Electrical Project Engineer

HNTB Corporation; Missouri; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a Project Engineer to join their Electrical Section in Kansas City. This role offers the chance to design electrical systems for various infrastructure projects. Qualified candidates should have a degree in Engineering, related experience, and strong project management skills. This full-time position also involves collaboration across disciplines to ensure project success and quality adherence.

Qualifications

• 6 years of experience with a Bachelor's, 5 years with a Master's, or 4 years with a PhD in Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification preferred.
• Experience with Roadway and Highway Lighting projects.

Responsibilities

• Plan and distribute work, ensuring adherence to schedules.
• Assist with proposal generation and marketing.
• Oversee accuracy of project team’s work.

Skills

Electrical Engineering design for Civil Transportation projects

Project management

Low voltage power distribution systems

Coordination across technical disciplines

Quality control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Engineering

PhD in Engineering

Tools

AGI32 Lighting Software

Job description

Overview

What We're Looking For: Join our growing team. We seek a project engineer to join our Electrical Section in Kansas City. This role provides opportunities to design electrical systems for clients on highway, municipal, bridge, transit, and airport projects.

At HNTB, you can create a meaningful career while building communities that matter. For more than a century, we have delivered solutions for large, complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails producing and modifying design calculations, technical reports, engineering plans and specifications for assigned projects. This role consults with the project manager to perform research, development, calculations, design, and delivery. It applies engineering techniques, procedures, and design criteria for projects ranging in size and complexity. It leverages technical knowledge to address design-related issues, working closely with the project manager, clients, and completing tasks to meet the project schedule. It develops conceptual and detailed designs and calculations to support project completion using current drawing and technical tools, programs, and software. It may mentor, train, and review the work of junior staff and provide constructive feedback. As a member of the team, you will contribute to the successful delivery of a diverse range of projects for HNTB’s clients.

What You'll Do

• Responsible for the planning and distribution of discipline-specific work, and adherence to the schedule and budget on projects.
• Assist in marketing responsibilities, including proposal generation.
• Assist with the development of scope of work and level of effort for projects and/or assignments within discipline.
• Oversee completeness and accuracy of project team’s work within the technical discipline. Guide and mentor the team to overall project objectives.
• Coordinate technical aspects of project with client counterpart and teaming partners at staff level for work within the discipline.
• Work closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience, or
• Master’s degree in Engineering and 5 years of relevant experience, or
• PhD in Engineering and 4 years of relevant experience

What You'll Bring

• Understands the impacts of decisions on technical design and work planning.
• Coordinates work planning and design effectively across multiple technical disciplines.
• Prepares high-quality deliverables that are on time and within budget and scope.
• Electrical Engineering design for Civil Transportation projects.
• Designs low voltage power distribution systems, street lighting, traffic signals, area lighting, pedestrian lighting, aesthetic lighting and other electrical systems.
• Designs power distribution and control systems for Movable Bridges.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Prepares electrical engineering designs responsive to project needs.
• Helps schedule and perform quality control duties of project team members.
• Coordinates with contractor, construction engineers, other consulting engineers, and utility personnel.
• Conducts reviews and makes recommendations for approval of potential construction change orders, shop drawings and change orders.
• Cost control on projects and quality control within discipline.
• Ensures completeness and accuracy of design team work.
• Master’s degree in Engineering
• 8 years of relevant experience
• Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Experience with Roadway and Highway Lighting
• Experience with AGI32 Lighting Software
• Experience with completing plans and specifications and estimating construction packages for municipal and DOT clients.

Additional Information

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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Locations: Kansas City, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Overland Park, KS (Sprint Parkway); St. Louis, MO

NOTICE TO THIRD-PARTY AGENCIES: HNTB does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or agencies. Staffing/employment agencies submitting unsolicited resumes do so with the understanding that the applicant's resume will become the property of HNTB. HNTB will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion and without any fee owed to the submitting agency. Agencies with fee agreements with HNTB must submit applicants to the designated HNTB recruiter to be eligible for placement fees.

Job Type: Regular

Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Category: Engineering Group

ReqID: R-27189