Lead Electrical Engineer - Data Center Mission Critical

Stantec; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision plans

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Stantec’s Buildings team is seeking a senior electrical Project Engineer for Mission Critical Facilities (MCF) to guide data center electrical design as a subject matter expert. You will mentor colleagues, lead design efforts, and ensure quality throughout the project lifecycle, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams at diverse Stantec locations.

The role emphasizes client communication, project leadership, and staying current with evolving data center technologies.

Qualifications

• Accredited engineering degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10+ years related industry experience preferred.
• Mission critical / data center experience required.
• Registered professional engineer (PE) license or other professional certification based on expertise required.

Responsibilities

• Assists the business development team in new project pursuits by providing input on RFPs/RFQs and participates in project interviews and presentations.
• Manages technical project process and scope of work within own discipline; reviews and tracks scope, schedule, and budgeted hours; finds and resolves all inconsistencies with project manager.
• Delegates tasks to project engineers and designers within own discipline as appropriate.
• Follows quality management process; conducts project reviews and approvals before all QA/QC reviews done by the technical authority.
• Builds and maintains strong client relations; able to understand and articulate project and design requirements, progress, challenges, and troubleshooting to clients and technical staff.
• Leads technical discussions and mechanical workgroups with project stakeholders as their trusted advisor, identifies key requirements, and adapts design accordingly to meet the project objectives.
• Coordinates well with all disciplines to fully integrate work and client requests into design.
• Acts as supervisor and resource to technical design team; supports and assists staff education, training, and development.
• Actively participates in the data center engineering/professional community to build personal knowledge, stay up-to-date date with new and upcoming requirements and technologies, and strives for professional growth (e.g. attends meetings / seminars / conferences and/or write articles for trade magazines.)
• Identifies opportunities to improve and standardize project deliverables (details, specifications etc.) across Stantec MCF business centers.
• Contributes to development of design guides, technical memos, calculation templates etc. as they pertain to data center design.

Skills

Mission critical/data center design

Large-scale projects

Problem solving

Communication

Education

Accredited engineering degree

10+ years experience

PE license

Tools

Autodesk

BIM 360

Revit

MS Excel

SKM

CYMCAP

Job description

Stantec’s Buildings team is seeking a senior electrical Project Engineer for Mission Critical Facilities (MCF) to guide data center electrical design as a subject matter expert. You will mentor colleagues, lead design efforts, and ensure quality throughout the project lifecycle, while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams at diverse Stantec locations.

The role emphasizes client communication, project leadership, and staying current with evolving data center technologies.