Senior Electrical Engineer (Bengaluru) - Mission Critical - GFS

Burns & McDonnell India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Burns & McDonnell India is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join their Global Facilities Group in Bengaluru. This role involves leading electrical engineering and design for projects in data centers, food & beverages, and commercial sectors, primarily in the USA.

The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. Key responsibilities include designing electrical systems, advising clients, and ensuring compliance with standards.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in design, installation, and maintenance of electrical distribution systems.
• Demonstrated abilities as a project discipline lead.
• Experience in data centers, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, or institutional facilities.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical systems to meet client requirements for reliability.
• Advise clients on electrical systems and compliance.
• Conduct fault studies and load flow analysis.

Skills

Knowledge of all applicable standards and codes

Experience with 2D engineering tools such as AutoCAD 2D

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from a recognized institute

Tools

AutoCAD 2D

Navisworks

REVIT

Job description

Description

Burns & McDonnell India Global Facility Services (GFS) Division has exciting opportunities for Senior Electrical Engineers to grow careers in a fast paced, innovative environment for high‑tech building design and construction. The GFS Division focuses on Food & Beverages, Consumer Goods Facilities, Life Science & Technology Facilities, Data Centers and Commercial Facilities, providing a wide range of design and project execution experiences.

Job Overview

Burns & McDonnell India is looking for an experienced candidate to join our Global Facilities Group in the Bangalore office to lead and support electrical engineering and design activities involved on Data Center, Food & Beverages, Industrial & Commercial projects mainly in the USA. This position requires an electrical engineer capable of successfully solving challenging problems that require adaptation and modification of standard techniques, procedures and criteria. The successful candidate will lead design, planning and client coordination activities associated with high, medium and low voltage electrical distribution and control systems.

Responsibilities

• Designs electrical systems/equipment to provide a useful and safe environment for the electrical industry in accordance with the clients’ requirements for reliability and uptime.
• Advises clients regarding electrical systems/requirements available to meet their needs and comply with all applicable codes.
• Monitors installation of designed equipment/systems to ensure compliance with design documents.
• Conducts fault studies and load flow analysis; develops design criteria for protective device coordination, relay applications, medium voltage transformers, switchgear, medium and low voltage distribution.
• Prepares detail design calculations report and reviews detail drawings and layouts.
• Responsible for sizing electrical equipment, cable sizing, cable tray sizing and layouts.
• Develops and/or leads the design of electrical master plans for facilities, including reliable power distribution, motor control centers, energy‑efficient lighting systems, communications and telecom routing, instrumentation and controls for HVAC systems, fire‑alarm interface, building‑level uninterrupted power systems (UPS) and engine generators.
• Reviews electrical designs and specifications of equipment or systems being purchased or fabricated.
• Provides electrical design direction and resource management on multi‑discipline projects.
• Develops concept studies, designs, and narratives.
• Participates in the identification, recruiting, and management of resources to meet the needs of the business.
• Travels to offices within India and international offices as needed.
• Works flexibly in a supporting role and collaborates closely with project lead engineer to execute all assigned duties.
• Manages the assigned scope within agreed schedule, budget and complies with agreed project quality norms.
• Is a committed team player capable of working on own initiative.

Qualifications

• Certifications / Skills:
  • Knowledge of all applicable standards and codes.
  • Experience with 2D engineering tools such as AutoCAD 2D.
  • Experience with 3D engineering tools such as Navisworks, AutoCAD Plant 3D, REVIT (additional advantage).
  • Experience with lighting design software such as AGI‑32, Dialux, or Visual.
  • Microsoft Office tools – MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote.
  • Knowledge of power system design tools ETAP or SKM (additional advantage).
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Minimum Education:
  • Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from a recognized institute.
• Minimum Experience:
  • 8 years of experience in design, installation, and maintenance of electrical distribution systems.
  • Demonstrated abilities as a project discipline lead.
  • Experience in data centers, food & beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing, or institutional facilities (added advantage).
  • Knowledge of critical facility design and infrastructure.