Senior Electrical Design Engineer

A.L. Merryman; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A.L. Merryman in Seattle seeks a Director of Electrical Engineering / Senior Electrical Design Engineer to own and lead the engineering function for a large design-build electrical contractor.

This hands-on leadership role drives projects from concept through construction, commissioning, and turnover. You will serve as the technical authority for electrical engineering, collaborating with estimators, BIM/VDC, project management, field operations, customers, utilities, and external partners to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electrical engineering/design experience with significant design-build or electrical construction exposure.
• Strong knowledge of NEC/NFPA requirements and electrical power-system design.
• Proven ability to lead electrical design from concept through construction and commissioning.
• Strong Revit/AutoCAD and electrical analysis software experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own Electrical Engineering: Lead electrical design and engineering across the company, establishing standards, processes, quality controls, and technical direction.
• Drive Design-Build Delivery: Take projects from conceptual design through permit/construction documents while balancing code compliance, constructability, cost, schedule, and customer requirements.
• Design Complex Power Systems: Lead engineering of medium- and low-voltage distribution, emergency/standby power, generators, UPS systems, grounding, lighting, controls, and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Deliver Accurate Engineering: Produce and oversee single-lines, equipment layouts, specifications, calculations, studies, feeder routing, equipment selection, and construction documentation.
• Optimize Before Construction: Partner with estimating, operations, prefab and VDC/BIM to identify value-engineering opportunities and ensure designs can be efficiently procured, prefabricated, installed, tested, and commissioned.
• Support the Field: Provide decisive technical leadership during construction, resolving RFIs, design conflicts, equipment issues, coordination challenges, and field conditions without delaying the project.
• Lead Power-System Analysis: Oversee short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, load-flow and other required electrical studies using platforms such as ETAP, SKM or equivalent.
• Build the Engineering Function: Develop internal engineering capabilities, mentor engineers and designers, and create scalable standards that support company growth.

Skills

Leadership

Electrical design

Design-build delivery

Power systems analysis

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

ETAP

SKM

Job description

Director of Electrical Engineering / Senior Electrical Design Engineer

Design-Build Electrical Construction

We are seeking a senior electrical engineering leader to own and lead the engineering function for a large, design-build electrical contractor. This is a hands-on leadership position responsible for taking complex electrical projects from concept and preconstruction through detailed design, construction, commissioning, and turnover.

This person will serve as the company's technical authority for electrical engineering while working directly with estimating, VDC/BIM, project management, field operations, customers, utilities, and outside design partners.

Key Performance Outcomes

• Own Electrical Engineering: Lead electrical design and engineering across the company, establishing standards, processes, quality controls, and technical direction.
• Drive Design-Build Delivery: Take projects from conceptual design through permit/construction documents while balancing code compliance, constructability, cost, schedule, and customer requirements.
• Design Complex Power Systems: Lead engineering of medium- and low-voltage distribution, emergency/standby power, generators, UPS systems, grounding, lighting, controls, and associated electrical infrastructure.
• Deliver Accurate Engineering: Produce and oversee single-lines, equipment layouts, specifications, calculations, studies, feeder routing, equipment selection, and construction documentation.
• Optimize Before Construction: Partner with estimating, operations, prefab and VDC/BIM to identify value-engineering opportunities and ensure designs can be efficiently procured, prefabricated, installed, tested, and commissioned.
• Support the Field: Provide decisive technical leadership during construction, resolving RFIs, design conflicts, equipment issues, coordination challenges, and field conditions without delaying the project.
• Lead Power-System Analysis: Oversee short-circuit, coordination, arc-flash, load-flow and other required electrical studies using platforms such as ETAP, SKM or equivalent.
• Build the Engineering Function: Develop internal engineering capabilities, mentor engineers and designers, and create scalable standards that support company growth.

What Success Looks Like

Engineering becomes a competitive advantage for the contractor — designs are technically sound, constructible and cost-effective; field teams receive information when they need it; change and rework are reduced; and engineering helps the company win and successfully execute larger, more complex design-build projects.

Ideal Background

• 10+ years of electrical engineering/design experience with significant design-build or electrical construction exposure.
• Strong knowledge of commercial, industrial and/or mission-critical electrical systems.
• Proven ability to lead electrical design from concept through construction and commissioning.
• Deep understanding of NEC/NFPA requirements and electrical power-system design.
• Strong Revit/AutoCAD and electrical analysis software experience.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license strongly preferred.
• Comfortable operating as both a senior technical leader and hands-on engineer.

This is an opportunity for someone who wants more than a traditional consulting engineering role. The successful candidate will have direct influence over how projects are designed, priced, built and delivered in the field.