Healthcare Electrical Project Engineer: Power, Lighting & Life-Safety

Farnsworth Group, Inc.; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Program

401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 5

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans

Professional Development and Training

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Farnsworth Group is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer - Healthcare to deliver project-level electrical and low-voltage designs for hospitals, ambulatory care, behavioral health, and other complex institutional facilities across the Midwest.

The role emphasizes power, lighting, life-safety, and low-voltage design, coordination with other disciplines, and support of project managers and engineering managers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; EIT required, PE or ability to obtain preferred.
• Typically 8-12+ years of building electrical design experience, including healthcare or other mission-critical/institutional projects.
• Proven experience as a project-level electrical engineer responsible for design production and multi-disciplinary coordination.
• Strong working knowledge of NEC and NFPA/FGI healthcare standards.
• Proficiency with Revit/BIM for electrical systems; experience with SKM, ETAP, or similar tools preferred.
• Experience designing normal and emergency power, lighting, life-safety, and low-voltage systems for healthcare or similarly regulated facilities.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project electrical engineer on healthcare and institutional projects, handling daily design and coordination under the direction of an electrical manager or senior PM.
• Design normal and emergency power distribution systems (one‑lines, panel schedules, feeders, branch circuits, equipment connections), including essential electrical systems for healthcare facilities (generators, ATS, critical branch distribution).
• Design lighting and lighting control systems, including layouts and photometric calculations, meeting code, energy, and user requirements.
• Design life‑safety and low‑voltage systems such as fire alarm, nurse call, structured cabling, and grounding/bonding in coordination with technology and security resources.
• Support power system studies (short‑circuit, coordination, arc‑flash, voltage drop) using appropriate tools under senior guidance.
• Produce coordinated drawings, specifications, and reports in Revit/BIM in collaboration with architectural, structural, mechanical, plumbing, and technology disciplines.
• Conduct field investigations and site observations to verify existing conditions and conformance.
• Apply NEC, NFPA 70, 72, 99, 101, 110, FGI Guidelines, and state/local regulations for healthcare facilities in Illinois, Missouri, and nearby states.
• Provide technical guidance and QA redlines to designers/junior engineers; support PMs with scope, level‑of‑effort, and schedule input; participate in client and internal coordination meetings.

Skills

EIT required

PE preferred

Electrical design

Healthcare project coordination

Team collaboration

Revit/BIM proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

EIT

PE licensure preferred

Tools

Revit/BIM

SKM

ETAP

Job description

Farnsworth Group is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer - Healthcare to deliver project-level electrical and low-voltage designs for hospitals, ambulatory care, behavioral health, and other complex institutional facilities across the Midwest.

The role emphasizes power, lighting, life-safety, and low-voltage design, coordination with other disciplines, and support of project managers and engineering managers.