Electrical Design Engineer

Are you looking for a new challenge, professional growth, and work on exciting projects? Our client is seeking an Electrical Design Engineer located in Charlotte, NC. The successful candidate will be empowering the healthcare community to provide excellence in patient care and critical services, through high-quality facility designs and assessments delivered with professional care and expertise.

Our client is a rapidly growing smaller firm that is committed to providing an excellent workplace environment, competitive compensation, flexible work schedule, and benefits. This is an excellent opportunity for you to get your foot in the door and quickly grow continue with your professional development.

Responsibilities

• Produce electrical designs guided by an Electrical PE for each project
• Collaborate with clients, vendors, contractors, architects, and team members
• Review applicable code requirements and prepare concept and schematic assessments
• Evaluate various design approaches to recommend the best course of action
• Review the life cycle costs associated with major design decisions and review the solutions available from each manufacturer
• Review the solutions available from each manufacturer
• Design lighting and lighting controls systems, including performing lighting calculations
• Design power distribution changes and perform associated calculations
• Design fire alarm, rough-in for low voltage, nurse call, lightning protection, grounding, and all other systems associated with the electrical design
• Assemble and prepare specifications
• Attend site surveys, design meetings, and CA site visits
• Review submittals, RFIs, RFCs, and compile record documents including client asset management information
• Manage the engineering production of a small project
• Produce electrical models and calculations as guided by an Electrical PE
• Perform short circuit calculations to evaluate series ratings, current limiting effects, and to evaluate best value options for each reported inadequacy
• Perform coordination time-current curve (TCC) and device setting analysis
• Perform arc flash analysis and recommend changes for dangerous locations
• Electrical field surveying on occasion

• Bachelor's degree in architectural engineering (ABET Accredited)
• One (1) to 5 years of electrical engineering experience, especially valued in healthcare or similarly complex design
• WELL AP, LC, EI, PE, and other applicable credentials are optional yet preferred
• Experience in performing power system and equipment selection studies for electrical contractors, manufacturers, and/or owners
• Facilitate and work in Revit Building Information Modeling (BIM) software
• Commitment to excellence in quality of work and customer service along with an interest in expanding personal engineering abilities
• Detailed orientation through complex challenges situations with  a solutions orientation
• Optimistic, innovative attitude through challenging situations with a willingness to learn
• Experience to perform varying tasks self-sufficiently and performing QC checks
• Attend field investigations with an electrical contractor