid parental leave)
• HSA funding up to $1,200 annually

What This Job Offers

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