Senior Electrical Engineer

First Point Group; California; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

First Point Group is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical engineering strategy, technical execution, and project team oversight on large-scale, complex projects. Focus areas include healthcare, pharmaceutical, advanced manufacturing, and mission-critical facilities with electrical scopes of $40M+.

The role is remote with significant visibility across project leadership, engineering, preconstruction, operations, and client teams.

Qualifications

• Active PE / Professional Engineer license required.
• Experience delivering large electrical projects (>$40M) and leading engineering teams.
• Strong knowledge of power distribution, switchgear, UPS, generators, grounding, lighting.
• Excellent communication and remote collaboration across nationwide teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor electrical engineering teams on large-scale projects (>$40M).
• Provide technical leadership and oversee design through construction.
• Review and approve engineering documentation and calculations to ensure quality and compliance.
• Engage with clients, project leadership, and operations to align delivery with scope and schedule.
• Drive best practices, constructability, and risk management across projects.

Skills

PE license

Electrical engineering

Team leadership

Project delivery

Communication

Job description

An established employee-owned specialty contractor with nationwide operations is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead electrical engineering strategy, technical execution, and project team oversight across large-scale, complex projects.

This role is focused on major project types including pharmaceuticals, hospitals, advanced manufacturing, mission-critical facilities, and other projects with complex electrical infrastructure. The successful candidate will oversee engineering teams on large projects with electrical scopes of $40M+, providing technical leadership from design through construction and delivery.

The Opportunity

This is a leadership role for an experienced Electrical Engineering leader who can combine strong technical expertise with the ability to manage teams, support project execution, and guide complex electrical delivery at scale.

You will be responsible for overseeing electrical engineering teams across major national projects, ensuring designs are technically sound, commercially aligned, and delivered to the highest standard. This is a remote position, but the role will have significant visibility across project leadership, engineering, preconstruction, operations, and client-facing teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee electrical engineering teams on complex, large-scale, greenfield projects with electrical scopes of $40M+
• Provide technical leadership across healthcare, pharmaceutical, advanced manufacturing, and mission-critical projects
• Oversee electrical design, engineering standards, constructability, and project execution strategy
• Support project teams from early design and preconstruction through construction, commissioning, and closeout
• Review and approve technical design packages, calculations, specifications, and engineering documentation
• Lead, mentor, and develop electrical engineering teams across multiple projects and regions
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for clients, internal project teams, and executive leadership
• Partner closely with operations, estimating, preconstruction, and field leadership to ensure successful delivery
• Drive consistency, quality, innovation, and best practice across the electrical engineering function
• Ensure compliance with all relevant codes, standards, safety requirements, and client specifications

Requirements

• Active PE / Professional Engineer license required
• Strong electrical engineering background within complex project environments
• Experience delivering large electrical projects, ideally with electrical scopes of $40M+
• Proven experience leading engineering teams on major projects
• Strong knowledge of power distribution, switchgear, UPS systems, generators, emergency power, grounding, lighting, and complex electrical infrastructure
• Experience working with contractors, field teams, preconstruction, and project delivery teams
• Strong understanding of constructability, project execution, and technical risk management
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead internal teams and engage with clients
• Comfortable working remotely while supporting nationwide project teams

Why This Role?

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity with a nationwide, employee-owned specialty contractor delivering some of the most complex electrical projects in the market.

The role offers the chance to work remotely while taking ownership of major project delivery, supporting high-performing teams, and influencing the future direction of the electrical engineering function.

What’s on Offer

• Director-level leadership responsibility
• Oversight of large projects with $40M+ electrical scopes
• Exposure to complex, high-value project sectors
• Employee-owned company culture
• Long-term career progression
• Opportunity to lead and develop engineering teams at scale