Senior Electrical Engineer

IPS-Integrated Project Services - Franklin, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - Franklin, NJ

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

At IPS, you'll apply your knowledge, skills, and passion to make a difference in the lives of people, solving complex challenges related to pharmaceutical, biotech, and animal health research and manufacturing facilities. We're looking for an experienced, creative Senior Electrical Engineer, recognized for technical expertise, to work independently on various design projects concurrently. Responsibility will include oversight of the entire design process or assisting as a technical expert on a specialized design. This is a hybrid position based out of our Blue Bell, PA, Somerset, NJ, or Cherry Hill, NJ offices. As an experienced electrical engineer, you'll assess the requirements of a project, break it into tasks, and work with a Project Manager to determine the scope of work, budget, and staffing. After assigning work to the project team, you'll regularly review their progress and alert the PM to any changes in scope. Maintaining quality in accordance with company production and design standards is critical. You will research design options and write electrical design scopes of work based on preliminary reviews and meetings with clients. You'll also prepare engineering studies and schematic designs for new systems and analyze the operation of existing systems. Some drawings you'll create yourself, and other sketches will be incorporated into drawings by drafters. You may create specialized drawings such as electrical riser diagrams. Knowledge of local codes and industry-standard equipment and the ability to specify it for proper applications is important. You'll also do estimating, review contractor applications for payments, review construction budgets, and coordinate document completion. As a leader on the electrical design team, you'll share knowledge with and mentor junior staff who will be excited to learn from you! You will regularly interact with clients, listening to their needs, and positively demonstrating the IPS focus on client experience. You'll build strong relationships with internal design teams and external clients as you work to provide solutions, all while building life-impacting facilities. Come join a caring, nimble team that delivers world class designs for our pharmaceutical clients and take your career to new heights!

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire design process or assist as a technical expert on specialized designs.
• Assess project requirements and break them into tasks.
• Work with Project Manager to determine scope of work, budget, and staffing.
• Assign work to project team and regularly review their progress.
• Maintain quality in accordance with company production and design standards.
• Research design options and write electrical design scopes of work based on client meetings.
• Prepare engineering studies and schematic designs for new systems.
• Analyze the operation of existing systems and create necessary drawings.
• Create specialized drawings such as electrical riser diagrams.
• Perform estimating and review contractor applications for payments.
• Review construction budgets and coordinate document completion.
• Mentor junior staff and share knowledge with the electrical design team.
• Interact with clients to understand their needs and enhance client experience.

Requirements

• 8+ years of previous design experience.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Experience in computer operation for engineering design programs and computer-aided drafting (AutoCAD, Revit, etc.).
• Experience with design of building electrical systems, such as building service, power distribution, generators, lighting, fire alarm, security, and other low voltage systems.
• General knowledge of the principles of electrical systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Nutraceutical, or Life Science industry experience.