Electrical Project Engineer

About The Role

We are looking for an Electrical Project Engineer to join our MEP team in our regional office in Herndon,VA . This is a full-time, in-person position.

Required Experiences And Skills

• Has experience with the design process and management of complex Mission Critical projects, including processes, teams, and deliverables
• Understands risks and roles associated with varying project delivery methods
• Understands principals of contract documents and agreements
• Ability to read construction drawings and specifications with primary experience with electrical and / or controls.
• Develop project scopes and schedules, coordinate change orders and RFIs, and manage project budgets and cost control.
• Supervise subcontractors and vendors, maintaining professional relationships with owners’ representatives, architects, engineers, and clients.
• Ability to conduct cross-discipline drawing coordination and design completion/quality reviews specifically for the Electrical / Controls disciplines
• Takes initiative to identify, track and actively address design and engineering challenges during the design and construction phases of a project.
• Can contribute constructability, technical expertise and engineering solutions to a project’s design evolution
• Assist with electrical and controls cost estimates and drawing coordination.
• Outstanding communication and time management skills
• Ability to work in a highly-collaborative environment
• Ability to work with minimal supervision; self-starter
• Ability to coach and mentor junior associates
• Manage deadlines, maintain files, and provide reporting to department leadership and/or jobsite leadership

Requirements For This Position Include

• Candidate will preferably have 2-5\+ Years in an Electrical Project Management based cap
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills – ability to effectively communicate across projects and departments with associates of varying skill level. Also, be able to effectively communicate with third party organizations and consulting entities.
• Earn the trust of associates but maintain ability to independently assess and evaluate issues.
• Ability to have difficult conversations, free of emotion.
• Have a high level of morality and ethics.
• Proactively adjust priorities based on department, project and company needs and communicate adjustments.
• Be strategic and solutions/goal oriented and detail-oriented, but flexible to changes in plan.
• Independent worker with a collaborative mindset.
• Ability to effectively collect information and ask questions, analyze, evaluate, and make recommendations and then organize the appropriate teams for group decision making.
• Good listener and detail oriented.
• Escalate issues timely.
• Ability to innovate and comfortable being introduced to new technology. Maintains a continuous improvement mindset.
• Proficient in Microsoft based software including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Highly organized, detail oriented.
• Coach and mentor others with meaningful feedback. Open to receiving meaningful feedback.
• Be open to additional responsibilities as role and department services evolve.