Senior Electrical Engineer - Solar & Utility-Scale Lead

Westwood Professional Services; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 115,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our renewables team.

The role focuses on managing electrical engineering for commercial and utility-scale solar projects and serving as the primary electrical contact for clients. The candidate will oversee the electrical design budget, lead construction documents, and coordinate with multiple project disciplines, ensuring on-time delivery and QA/QC across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Renewable Engineering Program.
• Knowledge of NEC and NESC.
• Knowledge of electrical power system modeling software.
• 6-10 years of experience in the design of electrical distribution, generation, and/or general electrical construction.
• Reading and creating construction drawings and specifications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with writing proposals, managing project budgets, invoices and change order processes, progress reports, managing project data, and communicating project requirements to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Strong work ethic and collaborative attitude.
• Limited capacity experience with AutoCAD.
• Experience and knowledge of overall design and construction of utility-scale PV and/or wind plants.

Responsibilities

• Manage the electrical engineering of commercial and utility-scale solar projects, ensuring adherence to project budgets.
• Verify the incorporation of contractual electrical engineering scope into design and coordinate change orders with project managers.
• Insure project deliverable schedules for electrical engineering scope are met.
• Assist project managers in responding to RFPs by preparing proposal scope and fees for the electrical engineering.
• Coordinate with other project disciplines, including civil engineers, geotechnical/structural engineers, and surveyors.
• Schedule and plan necessary resources needed to support projects on a weekly basis.
• Perform and lead electrical engineering design and creation of construction documents for projects.
• Oversee project electrical team resources and be responsible for staff performing electrical calculations and studies.
• Coordinate with clients, utilities, and code enforcement officers.
• Perform QA/QC of design work performed on projects for which you are the lead electrical engineer.
• Maintain awareness of currently available equipment and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with and support electrical engineering teams in other offices as projects and workload sharing between offices dictates.
• Support construction of projects by responding to contractor and owner requests, including RFIs and submittal review.
• Assist Market Directors as needed for marketing efforts and creation of marketing materials surrounding electrical engineering work.
• Supervise, train, and mentor graduate engineers, staff engineers, and design technicians.

Skills

NEC knowledge

NESC knowledge

Electrical power system modeling

Budget management

Proposal writing

Communication skills

Team leadership/mentoring

Reading construction drawings

Collaboration in teams

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Renewable Engineering Program

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our renewables team.

The role focuses on managing electrical engineering for commercial and utility-scale solar projects and serving as the primary electrical contact for clients. The candidate will oversee the electrical design budget, lead construction documents, and coordinate with multiple project disciplines, ensuring on-time delivery and QA/QC across projects.