Senior Electrical Engineer / HPM

Hoar; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoar is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to serve as the Owner’s technical advocate across municipal, commercial, industrial, and institutional programs. The role emphasizes design strategy, preliminary design, and program management from concept through commissioning.

Responsibilities include design oversight, utility coordination, long-lead procurement, life-cycle cost analysis, and commissioning oversight.

Qualifications

• Requires a PE license and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
• 10–15+ years in industrial power distribution with client representation or engineering management.
• Strong knowledge of NEC/NFPA 70, utility interconnections, MCCs, emergency power systems, and building controls.

Responsibilities

• Design Oversight & EOR Peer Review: review 30/60/90% electrical design packages and evaluate diagrams, voltage, cable sizing, and transformer sizing.
• Utility Infrastructure & Site Due Diligence: coordinate with local electric providers to confirm service availability, rate structures, infrastructure needs, and lead times.
• Long-Lead Procurement & Supply Chain Management: identify long-lead equipment and oversee early purchase specs to protect schedules.
• Value Engineering & Life-Cycle Cost Analysis: perform VE evaluations balancing CAPEX and long-term O&M costs.
• Commissioning & Energization Oversight: supervise commissioning agents during testing, relay calibration, arc flash verification, energization.
• Technical Escalation & Conflict Resolution: act as neutral technical expert in design disputes.

Skills

Technical writing

Client presentations

Project management

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

The Senior Electrical Engineer serves as the Owner’s technical advocate across municipal, commercial, industrial, and institutional capital programs. Demonstrated experience in design delivery will be leveraged within the owner’s advisory role. This role provides design strategy, preliminary design, technical program management, peer review of EOR packages, manages utility interconnection strategies, and oversees long-lead equipment procurement from concept through commissioning.

Key Responsibilities

• Design Oversight & EOR Peer Review:
  • Review 30/60/90% electrical design packages (power distribution, emergency generators, lighting, fire alarms, BAS) from third-party Engineers of Record (EOR).
  • Evaluate single-line diagrams, voltage selection, cable sizing, and transformer sizing for over-design, constructability, and code compliance.
• Utility Infrastructure & Site Due Diligence:
  • Direct early utility coordination with local electric providers to confirm service availability, rate structures, infrastructure requirements, and lead times.
• Long-Lead Procurement & Supply Chain Management:
  • Identify critical long-lead equipment (switchgear, unit substations, VFDs, generators) during pre-construction and oversee early purchase specifications to safeguard schedules.
• Value Engineering & Life-Cycle Cost Analysis:
  • Conduct VE evaluations on power systems, energy management strategies, and backup generation to balance CAPEX against long-term operational costs.
• Commissioning & Energization Oversight:
  • Oversee Third-Party Commissioning agents and electrical contractors during testing, protective relay calibration, arc flash verification, and final energization.
• Technical Escalation & Conflict Resolution:
  • Serve as the neutral technical expert in resolving design disputes between the Owner, General Contractor, and Engineer of Record.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
• Licensure: Active Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience: 10–15+ years spanning industrial power (480V to 15kV/4160V), facility distribution, or infrastructure consulting, with experience in client representation or engineering management. Preferably with a strong background in municipal, master planning, commercial and/or heavy industrial projects.
• Technical Breadth: Strong working knowledge of National Electrical Code (NEC/NFPA 70), utility interconnections, motor control centers (MCCs), emergency power systems, and building controls.
• Communication: Exceptional technical writing and client presentation capabilities, with the ability to summarize site risk data into actionable recommendations for executive leadership. Preferable experience with industry boards, affiliates, etc.
• Valid Drivers License required.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:
The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment: Work is performed mainly in an indoor and outdoor setting with exposure to all types of weather and temperature conditions, and travel from site to site.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination; to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

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