Senior Electrical Engineer
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Overview
Job Description
Join Salas O’Brien as a Senior Electrical Engineer and step into a true leadership opportunity, guiding multidisciplinary teams, mentoring emerging talent, and shaping innovative building systems for healthcare, mission critical, higher education, government, and mixed-use facilities.
You won’t just design, you’ll influence, lead, and grow.
As a 2025 ENR Top 500 (#31), MEP Giants (#5), and Zweig Hot Firm (#3), we combine national reach with entrepreneurial energy. This hybrid, full-time role offers competitive compensation ($110,000–$155,000), strong benefits, profit sharing, and real advancement potential.
If you’re driven to lead and ready for what’s next, we’d love to connect!
- Design electrical systems including lighting, power, fire alarm, telecom and security.
- Develop calculations for lighting systems and associated controls.
- Develop electrical system design calculations.
- Prepare detailed design documents in REVIT.
- Perform QA/QC design work.
- Lead a project team and manage projects.
- Coordinate with Owners and Architects.
- Coordinate work with other disciplines.
- Complete code compliance research.
- Supervise and mentor junior engineers.
- Assist in the procurement of new work, including the development of client relations.
- 5-8 years of hands-on design experience as a consulting electrical engineer in building construction.
- You have a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- You possess a Professional Engineer license, PE or are in the process of obtaining a PE.
- You have experience with complex institutional healthcare, mission critical, and commercial projects.
- You are familiar with codes, standards and design guidelines.
- You have Project Management experience.
- You have leadership experience.
- Excellent work ethic and attitude.
- Interpersonal communication skills, combined with organizational skills, the ability to plan, balance and prioritize work.
- Ability to lead a team as well as work as part of a team.
- Proficiency in Revit and MS Office.
About Us:
Founded in 1975, Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm focused on achieving impact for our clients, our team, and the world. We know that tomorrow’s requirements are today’s opportunities, and we are here to design lasting solutions for pressing challenges.
We work across a variety of industries providing integrated engineering and consulting services. Our specialized experience includes design for data centers, healthcare, science and technology, high-rise buildings, clean energy, education, and other building types as well as structural and building sciences, infrastructure asset management, advanced robotics, and more.
Salas O’Brien does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiters or agencies. We only work with approved partners engaged directly by our Talent Acquisition team for specific searches. Unsolicited submissions will not be eligible for placement fees.
Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
Salas O’Brien provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/provincial, or local laws. Salas O’Brien will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants as required by law.
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