Electrical Engineering Lead

Sheladia Associates, Inc•Washington, DC

2d•$130,000 - $195,000•Remote

About The Position

This position is contingent upon contract award and subsequent task-order requirements. It is intended to support SHELADIA's pursuit of the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO), 2026 Worldwide A/E Support Services IDIQ. Employment, assignments, travel, and project responsibilities will be based on awarded task orders. The program may support planning, design, construction, facility rehabilitation, system replacement, security upgrades, communications facilities, and building maintenance at Foreign Service posts worldwide and OBO offices in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Services may include professional support services, constructability reviews, critical-path schedule and risk analyses, and project-budget analyses. The Electrical Engineering Lead will direct facility assessments, electrical infrastructure upgrades, system replacements, and modernization programs for reliable, resilient, secure, energy-efficient, and mission-critical facilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from an accredited program.
Minimum of 10 years of progressive electrical engineering experience.
Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Experience assessing, designing, or modernizing complex building electrical and emergency-power systems.
Strong knowledge of electrical, life-safety, energy, grounding, lighting, and mission-critical power standards, including generators, UPS, and lightning protection.
Proficiency with power-analysis, lighting, BIM/CADD, energy, and document-review platforms.
Strong leadership, communication, technical writing, and professional judgment skills.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government personnel security clearance when required.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
Experience with diplomatic, federal, defense, institutional, data, communications, mission-critical, or high-security facilities.
International experience with challenging utility conditions, voltage/frequency differences, unreliable service, and local equipment availability.
LEED AP, RCDD, CEM, commissioning credential, or another relevant certification.
Experience coordinating U.S. Government standards with host-country laws, codes, authorities, and construction practices.

Responsibilities

Lead assessments and studies of normal and emergency power, electrical distribution, lighting, grounding, lightning protection, controls, and related electrical systems.
Evaluate electrical capacity, condition, reliability, redundancy, power quality, code compliance, maintainability, and remaining service life.
Develop repair, replacement, resiliency, modernization, energy-efficiency, and life-cycle improvement recommendations.
Support mission-critical power systems, including generators, uninterruptible power supplies, renewable energy, microgrid concepts, and energy-management initiatives.
Coordinate electrical requirements with architectural, mechanical, structural, fire-protection, communications, information-management, physical-security, and technical-security systems.
Support facility-condition assessments, maintenance planning, feasibility studies, and capital-improvement programs.
Prepare and review electrical calculations, one-line diagrams, studies, drawings, specifications, technical reports, cost inputs, schedules, and scopes of work.
Participate in multidisciplinary Integrated Design Reviews and independent technical reviews throughout the design process.
Support constructability reviews, value engineering, construction administration, testing, commissioning, system turnover, and operational readiness.
Provide quality-control reviews, mentor engineering staff, and support proposals, interviews, and client presentations as needed.