Healthcare Electrical Project Lead

Farnsworth Group; Peoria (IL); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match up to 5%

Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending & Health Savings

Short & Long-Term Disability

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Professional Development & Training

Mentoring Program

Paid Time Off

Wellness Reimbursements

Pet Insurance Plan

Hybrid Work Program

Job summary

Farnsworth Group is seeking an Electrical Project Engineer - Healthcare to deliver project-level electrical and low-voltage designs for hospitals and other complex facilities across the Midwest. You will focus on power, lighting, life-safety, and coordination with design teams under senior guidance.

The ideal candidate has 8–12+ years of healthcare building design experience, strong NEC/NFPA knowledge, and proficiency in Revit/BIM, SKM, or ETAP.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and EIT; PE preferred.
• 8–12+ years of building electrical design experience; healthcare/institutional preferred.
• Proven experience as project-level electrical engineer with design production and coordination.
• Strong NEC and NFPA/FGI healthcare standards knowledge.
• Proficiency with Revit/BIM; SKM/ETAP or similar tools.
• Experience designing normal and emergency power, lighting, life-safety, and low-voltage systems for healthcare facilities.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as project electrical engineer on healthcare and institutional projects, coordinating under senior guidance.
• Design normal and emergency power distribution systems including generators, ATS, and essential healthcare systems.
• Design lighting and lighting control systems with photometric calculations.
• Design life-safety and low-voltage systems and coordinate with disciplines.
• Support power system studies (short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash) under senior guidance.
• Produce coordinated drawings and specs in Revit/BIM with other disciplines.
• Conduct field investigations and verify existing conditions.
• Apply NEC, NFPA 70, 72, 99, 101, 110, FGI Guidelines and state regulations.
• Provide QA guidance to junior engineers and assist with scope/schedule input.

Skills

Project electrical design

Team collaboration

Communication skills

NEC knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

EIT required

PE or ability to obtain 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 and other complex facilities across the Midwest. You will focus on power, lighting, life-safety, and coordination with design teams under senior guidance.

The ideal candidate has 8–12+ years of healthcare building design experience, strong NEC/NFPA knowledge, and proficiency in Revit/BIM, SKM, or ETAP.