Senior Electrical Engineering Designer - Logistics

Progressive AE; Grand Rapids (MI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Profit-sharing

Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

Job summary

Progressive AE, based in Grand Rapids, MI, seeks a Senior Electrical Engineering Designer - Logistics to lead electrical design on multiple projects from concept through construction. You will build power system models, run studies, and prepare specifications, while guiding junior designers and coordinating with consultants and in-house teams.

You will own the design process, write work plans, manage deadlines, and ensure NEC/IEC compliance and client milestones, with ESOP ownership and a focus

Qualifications

• You will write work plans and lead project meetings with minimal supervision across several projects.
• You will review external consultants and other in-house disciplines to ensure consistency.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design on assigned projects from concept through construction.
• Produce contract documents, construction documents, and technical specs in Revit and AutoCAD to Performance Based Design standards.
• Own the power system analysis behind designs with load flow, harmonic, and protective device coordination studies.
• Write work plans and schedules, account for permitting and agency review timeframes, and deliver on client milestones.
• Take medium-to-high complexity systems through NEC/IEC and local amendments reviews.
• Coordinate projects across in-house and outside teams, lead meetings, and verify consultant work.
• Run construction administration, answer RFIs, review shop drawings, and issue clarifications.
• Backstop quality by reviewing calculations and drawings, guiding junior staff, and promoting lessons learned.

Skills

Electrical design

Power system analysis

Project leadership

Code compliance

Team mentoring

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Job description

Senior Electrical Engineering Designer - Logistics

Grand Rapids, MI, USA •

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2026 at 4:00 AM

As an Electrical Engineering Designer III, you will run the electrical design on your own set of projects, from the first site walk through the last field question. That means building the power system models, running the studies, writing the specifications, and taking the design through code and agency review. You will also review other people’s work: the outside consultants, the other in-house disciplines, and the junior designers you are teaching.

This is the level where you stop being handed a scope and start setting it. You will write the work plans, lead the project meetings, and make the technical calls with minimal supervision across several projects at once. Designers who do that well here move toward Senior Electrical Engineer or a discipline lead role. Progressive Companies is employee owned (ESOP), so you hold a stake in the work you deliver.

Make an Impact

• Lead the electrical design on your assigned projects, concept through construction. Produce the contract documents, construction documents, and technical specifications in Revit and AutoCAD to the firm’s Performance Based Design standards
• Own the power system analysis behind your designs. Run load flow, harmonic, and protective device coordination studies across building types, and build the power system models from your own field investigation and site data, so the calculations hold up when the system is energized.
• Write the work plan and schedule for each project, then hold the dates. Account for permitting and agency review timeframes up front, and deliver on client milestones on or ahead of date.
• Take medium-to-high complexity systems through code and agency review. Lead the compliance review against NEC, IEC, and local amendments, and close out client and governing agency comments.
• Coordinate your projects across the in-house disciplines and outside consultants. Organize and lead the project team meetings, verify consultant work against your design, and catch coordination conflicts before documents go out.
• Run construction administration on your projects with minimal supervision. Answer RFIs, review shop drawing submittals, and issue clarifications, and make the field visits needed to confirm what gets built matches the design intent.
• Backstop quality before documents leave the office. Review calculations, specifications, and junior staff drawings on projects, flag each inconsistency with a fix rather than a question, and bring what you find back to Lessons Learned.
• Bring junior designers up to speed on live project work.Give them the technical training, drawing reviews, and day-to-day guidance that gets them to independent design work.

P epeople Matter

Each individual’s background, knowledge, ability, and experience contributes to strengthening our organization and projects. Our dedication to diversity includes company provided training and education, equitable recruitment, a grassroots employee DEI committee, and robust community partnerships.

Progressive Companies is comprised of people with a variety of abilities, races, colors, religions, genders, sexual orientations, national origins, ages, veteran statuses, and more. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential elements of innovative design. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Transforming Spaces. Empowering People.

The talented professionals of Progressive Companies are designers of a bold new future, creating high-performance structures and pathways, delivering on today’s needs and preparing for what’s to come. We live by the idea that design isn’t simply about beauty, it’s about improving strategic outcomes—what we call P erformance B ased D esign. Our work spans across the nation, allowing team members to work on a variety of exciting projects and maximize impact as trusted partners to our clients and communities. Sustainable and Inclusive

We are dedicated to human-centered, sustainable, and inclusive design practices. We believe diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential to building trust, respect, and truly innovative design making spaces welcoming and accessible to all. Our sustainability approach embraces the AIA 2030 Commitment, together with a range of high performance, restorative, and regenerative strategies with a focus on climate responsive results to maximize positive impact in our industry.

Employee Owned

We act like owners—because we are. From modest beginnings of four original engineering partners in 1962, to almost 300 architects, engineers, designers, and consultants across multiple regional offices today, the energy, resourcefulness, and entrepreneurial mindset you expect from a CEO come standard with every team member. Culture of Excellence

The firm is continually ranked as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation®, with comprehensive benefits including:

• award-winning wellness program
• hybrid work schedule
• summer hours
• profit-sharing
• employee stock ownership plan (ESOP)

We take our work seriously, but have fun along the way, which fuels the creative spirit and supports a focus on work and life integration. Progressive Companies is committed to development and growth of team members through continuing education, mentorship, growth opportunities, and more. We are dedicated to giving back to our communities, with paid service-learning hours available to every employee and corporate sponsorship for a wide range of community organizations and activities.