Senior Electrical Designer

Title: Electrical Designer

Location: Toronto, ON

Type: Full Time permanent

Salary: TBD

Benefits: Full Benefits

About

Since 1956, my client has provided essential engineering services for many of the great public and private building projects of our time, ranging from high-rise office towers and corporate headquarters to universities and libraries, hospitals, airport terminals, courthouses and correctional facilities - Specialties: HVAC Design, Electrical Design, Plumbing & Fire Protection Design, Commissioning, Telecommunication Design, Energy Auditing, Retro Commissioning, Energy Modeling, CFD Modeling, LEED Consulting, and Fire Alarm Design

Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer with a proven interest in building design and sound knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals for an immediate full-time position. The incumbent will work under the supervision of senior leaders and with design team members, clients, and others on various projects.

The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, with contract management experience; have experience managing project scope, document preparation and understand specifications.

Main responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Design power, lighting, fire alarm, and telecommunications plans including all associated circuitry, details, one-line diagrams, and specifications.
• Perform system design calculations, load calculations, lighting, and any other calculations required to support electrical design.
• Participate in field engineering assignments;
• Develop data analytics tools for engineering projects;
• Review of vendor drawings to ensure conformity with engineering designs equipment sizing;
• Coordination with other engineering disciplines to ensure the accuracy of design, and the timely flow of information throughout the project;
• Develop and recommend improvements in design standards and improve work quality
• Report writing and specification preparation.
• Coordinate work with engineers of other disciplines and architects.
• Attend meetings and communicate with clients to establish their needs and discuss design issues with them.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited 4-year institution;
• Understanding of the construction industry specific to electrical building systems
• Minimum of 8 years professional experience
• P.Eng desirable
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate thoughts and technical ideas in an accessible way, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong computer skills including understanding of data analytics;
• Experience with 2D and 3D design tools (AutoCAD/Revit) would be considered an asset;
• Bilingual (French/English) would be considered an asset;
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook);
• Strong Analytical and quantitative skills, and a demonstrated capability for analysis,
• problem solving and strategic thinking;
• Strong initiative—the willingness and ability to succeed in a collaborative, team-based environment;
• Ability to manage time appropriately and multi-task with multiple projects in order to meet deadlines;

If you have the skills and experience that we are looking for to be successful in this role, please submit your resume to Masood Noor by email at masood@winterstaffing.com