Senior Electrical Engineer - MV Power Leader

Salas O’Brien, Inc.; Granville Township (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Salas O’Brien, Inc. in Columbus, OH, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (PE) to serve as a technical authority in our electrical group.

This role focuses on power distribution at 480V+ and medium-voltage systems, with opportunities to expand into high-voltage work and substations, while mentoring engineers and guiding project teams. You will lead technical execution, review designs, support business development with clients, and ensure high-quality engineering deliverables across projects

Qualifications

• 15+ years of electrical engineering experience with strong expertise in power and medium-voltage systems.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license; NCEES registration preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems and provide clear engineering direction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior resource for difficult electrical engineering questions and guide teams toward sound, practical solutions.
• Lead the technical execution of selected projects, coordinating engineering work and maintaining technical quality.
• Participate in business development through regular interaction with client peers, identifying their needs and using those relationships to generate additional project work.
• Combine internal technical support with client-facing assignments, presenting technical recommendations and representing the firm in a positive, professional manner.
• Review proposed designs and engineering approaches, resolve complex issues, and identify ways to improve project efficiency.
• Determine which assignments require principal-level expertise and delegate appropriate production and repetitive work to junior engineers.
• Mentor early-career engineers through active project work, explaining technical decisions and helping them build independent judgment.
• Provide timely technical assistance across projects while balancing responsibilities on directly assigned work.
• Independently perform quality reviews and detailed checks of other engineers’ work beyond directly assigned projects, including marking up work products and providing technical feedback.
• Partner with the electrical discipline manager and other engineering teams to strengthen technical capability across the group.

Skills

Power systems

Medium-voltage

Electrical engineering

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Job description

Salas O’Brien, Inc. in Columbus, OH, is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer (PE) to serve as a technical authority in our electrical group.

This role focuses on power distribution at 480V+ and medium-voltage systems, with opportunities to expand into high-voltage work and substations, while mentoring engineers and guiding project teams. You will lead technical execution, review designs, support business development with clients, and ensure high-quality engineering deliverables across projects