Senior Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Help us build the future and we'll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career.

Our Engineering Design Organization is seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to join our team in the US Northeast region. In this role, you will design electrical power generation, distribution, and utilization systems, guide and mentor a talented group of Electrical Power Engineers across the region, and support proposal development.

Hybrid Work Model: Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model. Join us in the office three days a week to collaborate, connect, and excel in our vibrant environment.

• Power Studies: Coordinate and perform power studies including Arc Flash analysis.
• Design Leadership: Lead detailed design efforts for electrical power systems.
• Proposal Development: Support proposal development through scope definition and engineering estimates.
• Procurement: Prepare procurement specifications for electrical equipment.
• Construction Documentation: Develop comprehensive electrical construction documents.
• Design Packages: Design, review, and seal electrical design packages.
• Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
• Technical Development Recommendation: Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve quality to better meet client needs.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Manage technical troubleshooting projects, ensuring effective diagnosis of technical issues with equipment and experiments and the development of effective solutions.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities, formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant.
• Testing: Develop product specifications and design test procedures and standards.
• Project Management: Deliver small‑or‑medium‑scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
• Engineering Drawings: Create complex engineering drawings to support the communication, evaluation, and implementation of engineering solutions.
• Equipment Installation: Lead major equipment rebuilds; guide planned installation of complex systems.
• Process Design Engineering: Analyse information and specify the methods, process steps, plant, machinery, and equipment required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief that conforms to organizational and regulatory standards.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is preferred or ability to obtain.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in design of electrical power generation and distribution and utilization systems; experience with industrial and municipal clients.
• Familiarity with ETAP or SKM computer‑assisted power study programs including short‑circuit, protective relaying coordination and arc‑flash studies.
• Working knowledge of NFPA
  70 (NEC), NFPA 70E, and NFPA 70B and other electrical industry codes, standards and recommended practices.
• Able and willing to travel for short periods for site visits and client meetings.

Salary Range: $95,000-$188,000 based on experience & location

Location: Syracuse, NY, United States

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.