Assistant Vice President, Electrical Engineer - Buildings

WSP in the U.S.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 138,100 - 205,040; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Retirement savings

Paid vacation

Job summary

WSP in the U.S. is seeking an Assistant Vice President, Electrical Engineer in Seattle, WA. This role involves leading electrical design plans, managing project teams, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. A minimum of 10 years of experience and a Professional Engineering license are required.

Join us to influence high-profile projects in healthcare and industrial sectors, while benefitting from comprehensive health and financial benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience as an electrical engineer.
• Professional Engineering license required.
• Extensive electrical design knowledge in healthcare sector.
• Experience in electrical planning, design, and construction management.
• Proficient in electrical engineering principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and approve electrical design plans.
• Oversee teams executing project work.
• Prepare technical reports and presentations.
• Manage client relationships and provide technical input.

Skills

Electrical design knowledge

Project management

Client relationship management

Technical computing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree in Engineering

Job description

Assistant Vice President, Electrical Engineer (Seattle, WA)

WSP is currently initiating a search for an Assistant Vice President, Electrical Engineer for our Seattle, WA office location.

This role will actively participate in the full project cycle with a focus on complex sector work such as healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, labs, and industrial manufacturing projects from the design phase through the final construction close-out. Our engineers work on high quality, high-profile, national and international projects with our practice providing design services for over 30 million square feet of medical facilities.

We are a global leader in the practice of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection engineering and related specialty services for the built environment.

Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

• Coordinate, review and approve electrical design plans, ensuring data integrity and work is compliant with all applicable codes, ordinances, and regulations.
• Apply high-level electrical engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various project phases including concept development, preliminary design, final design, procurement, construction, and operation.
• Plan and incorporate future-ready techniques, concept development, operating strategies, and various design requirements that account for the safety and functionality of end-users, systems, and infrastructure.
• Involved from project inception to completion in the management of design and construction of electrical systems.
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of engineers to execute project work on mid-level and/or multiple concurrent projects, including budgets, tracking hours and expenses, task completion, technical calculations, construction, compliance documentation, and regulatory and technical analysis memos.
• Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, sketches, calculations, cross-sections, and other illustrations for the interpretation or presentation of more complex data, findings, or analyses.
• Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations that explain research, findings, concepts, and recommendations to address design, and/or construction issues or opportunities.
• Manage client relationship and provide key technical input on pursuit efforts.
• Develop relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• 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.

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering or Architectural Engineering
• 10+ years of relevant post education experience as an electrical engineer.
• Professional Engineering license required.
• Extensive knowledge of electrical design, particularly in the healthcare industry.
• Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.
• Well-developed ability to make technical computations and calculations involving the application of electrical engineering principles, understanding plans and specifications, and making factual comparisons to the appropriate regulations.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Experience with electrical planning, design, and construction management; including active involvement in a variety of renovation, new design, and construction projects.
• Known in the local community with an extensive network.
• Proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues.
• Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing others to consistently complete tasks safely and efficiently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering.
• LEED AP Certification.
• Previous Healthcare or Laboratory design experience.
• At least 5+ years minimum of Project Management experience.
• 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) preferred.
• Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $138,100 $205,040

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.