Electrical Engineer IV - Cultural & Civic

Progressive Companies; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Hybrid work schedule

Wellness program

Job summary

Progressive Companies in the United States seeks an Electrical Engineer IV to be the senior electrical authority on the firm's largest, most complex projects. You will stamp and seal designs, set design standards, and guide projects from feasibility through field inspection.

This is a technical leadership role focused on design excellence, not a management track. You will mentor engineers, influence NEC/IEC standards, and contribute to strategic decisions that shape multiple projects across the

Responsibilities

• Stamp and seal PE-stamped designs for the firm's most complex projects.
• Serve as engineer of record and ensure designs meet client goals and code.
• Review critical drawings, calculations, and specifications for accuracy and compliance.

Job description

As an Electrical Engineer IV, you will be the senior electrical authority on the firm's largest and most complicated projects. You will stamp and seal the work, decide how the systems get designed and detailed, and stay with a project from the first feasibility study through final field inspection. When a project team hits an electrical problem it cannot solve, you are who they call. When a project needs someone in the room with the client or the reviewing agency, you are who goes.

This is a technical leadership seat, not a management track you have to take to keep growing. You will set the standards the discipline works to, mentor the engineers behind you, and weigh in on strategic decisions that reach past your own projects. The work includes first-of-their-kind designs: renewable energy integration, smart grid, advanced control systems. Progressive is employee owned, so the projects you win and deliver build value in a stake that is actually yours.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead electrical design on the firm's most complex projects. Serve as engineer of record on assigned major projects, producing PE-stamped designs and specifications that meet the client's goals, hold to Performance Based Design principles, and comply with code. This includes the least precedented work the firm takes on, from renewable energy integration and smart grid design to advanced control systems.
• Act as the firm's technical authority on electrical code and standards. Be the person the discipline defers to on NEC, IEC, and international standards, and represent the firm in discussions with building officials and government agencies. Track where the codes are heading, bring that back into how the discipline designs, and contribute to code development where the opportunity is there.
• Own the quality review of complex electrical documentation. Review critical drawings, calculations, and specifications for accuracy and compliance before anything leaves the office, with no unresolved deviations reaching the client. Give feedback that improves the design, not just feedback that clears the checklist.
• Set the discipline's documentation standards in Revit and AutoCAD. Establish and maintain the standards and procedures the electrical team draws to, so a set of documents looks and reads the same regardless of which office or project team produced it.
• Be the client's primary technical contact on assigned projects. Work with clients through the full project lifecycle, get to the real objectives behind the stated scope, and translate design strategy into terms a client, a facilities director, and a contractor each understand. Deliver the reports and presentations that carry those decisions.
• Make the hard technical calls that protect the schedule and the firm. Lead cross-disciplinary teams through complex scope, coordination, and sequencing problems. Work with Project Managers and Team Leaders on project plans for large-scale initiatives, and surface risk early enough that there is still room to fix it. Lead field inspections on major projects so what gets built matches the design intent.
• Build the depth of the electrical team behind you. Mentor engineers and designers across the company, lead Lessons Learned sessions, and serve as technical resource to senior and executive staff on major decisions for current and future work. The standard is a team that can take on harder projects each year because of what you taught them.
• Bring in new work through your professional network. Stay visible in the industry, in professional organizations, and with past clients, and turn those relationships into opportunities the firm can pursue.

People Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes-what we call Performance Based Design. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities.

Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned

We act like owners- because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member.

Culture of Excellence

The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation®, with comprehensive benefits including an award-winning wellness program, hybrid work schedule, summer hours, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration.

Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.