Sr. Associate, Energy Design Engineering

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

LA28 is seeking a Senior Associate, Energy Design Engineering to support the Energy Design Engineering Team within the Venue Infrastructure group. The role focuses on end-to-end power delivery for Games venues, including temporary electrical overlays and HV/MV/LV design reviews.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partners, drive energy efficiency initiatives, and ensure timely approvals with IOC/IPC. Based in the LA28 Los Angeles office with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 3 years of experience in electrical infrastructure design/assessment.
• Experience with electrical design development and energy solutions integration.
• Proven ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed electrical studies to determine load requirements.
• Perform energy capacity analysis and identify gaps in service supply.
• Assess energy-related risks to venue power supply and propose mitigations.
• Recommend solutions for loading, reliability, and resiliency.
• Track design revisions and evaluate impacts on HV/MV/LV infrastructure.
• Coordinate with internal/external partners to ensure a coordinated process.
• Support approval and review processes for Energy design requirements.
• Align with cross-functional teams to meet planning timelines and objectives.
• Collaborate with IOC/IPC to understand energy needs and expedite approvals.
• Work with Energy Program Management for delivery milestones.

Skills

Electrical design

Energy analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Revit

BIM360

Job description

About the Role

The Senior Associate, Energy Design Engineering supports the Energy Design Engineering Team within the Venue Infrastructure Team, part of the Sport & Games Delivery Group. The Energy Team is responsible for ensuring the end-to-end delivery of power to all Games venues and facilities, and the Energy Design Engineering Team designs all temporary electrical overlay, educates external designers, provides rolling load estimates, validates high voltage projects, reviews medium and low voltage designs, and performs risk analysis. Reporting to the Director of Energy Design Engineering, this role supports these activities and helps ensure the successful delivery of electrical services and operations to power all Games operational sites.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop detailed electrical studies to determine load requirements.
• Perform energy capacity analysis and identify gaps in existing service supply.
• Perform analysis to identify energy-related risks to venue power supply.
• Perform analysis to recommend solutions that meet requirements for loading, reliability and resiliency needs.
• Track design revisions from Venue Management and evaluate their impact on Energy designs for temporary power provider overlays on existing HV/MV/LV infrastructure and equipment.
• Support the integration of internal stakeholders with external delivery partners, including temporary power providers, electrical design engineers and Energy overlay resources, to ensure a coordinated process.
• Help execute an approval and review process for all internal and external stakeholders involved in establishing Energy technical requirements for the Games Energy overlay.
• Establish close working relationships with key functional areas, especially Venue Infrastructure, Technology and Broadcast, to ensure the Energy design development process aligns with cross-functional planning timelines and objectives.
• Work with the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee to understand Energy requirements, gain strategic buy-in for recommended efficiencies, and expedite approval processes where necessary.
• Closely align with the Energy Program Management Team to ensure coordinated planning for all venue Energy design and delivery milestones and deliverables.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and 3 years of experience assessing, designing, or implementing electrical infrastructure.
• Experience with electrical design development.
• Experience implementing energy solutions into electrical design.
• Demonstrated commitment to co-creation and collaborative decision-making.
• Experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders and proven success at building excellent working relationships.
• Experience as an electrical engineer for medium voltage and low voltage temporary installations from the building, construction, and events industry.
• Extremely detail oriented with excellent organisation skills.
• Fluent working with Office suite products including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to present information concisely to a wide audience of executive leadership, external contractors and advisors, and governmental agencies.
• Well-developed problem-solving skills and ability to work independently to resolve issues.
• Strong communication, team building, and interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter with experience in defining tasks, seeking feedback, and evolving work where applicable.
• A collaborative mindset that prioritises the team and fosters a culture of high performance without ego.
• An innovative viewpoint that challenges the status quo and thinks ahead to future years of the Movement.
• Ability to implement and manage change effectively as well as manage and mitigate risk.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Revit and BIM360.
• Experience working with electric utilities and/or temporary power providers.

Workplace

• This full-time position is located in the LA28 office in Los Angeles, California.
• Some travel, as needed, to external stakeholder offices, government agencies, and Games venues and facilities.
• The majority of work will be conducted in an office setting, requiring extended periods of time using computers, phones, and other office equipment.
• The LA28 office is an open floorplan working environment; employees must be able to work efficiently in an open cubicle environment.
• LA28 does not provide relocation assistance.

About the Company

LA28 is the independent, non-profit, privately funded organising committee for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, on a singular mission to create a Games that celebrate all the city and country have to offer and deliver an unparalleled experience for athletes, fans, partners and the community. The 2028 Games mark the return of the Summer Games to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years and Los Angeles’ third time hosting an Olympic Games and first time welcoming the Paralympic Games. LA28 is guided by values of optimism, integrity, excellence, inclusion, co-creation and boldness.