Associate Electrical Engineer - San Diego

KLM Careers; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in San Diego is seeking an Associate Electrical Engineer with over 8 years of design experience in building services. The role involves close collaboration with clients and team members, managing project engineers, and ensuring high-quality designs that meet client needs. A Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification and LEED AP accreditation are preferred. Competitive salary and a hybrid work model are offered, requiring at least two days in the office weekly.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical engineering design in the building services and construction industry.
• Experience in Higher Education, Museums, Commercial, Transportation Hubs, and/or Stadiums.
• Strong technical knowledge of electrical systems and ability to provide solutions.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with clients and design team members.
• Produce detailed design drawings and specifications.
• Manage project discipline engineers and technicians.
• Monitor financial performance of jobs.
• Mentor junior Electrical Engineers.

Skills

Electrical engineering design

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification

LEED AP accreditation

Tools

Revit

Computational analysis tools

Job description

About the job Associate Electrical Engineer - San Diego

San Diego - Hybrid - At least 2 days in officea week.

This role could be based in client's Los Angeles, SanDiego, San Francisco, or Seattle Office. Also, the candidatemust have done electrical engineering work in the state of CA.

Job Summary

As an Associate Electrical Engineer, you will have theopportunity to apply your technical knowledge of buildingservices systems across a portfolio of ground-breaking projectsin the US and globally. Strong communication skills and teamworkare essential to life and in turn, we can offer you unrivalledcareer, project, and development opportunities.

What would you be doing?

• As a key part of the team, your responsibilities will bevaried, but likely to include:
• Work closely with clients, architects and other companyEngineers and/or design team members as part of a dedicatedand skilled team
• Produce coordinated detailed design drawings, electronicmodels, specifications, written reports, site observationreports, schedules etc. on a variety of projects within theelectrical discipline, as well as the coordination withutility companies and obtaining the necessary electricalpermit approvals from Plan Check
• Organize technical and financial proposals for new work
• Manage workload of Project Discipline Engineers andTechnicians (including verification of quality).
• Take responsibility for concept and preliminaryengineering solutions for detail design
• Prepare Technical Specifications
• Monitor financial performance of jobs
• Keep senior staff informed of important and relevantservice/design decisions and the objectives of the client areachieved
• Mentor junior Electrical Engineers
• Continually ensure practices, policies, strategy andservices represent the clients best interests and thatcompany policy is in keeping with current legislation and therelevant building codes for the relevant state etc
• Plan, organize and manage personal workload in order tomeet deadlines in line with client commitments
• Proactively raise concerns regarding workload andability to meet deadlines
• Maintain an overview of the project teams workload andcommitments in order to successfully meet deadlines andbalance resource utilization
• Actively contribute towards delivering profitableprojects in the context of project finances
• Monitor financial performance of jobs, with the settingup and managing of job/project administrative systems,including planning and monitoring job resourcing/expenditure(adjusting these as necessary).

What are we looking for?

• 8+ years experience of electrical engineering design inthe building services and construction industry
• Experience working on projects in the following sectorsis preferred: Higher Education, Museums, Commercial,Transportation Hubs and/or Stadiums
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) desirable
• LEED AP accredited preferred
• Experience using Revit
• Familiarity using computational analysis tools such aselectrical fault analysis and lighting design software
• Ability to accept a high degree of responsibility in ateam-based organization, combined with ability to workindependently
• Excellent technical knowledge of electrical systems;ability to investigate, identify and provide solutions totechnical problems
• Excellent client-facing and communication skills (verbaland written), with experience presenting (you will often berequired to present solutions directly to 'c-suite' levelstakeholders)
• Experience in the preparation of technical reports fordelivery direct to a client audience
• Ability to problem solve and propose multiple solutionsto Clients and objectively summarize the benefits andshortfalls of each

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (HiringCompanies ATS Questions):

1. Do you have 8+ years experience ofelectrical engineering design in the building services andconstruction industry i.e. commercial, museums, higher educationbuildings, airports (larger scale projects, residential wouldntbe relevant)
2. Do you have competency in using design software such asRevit and familiarity with computational analysis tools forelectrical fault analysis and lighting design.
3. Do you have capability to lead projects and mentorjunior engineers within the team, fostering their growth anddevelopment.
4. Do you have Professional Engineer (P.E.) Certification:Possession of a Professional Engineer (P.E.) certification toenhance credibility and expertise in the field. - preferred
5. Do you have LEED AP Accreditation: Accreditation as aLeadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) AccreditedProfessional demonstrates expertise in sustainable designpractices. - preferred
6. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.