Senior/Lead Electrical Engineer

Connectly Recruiting; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Connectly Recruiting seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to establish and lead its Denver office. The role focuses on building the office, winning regional projects, and delivering electrical designs for industrial and process-driven facilities.

You will design power systems, mentor staff, and work across offices to staff projects, including reviews, coordination, and site startup. Colorado licensure or eligibility is required, with leadership as a core expectation.

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer (Electrical) with Colorado registration or ability to obtain it.
• Experience leading electrical design for industrial, semiconductor, life sciences, or process-driven facilities.
• Strong leadership and communication skills; ability to build and grow a new office.

Responsibilities

• Build the Denver office and establish the electrical practice.
• Serve as the local point of contact for regional clients.
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineers and designers as the office grows.
• Collaborate with other offices to staff and deliver projects.
• Design power distribution for industrial/critical facilities (low- and medium-voltage).
• Perform and review short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies.
• Lead electrical design from basis of design through construction documents and startup.
• Coordinate with process, mechanical, and controls engineers on integrated facility designs.
• Review and seal drawings and calculations as Engineer of Record.

Skills

Electrical design leadership

Colorado PE registration (or ability)

Education

Professional Engineer (Electrical) license

Job description

About our client

Our client is a growing, employee-owned engineering firm expanding into the Denver market, and they are looking for a senior electrical engineer to build the new office around. The firm designs electrical, mechanical, process, and control systems for semiconductor fabs, life sciences plants, research labs, and industrial manufacturing facilities. Their electrical work runs from site-wide medium-voltage upgrades through motor controls, lighting, fire alarm, and on-site generation, along with short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies.

The role

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be the firm's first engineer in Denver, establish its electrical practice in the market, and grow into leading the office. The firm develops its leaders from within, so the person who opens the office is the one expected to run it as it grows.

The position is based in the Denver, CO area.

What you would be doing

Building the office

• Serve as the firm's local point of contact for clients in the region
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineers and designers as the office grows
• Work with the firm's other offices to staff and deliver projects

Engineering and project delivery

• Design power distribution for industrial and critical facilities, including low- and medium-voltage distribution, motor controls, lighting and lighting control, standby generation, and fire alarm
• Perform and review short circuit, coordination, and arc flash studies
• Lead electrical design from basis of design through construction documents, construction administration, and startup
• Coordinate with process, mechanical, and controls engineers on integrated facility designs
• Review and seal drawings and calculations as Engineer of Record

What we are looking for

• Licensed Professional Engineer (Electrical), with Colorado registration or the ability to obtain it
• Experience leading electrical design for industrial, semiconductor, life sciences, or other process-driven facilities
• Desire to learn and grow into the new role