Senior Electrical Engineer

Join CAL FIRE; Sacramento, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CAL FIRE seeks a supervisor to plan, organize, and oversee a team of designers and drafting technicians responsible for electrical installations, including office illumination, hospital and prison lighting, and distribution systems.

The role involves evaluating performance, making technical decisions, supervising plan checks and quantities, writing specifications, and conducting field surveys and reports to ensure compliant and safe electrical designs in critical facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising designers and drafting technicians.
• Ability to evaluate performance and provide guidance.
• Strong written and technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, assigns and checks work for a group of designers and drafting technicians.
• Gives instructions and assistance, evaluates performance, and makes technical decisions.
• Reviews and supervises the checking of plans, designs, and quantities.
• Writes technical specifications and supervises construction of major electrical installations.
• Conducts field investigations and surveys; dictates correspondence and prepares reports.

Skills

Supervision

Technical decision-making

Design oversight

Job description

Plans, organizes, assigns and checks work, gives instructions and assistance, evaluates performance, and makes technical decisions in connection with the supervision of the work of a group of designers and drafting technicians engaged in making complete designs, construction drawings and specifications of major electrical installations, such as complete office illumination, special psychiatric hospital and maximum security prison illumination, all types of sports area lighting, underground and overhead distribution systems, substations, communication systems, radio and sound systems, fire reporting and alarm systems, and special electrical controls for refrigeration and air-conditioning; reviews and supervises the checking of plans, designs, and quantities; writes technical specifications; supervises the construction of major electrical installations and makes field investigations and surveys; dictates correspondence and prepares reports.

For information regarding position location(s), please refer to the Eligible List Information section.