Senior Electrical Engineer

at  AES Engineering

ABOUT AES ENGINEERING

AES is a group of problem solvers, who collectively come together to work on electrical engineering, lighting projects, and technology systems for buildings and infrastructures. We are passionate team players, who see the “bigger picture” and work together to impact our communities and enhance the lives of those living in them. Collectively, we all work together to help design a better tomorrow.
Over the past 20-years, AES has attracted many innovative minds in the business, to work on complex, challenging, and exciting projects. Attracting the right talent has helped us with the quality of our projects, and we have been able to build our reputation for providing award-winning designs.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

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Demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education may be considered

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Electrical Engineering education with minimum of 14 years of experience in the engineering consulting industry in a building engineering group and minimum 5 years as a project manager;
• Registration as a Professional Engineer;
• Familiar with building codes, electrical code, fire alarm standards, ASHRAE and municipality by laws;
• Experience in new development projects and tenant improvement projects;
• Familiar with electrical design requirements for different type of sectors from residential, mixed use, healthcare, institutional to light industrial;
• Experience in transportation projects is a great asset;
• Experience with short circuit and fault study software is a great asset;
• Knowledge with Revit and AutoCAD;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills;
• Proficient with Microsoft office applications;
• Ability to communicate, coordinate, work well with others both internally & externally; and
• A good team player and decision maker.
  Salary range for this position is $100,000 - 130,000 depending on experience level.

The Senior Electrical Engineer will be based out of our Vancouver office. The role will be exposed to the entire project lifecycle from feasibility and planning to detailed design, construction, and commissioning.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Supervise designers and junior engineers to prepare electrical drawings and specifications;
• Ensuring design conforms with all applicable codes and standards;
• Implement design concepts through the preparation and development of drawings production and ensuring quality assurance and quality check are crossed;
• Strong experience in electrical distribution design for both medium and low voltage. Good understanding of lighting, fire alarm and mechanical equipment connections design;
• Familiar with utilities requirements, standards for service upgrades, new service request and variance requests;
• Developing various types of reports that includes but not limited to building assessments, schematic and design development reports;
• Providing technical and admin support through out all phases of the project;
• Able to work well with prime consultant, sub-consultants, facility management and developer from project concept stage to occupancy;
• Provides mentorship and coaching junior and intermediate engineers and designers;
• Familiar to carry construction administration responsibilities from SI, CCN, contractor’s quotation review and shop drawings review and progress claim reviews
• Attending site meetings, reviews and complete with reports;
• Handling tight schedules, limited resources while motivating staff for optimum performance;
• Being team player with good technical skills and problem solving skills; and
• Good with scheduling, organizing tasks and setting up priorities.