Senior Electrical Engineer, Transportation Buildings

at  WSP

THE OPPORTUNITY:

From a technical perspective, the Senior Electrical Engineer will be an established technical resource, mentoring and guiding Designers and Engineers in the production of engineering drawings. In addition, the Senior Electrical Engineer will provide input in client and stakeholders meetings, representing and championing the WSP brand and mission objectives.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer looking to work with autonomy on some of Canada’s most future-forward engineering projects. The successful candidate should be familiar with a variety of transportation, municipal, institutional, and commercial building projects. The individual will be responsible to supervise an electrical team comprised of intermediate and junior engineers, EITs, designers and coop students.

Participate in the design of plans, preliminary estimations and details for transportation, commercial, and industrial building projects;
Electrical design for building Power distribution, Fire Alarm, Grounding, Lightning Protection, Emergency Power and Life Safety Generator systems for transportation projects with clients such as GO Metrolinx, TTC, YRT, CN, CP, GTAA, etc.
Provide day to day guidance to design team, be the design lead for their projects, client facing and representing WSP. Prepare calculation, conceptual and detail design, technical specification, installation details, permit / tender / post-tender services, and perform contract admin (CA) services to review shop drawings, RFI’s, etc.
Preparing contract document, Professional signing and sealing, working with Project Managers (PMs), senior engineers, designers, 3D modelers to submit the project for permit and tender;
Taking ownership of multiple concurrent projects as a Project Manager and Lead Engineer throughout the project life cycle;
Financial/budgetary reporting, scheduling and resourcing in assistance to the Discipline Manager and internal/external PMs;