M/E Electrical Engineer - Travel-Heavy, Mission-Critical Projects

Gilder Search Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilder Search Group is seeking an experienced M/E Engineer (Electrical) to support planning, coordination, construction, commissioning, and delivery of large-scale mission critical facilities across the United States. Open to nationwide candidates with extensive project travel.

The engineer will coordinate electrical building systems, review design documents, and support testing, startup, and turnover while working with owners, architects, engineers, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Architectural Engineering.
• 5+ years of engineering, construction, MEP consulting, or project delivery experience.
• Experience reviewing and coordinating electrical building systems.
• Familiarity with RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, and field coordination.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience on mission critical, data center, healthcare, or large-scale infra projects preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support electrical systems coordination throughout the project lifecycle, from preconstruction through commissioning and turnover.
• Review design documents, drawings, specifications, submittals, and shop drawings.
• Participate in constructability reviews, quality control efforts, and field inspections.
• Assist with budget development, estimating, value engineering, and system analysis.
• Coordinate with owners, architects, engineers, contractors, and project teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Support testing, startup, commissioning, and turnover activities.
• Monitor project progress and help identify solutions to maintain schedule, quality, and performance objectives.

Skills

Electrical design coordination

Project coordination

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

SKM

BIM

Job description

Gilder Search Group is seeking an experienced M/E Engineer (Electrical) to support planning, coordination, construction, commissioning, and delivery of large-scale mission critical facilities across the United States. Open to nationwide candidates with extensive project travel.

The engineer will coordinate electrical building systems, review design documents, and support testing, startup, and turnover while working with owners, architects, engineers, and contractors.