Senior Electrical Engineer

State of North Carolina•Wake County, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to manage the design, bidding, and construction of large multi-discipline architectural and engineering projects. This role involves project management to ensure projects are completed within budget, on schedule, and meet quality standards, while also designing electrical engineering building systems and developing cost estimates. The position requires collaboration with various DHHS divisions, state agencies, and stakeholders to identify, prioritize, plan, and schedule projects. The engineer will also visit DHHS campuses to assess existing conditions and discuss project scopes with stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field of engineering from an appropriately accredited institution and four (4) years of progressively responsible experience OR An equivalent combination of education and experience.
Requires registration as a Professional Electrical Engineer by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.
Thorough knowledge and understanding of engineering concepts, practices, and theories used in the engineering specialty area and the ability to use it in practice.
Thorough knowledge of internal organizational structure, business needs/objectives, budget, planning, legal/public relations considerations, and/or other related factors.
Ability to make final approval for complex or a broad variety/scope of program/project specifications for completeness, compatibility, compliance with engineering principles, standards, codes, and design needs.
Ability to research alternatives and designs or analyze special details for nonstandard items of work for programs/projects.
Ability to determine program/project priorities, processes and procedures.

Responsibilities

Work with DHHS Divisions, State agencies, and other stakeholders to identify, prioritize, plan, and schedule projects.
Project Management of the design, bidding, and construction of large multi-discipline architectural and engineering and multi-million-dollar capital improvement building projects to assure that projects are completed within budget, on schedule, meeting quality standards, satisfying customer needs, adhering to State requirements and procedures, and complying with all applicable Federal, State, and Local building code requirements.
Design of electrical engineering building systems.
Develop OC-25 cost estimates (document required to certify a project for funding) for proposed projects.
Visit DHHS statewide campuses to meet with stakeholders to discuss and observe existing conditions of buildings and systems to assist with developing the scope of work for new projects and to attend project status meetings during design, bidding, and construction phases of projects.