Electrical Designer

Stantec; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

10 paid holidays per year

Vacation 10–20 days per year

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Stantec in Houston is seeking an experienced Electrical Designer to join our Buildings team, designing electrical systems for mission-critical facilities, labs, manufacturing, and corporate developments. You will handle low- and high-voltage power, distribution, energy storage, lighting, and fire alarm design across diverse projects.

Collaborate with architects and engineers, produce coordinated construction documents, perform load studies, size equipment, and mentor junior staff while upholding

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of applicable electrical codes, standards, and emerging technologies
• Proficiency with electrical engineering design and documentation software
• Broad understanding of electrical engineering principles, with working familiarity across other engineering disciplines and architecture
• Advanced analytical and calculation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities

Responsibilities

• Develop electrical designs that meet project objectives, codes, and engineering standards
• Ensure accurate, complete, and well-coordinated construction documentation
• Plan and manage project workloads to align with established schedules and budgets
• Perform and/or oversee electrical load studies, system analysis, and calculations
• Size and specify equipment and develop system applications
• Coordinate design solutions with architectural teams and other engineering disciplines
• Maintain organized project files, calculations, and technical documentation
• Uphold quality assurance standards throughout all phases of design
• Conduct or supervise on-site condition assessments and field investigations
• Evaluate staffing needs and support effective resource planning
• Monitor scope compliance and document deviations as they arise
• Prepare technical memoranda, reports, and design narratives
• Participate in client meetings and technical discussions
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and project team members

Skills

Electrical design proficiency

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelors in Engineering

Tools

Electrical design software

Documentation tools

Job description

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Electrical Designer to join our team and play a key role in the design of sophisticated electrical systems across a diverse portfolio of architectural and engineering projects. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to complex, high-impact environments while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

You will design and deliver electrical systems spanning low- and high-voltage power, power distribution and generation, energy storage, lighting, and fire alarm systems for a broad range of project types, including:

• Mission Critical Facilities
• Laboratories and Research Environments
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Central Utility Plants and Campus Distribution Systems
• Corporate and Commercial Developments

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop electrical designs that meet project objectives, codes, and engineering standards
• Ensure accurate, complete, and well-coordinated construction documentation
• Plan and manage project workloads to align with established schedules and budgets
• Perform and/or oversee electrical load studies, system analysis, and calculations
• Size and specify equipment and develop system applications
• Coordinate design solutions with architectural teams and other engineering disciplines
• Maintain organized project files, calculations, and technical documentation
• Uphold quality assurance standards throughout all phases of design
• Conduct or supervise on-site condition assessments and field investigations
• Evaluate staffing needs and support effective resource planning
• Monitor scope compliance and document deviations as they arise
• Prepare technical memoranda, reports, and design narratives
• Participate in client meetings and technical discussions
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and project team members

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong working knowledge of applicable electrical codes, standards, and emerging technologies
• Proficiency with electrical engineering design and documentation software
• Broad understanding of electrical engineering principles, with working familiarity across other engineering disciplines and architecture
• Advanced analytical and calculation skills
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant electrical engineering experience

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

About the Team

Pay Transparency:In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible.Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

• Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave.
• Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year.
• In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
• Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
• The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Job Info

• Job Identification 1007095
• Posting Date 08/05/2026, 09:47 PM
• Locations 1100 Louisiana Street Suite One, Houston, TX, 77002, US (Hybrid)