Electrical Engineer V

Salas O’Brien is an employee-owned engineering and professional services firm providing integrated engineering and consulting services across multiple industries. The Electrical Engineer V leads the engineering and design of electrical, lighting, and special systems for industrial and other complex facilities from concept through permitting, construction, and closeout, while coordinating teams, interfacing with clients, ensuring quality, and supporting business development.

Responsibilities

**Project Planning:** Develop engineering scope documentation, schedules, and effort-hour estimates

**Client Interface:** Lead client presentations both internal and external, design reviews, and project progress meetings

**Coordination:** Coordinate design and schedules with architectural, structural, mechanical, process, instrumentation disciplines, and equipment suppliers

**Project Execution:** Lead engineering and design activities from conception through permitting, construction, and project closeout

**Quality:** Perform final electrical package quality reviews and support AHJ responses

**Project Controls:** Maintain and forecast project costs, schedules, and documentation while ensuring project records are accurately maintained for permanent files

**Design:** Develop electrical plans, one-lines, specifications, calculations, and studies

**Technical Analysis:** Perform lighting calculations, equipment selection, loading calculations, short circuit, coordination, and arc-flash studies

**Business Development:** Maintain existing client relationships and support future opportunities

Benefits

Expected 100% remote schedule, subject to project and business requirements.

Company

Forensic engineering and technical consulting firm

Flower Mound, Texas, USA

https://haagglobal.com/

Founded in 1924

51-200 employees

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible professional electrical engineering experience

Minimum 5 years of electrical design experience for heavy industrial, process, manufacturing, or similarly complex facilities

Active Professional Engineer license required, with the ability to obtain professional registration in additional jurisdictions as required

Demonstrated experience serving as the lead electrical engineer or engineer of record

Experience serving as lead electrical engineer or engineer of record

Demonstrated ability to independently resolve complex engineering, code, constructability, and field issues while providing technical direction, quality oversight, and mentorship

Advanced knowledge of electrical power distribution, equipment selection, equipment layout, circuiting, grounding, bonding, lighting, and emergency or standby power systems

Ability to independently develop and review load calculations, short-circuit studies, protective-device coordination studies, arc-flash studies, and design recommendations using ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, or similar software

Advanced knowledge and application of the National Electrical Code and other applicable electrical, building, fire-protection, and safety standards

Ability to interpret code requirements, evaluate alternatives, document engineering decisions, and support responses to Authorities Having Jurisdiction

Ability to establish design criteria and perform final technical and quality reviews of calculations, studies, specifications, procurement packages, drawings, and construction documents

Ability to identify and resolve complex interdisciplinary coordination, constructability, equipment-integration, and field-installation issues

Demonstrated ability to provide technical direction to engineers, designers, vendors, contractors, and multidisciplinary project teams

Experience performing site assessments, field investigations, construction support, startup, and commissioning

Experience with applicable design, analysis, and collaboration software, including Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Microsoft Office

Experience with lighting calculations and/or simulation software such as ElumTools, Visual, or AGi32

Experience designing corporate offices, laboratories, and MEP-related warehouse facilities

Advanced technical judgment and independent decision-making

Technical leadership and discipline coordination

Complex problem solving and risk management

Final technical review and quality-assurance responsibility

Client advisory and relationship management

Mentoring and technical development of others

Project scope, schedule, and budget awareness

Clear communication of technical risks and recommendations

Continuous improvement of engineering standards and work processes

Minimum 10 years of progressively responsible professional electrical engineering experience.

Minimum 5 years of electrical design experience for heavy industrial, process, manufacturing, or similarly complex facilities.

Required skills

Professional Engineer (PE) License, Industrial Electrical Design, Electrical Power Distribution, Electrical Power System Studies, National Electrical Code (NEC), ETAP, SKM, EasyPower, Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud

Experience

10+ years