Senior Electrical Engineer (Healthcare)

Barton Associates Inc • York, PA

9h

About The Position

The Senior Electrical Engineer leads electrical design for complex healthcare projects, including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, outpatient facilities, and renovations in occupied clinical environments. Based in the York office, this hands-on technical role carries projects from concept through construction. The engineer develops designs, performs power system studies, prepares reports and construction documents, and serves as engineer of record. The role also leads electrical designers, providing training and mentoring. The work supports safe patient care, reliable facility operations, and healthcare organizations’ capacity to grow.

The position includes managing project scope, schedule, and discipline budget; coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, owners, facilities personnel, equipment planners, and contractors; and supporting construction through field surveys, RFI responses, submittal reviews, site observations, and coordination with testing and commissioning teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, architectural engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license.
• At least 8 years of building MEP consulting engineering experience producing sealed construction document sets within an engineering consultancy or design-build engineering group; experience must include engineering design responsibility.
• Working fluency in Revit and AutoCAD.
• Demonstrable capability in at least one of ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or EasyPower, including personally developing models, performing calculations, interpreting results, and writing technical reports.
• Direct design experience with hospitals, ambulatory care, outpatient facilities, and other patient care settings.

Nice To Haves

• Depth of experience with healthcare facility essential electrical systems, healthcare facility assessments, and renovations in occupied facilities strengthens an application.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of healthcare power distribution, lighting, life safety, essential electrical systems, emergency and standby power, and low-voltage systems.
• Prepare design narratives, healthcare facility assessments, and system recommendation reports; evaluate existing infrastructure, capacity, reliability, maintainability, and renovation or replacement options.
• Build power system models and perform short-circuit, protective-device coordination, and arc-flash studies; document assumptions and recommendations and incorporate study results into designs.
• Produce drawings and technical specifications personally or through direct oversight of designers, including power and lighting plans, systems plans, panel schedules, one-line diagrams, risers, and specifications.
• Serve as engineer of record, seal drawings, and verify the design basis, applicable codes, calculations, and coordination before issuing documents.
• Apply electrical, healthcare facility, life-safety, energy, and applicable state and local requirements; coordinate code interpretations as needed.
• Coordinate phasing, temporary power, and planned shutdowns for occupied facilities; identify affected critical loads and develop cutover provisions that support clinical operations.
• Coordinate with architects, mechanical and plumbing engineers, healthcare owners, facilities personnel, equipment planners, and contractors on medical equipment power, system interfaces, space, and service access.
• Survey existing conditions; respond to RFIs, review submittals, participate in site observations, and coordinate with testing and commissioning teams.
• Mentor engineers and designers, review their work, and share lessons learned; serve as a resource on healthcare electrical and power systems.
• Manage project scope, schedule, and discipline budget, and communicate risks promptly.

Benefits

• Employee ownership through an ESOP, offering the opportunity to build long-term wealth through the firm’s success.
• Comprehensive and competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Competitive 401(k) matching and profit-sharing opportunities.
• A professional yet flexible environment that respects employees’ time.

What This Job Offers

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