Senior Electrical Engineer - Industrial Market

Gresham Smith•Tampa, FL

10h

About The Position

Gresham Smith is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve industrial and manufacturing clients. The role involves designing electrical systems and equipment for facility and infrastructure projects, serving as Engineer of Record, and providing technical leadership, mentorship, and task assignments to engineers and designers. The engineer will coordinate with clients, contractors, suppliers, consultants, review agencies, and other disciplines through design and construction, and may lead multiple projects or teams. Responsibilities also include business development support, project budgeting and scheduling, change management, construction specifications and early equipment-release packages, construction-phase services, and quality and constructability reviews. The role contributes to training, standards, and improved use of technology in electrical design practices. Proficiency in REVIT, Bluebeam, lighting calculation software, and power-system analysis software is required. The position includes direct client engagement and construction-site visits.

Requirements

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering.
At least 30 years of electrical design experience serving manufacturing and industrial clients.
Professional Engineer (P.E.) license and education experience necessary to obtain licensure in other states by reciprocity.
Experience designing electrical systems for facility and infrastructure projects, including power, lighting, grounding and lightning protection, security and access control, telecommunications and data, building-equipment controls, and fire alarm systems.
In-depth knowledge of the design and application of power distribution equipment, protection, and control systems for large industrial projects.
Comprehensive understanding of the National Electrical Code, energy codes, and standards applicable to large industrial power equipment and systems.
Strong teamwork skills and experience leading multidisciplinary projects and coordinating with team members throughout design.
Exceptional presentation, verbal, and writing skills; the role includes direct client engagement.
Proficiency in REVIT for creating 3D models and using models during construction.
Proficiency with Bluebeam for drawing review, markups, and design-development sketches.
Experience with lighting calculation software such as AGI-32, ElumTools, and/or Visual.
Experience with power-system analysis software for short-circuit, load-flow, motor-starting, protective-device coordination, and arc-flash hazard analyses.
Focus on continuous improvement, skills development, and developing tools and practices to automate design.

Nice To Haves

Experience using ETAP.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel for developing advanced design-calculation spreadsheets and project monitoring and control tools.
Management experience directly supervising staff, including recruiting and hiring, project resource loading, and staff training and development.
Experience delivering instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for complex industrial process projects and developing P&IDs.
Curiosity and comfort leading or contributing to coding and automation.
Design automation skills, including parametric design tools such as Dynamo and Grasshopper.
Software coding experience, especially with Python and/or C#.
Experience working with Revit’s API.
Experience with Power BI for data visualization.

Responsibilities

Support business development by reviewing RFPs, participating in client interviews, networking, developing scopes of services and design approaches for proposals, and estimating project labor hours and fees.
Serve as Engineer of Record and design electrical systems and equipment.
Provide leadership and mentorship and assign tasks to engineers and designers.
Provide technical direction to project teams by applying codes and standards, interpreting client needs, and collaborating to identify and resolve design issues.
Serve as the discipline point of contact for clients, contractors, equipment suppliers, consultants, review agencies, and other disciplines throughout design and construction.
Lead multiple small- to mid-size projects or multiple teams on large, complex projects.
Oversee construction-phase services, including responding to RFIs, reviewing shop drawing submittals, coordinating early equipment purchases with clients and vendors, and visiting construction sites to verify compliance with design deliverables.
Manage project budget compliance, schedule compliance, and change management.
Write electrical construction specifications and develop early-release equipment purchase packages.
Ensure the quality of electrical deliverables and conduct quality and constructability reviews throughout projects.
Assist with developing training, standards, and improvements in the application of technology to electrical design practices.