Senior Electrical Project Engineer

EwingCole•Irvine, CA

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

EwingCole is a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, interior design, and planning firm with offices across the country. Its multidisciplinary practice is built on professional excellence, design quality, and collaboration. The firm is seeking a Senior Electrical Project Engineer for its Irvine office. The Senior Electrical Project Engineer uses extensive experience designing complex buildings to lead all phases of project design and construction. The role oversees the design and documentation of electrical, lighting, and low-voltage systems; coordinates across disciplines; manages responsibilities across multiple complex projects; and ensures adherence to design intent, codes, and quality standards. In coordination with the Discipline Director, the engineer identifies potential risks and liability concerns and contributes to project planning, including estimating hours for tasks and overall project scope. The position also mentors and provides technical guidance to junior staff and project engineers. The role provides leadership in documentation, building technology, project delivery, code compliance, quality assurance, sustainability, material research, construction administration, engineering calculations, cost control, design narratives, and specifications. It also demonstrates advanced skills in software analysis, design generation, planning, and project profitability, including managing discipline staff assignments, budgets, workload, fees, resources, and delivery schedules across multiple projects.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering, or Bachelor of Architectural Engineering.
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in at least one state, with suitable credentials for registration in other states.
Proficient in Bluebeam and Microsoft Suite.
Excels in the guidelines of preceding roles, including Electrical Project Engineer.

Responsibilities

Lead design and construction phases for complex building projects.
Oversee design and documentation of electrical, lighting, and low-voltage systems, coordinating across disciplines and multiple projects.
Ensure project work adheres to design intent, applicable codes, quality standards, project schedules, and budgets.
Identify potential project risks and liability concerns in coordination with the Discipline Director.
Contribute to project planning, including estimating hours for tasks and overall project scope.
Guide modeling and drawing documentation and review key project decisions with discipline leadership.
Apply knowledge of construction methods to building design and progress projects from schematic design through construction documentation.
Promote project quality, improve company standards, and participate in QA/QC reviews.
Develop designs that address energy and environmental impacts and meet sustainability goals.
Select equipment and identify appropriate applications based on system performance and project requirements.
Manage construction-phase coordination with the builder to maintain design intent and contractual requirements.
Determine and apply calculations and analysis models to evaluate engineering conditions and guide design decisions.
Analyze construction cost estimates for alignment with design intent and approved budgets, and develop cost-control alternatives.
Communicate engineering design intent, technical decisions, and system impacts to clients, consultants, and project teams.
Write specifications defining material qualitative requirements and performance standards.
Use software analysis to ensure accuracy and initiate distinctive design solutions that account for the full project.
Develop spatial configuration options through analysis of adjacencies, phasing, and expansion.
Manage project fees, resources, delivery schedules, discipline staff assignments, budgets, and workload across multiple projects to support project profitability.
Mentor junior staff and project engineers and provide technical guidance.