Lead Electrical Engineer

$104,500 - $155,210/Yr

WSP Global - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Lead Electrical Engineer to work out of Washington, DC; Denver, CO; San Diego, CA; Tacoma, WA; or Virginia Beach, VA office. This role involves being actively engaged in projects with our Federal Programs Team, contributing to a growing organization that meets client objectives and solves their challenges. The Lead Electrical Engineer will be involved from project inception to completion, including the design plans, specifications, and construction observation of electrical engineering projects while coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams. The position requires the development of plans, specifications, and cost estimates, as well as preparing phasing plans and updating plans that necessitate coordination with Owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and Clients, particularly focusing on Federal Design requirements. The Lead Electrical Engineer will coordinate, review, and approve electrical design plans for mid-level and complex projects, ensuring data integrity and compliance with all applicable codes, ordinances, regulations, and standards. This role also includes oversight of collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from various sources such as physical work sites, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, and equipment specifications for procurement package development and pricing. The engineer will perform professional electrical engineering work and conduct comprehensive investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, facilities, and power plants to ensure conformance with applicable rules and standards. In addition, the Lead Electrical Engineer will apply high-level electrical engineering techniques to identify improvements across various project phases, including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation. The role requires leading larger-scale electrical engineering projects, ensuring contributors are aware of their responsibilities and deadlines, preparing and overseeing project budgets, and supervising subcontractors and employees. The engineer will also assist with engineering reviews of permit applications and design plans to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. Collaboration with professionals from various disciplines is essential, as the engineer will work on federally funded improvement and development projects, as well as business development opportunities. The position also involves ensuring that technical reports and presentations effectively communicate research findings and recommendations. The Lead Electrical Engineer will oversee the development and implementation of future-ready technologies and remain current in the latest electrical engineering techniques and practices. Mentoring staff to support their growth and professional development is also a key responsibility, along with exercising ethical decision-making regarding company resources and adhering to WSP's Code of Conduct.

Responsibilities

• Involved from project inception to completion of design plans and specifications and construction observation of electrical engineering projects coordinating with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Develop plans, specifications, and cost estimates; preparing phasing plans and updating plans that require coordination with Owners, other disciplines, sub-consultants, and Clients with a focus on Federal Design requirements.
• Coordinate, review and approve electrical design plans for mid-level and complex projects, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, regulations, and standards.
• Provide oversight with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data from the physical work site, surveys, blueprints, GIS data, substation components, equipment specifications for procurement package development and pricing, detailed design and review processes, and IEEE, NESC, ANSI, DOD, and NERC standards and regulations for design work.
• Perform professional electrical engineering work and conduct more complex/comprehensive investigations and inspections of proposed and existing site conditions, resources, facilities, substation layout and bus arrangement, grounding grid design and lightning protection, and power plants to determine conformance with applicable rules, standards, and construction or operating permits.
• Apply high-level electrical engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various project phases involving more complex engineering work including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation.
• Lead larger-scale electrical engineering projects ensuring contributors know what they are required to do and by when, preparing and overseeing relevant project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, ensuring satisfactory performance, and supervising subcontractors, contract work, and employees.
• Assist with engineering review of permit applications, engineering design plans and specifications, standby plans and engineering contracts, and periodic construction inspections, to ensure that they comply with applicable state and/or federal regulations and sound engineering practice and standards.
• Collaborate with professionals from a variety of disciplines, other engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities on Federal, State, regional, and locally funded improvement and development projects, as well as proposal and business development opportunities.
• Ensure technical reports and presentations explain research, findings, and recommendations to prevent, control, restore, or address electrical, design, and/or construction issues or opportunities.
• Meet with various public, private or government entities or individuals to discuss issues relating to a variety of electrical/engineering/construction challenges and programs.
• Oversee the development and implementation of future-ready technologies, monitoring devices, building materials, cabling, conduit and trenching design strategies, electrical design requirements, and operating strategies to account for the safety and functionality of end-users, systems, and infrastructure.
• Remain current in latest electrical engineering techniques and practices.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology.
• 7-10 years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for federal projects in power, lighting, distribution to include building design and site distribution.
• Engineer license required.
• Highly proficient with infrastructure and building design within the US and within foreign countries.
• Strong knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Highly proficient with making technical computations and calculations involving the application of engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations along with applying engineering principles, practices, process, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues for Design-Build and Design-Bid-Build projects.
• Experience with planning and conducting inspections and investigations on various aspects of the construction and design of facilities or structures, applying applicable regulations and policies.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to apply technical knowledge to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, computations, statistical analysis and arriving at the most effective, economical, and logical solution.
• Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing intricate ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with clients, regulators, project managers, and employees at all levels of the organization.
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• Works independently to provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC.
• Proficiency with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Additional certifications such as LEED AP and PMP are preferred, but not required.
• Ability to obtain a US Government Security Clearance.

Benefits

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Paid sick leave.
• Paid vacation (or other personal time).
• Paid parental leave.
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.