Associate Electrical Engineer - Washington

KLM Careers; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous benefits package

Annual discretionary bonus

Generous PTO (4 weeks + 10 paid holidays)

401k with company match

Reimbursement for professional licenses

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking an Associate Electrical Engineer to contribute to innovative projects in Washington D.C. This role requires over 8 years of experience and involves working with clients and teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions. The position offers a hybrid working environment and extensive growth opportunities across various sectors. You will be instrumental in managing project designs and ensuring client objectives are met while also collaborating closely with multidisciplinary experts.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in electrical engineering design in the building services and construction industry.
• Experience working on projects in sectors such as Higher Education, Museums, and Stadiums.
• Professional Engineer (P.E.) desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with clients and design teams on various projects.
• Produce detailed design drawings and specifications.
• Monitor financial performance of projects.

Skills

Electrical engineering design

Communication skills

Teamwork

Project management

Technical problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Revit

Computational analysis software

Job description

Associate Electrical Engineer - Washington

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

About the job Associate Electrical Engineer - Washington

AssociateElectrical Engineer - Washington

Washington, DC - Hybrid Must be a US Citizen or Green

Card holder.

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 at the this company and in turn, we canoffer you unrivalled career, project, and developmentopportunities.

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 othercompanies Engineers and/or design team members as part of adedicated and 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 that BuroHappold 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

In return

• Solve some of the most interesting challenges onworld-class projects in collaboration with top architects
• Work within a truly multidisciplinary environment,capitalizing on the companies extensive knowledge base in CFD,building physics, micro-climate analysis, climate changemitigation and energy master planning to inform trulyenvironmentally responsive MEP designs
• Advance your career within a forward-thinking, globalcommunity of engineering professionals
• Have a positive impact on the environment through yourwork locally, nationally, and internationally

What we offer:

• Generous benefits package
• Annual discretionary bonus
• Generous PTO 4 weeks in addition to 10 paid holidays
• 401k with company match
• Reimbursement for certain professional licenses andassociated renewals and exam fees
• Global network of experts
• Learning and development opportunities
• Be a part of our Young Employees Forum, Diversity andInclusion Forum, BH Women's Network, and/or our Black at BH ER

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

1. Do youhave 8+ years experience of electricalengineering design in the building services and constructionindustry

2. Do you have experience working on projects in thefollowing sectors : Higher Education, Museums, Commercial,Transportation Hubs and/or Stadiums

3. Do you have a relevant bachelor or masters degree

4. Do you have experience using Revit

5. Do you have familiarity using computational analysistools such as electrical fault analysis and lighting designsoftware

6. Do you have Professional Engineer (P.E.) desirable

7. Do you have LEED AP accredited. desirable

8. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.