Senior Electrical Engineer

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Your Opportunity

Are you ready to grow? We are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer (location is Louisville/Lexington Kentucky area) to support our growth within the Industrial and Municipal Water Sector at Stantec. This senior level engineering role be responsible for the design and execution of projects ranging in size and complexity, with a focus on electrical distribution within industrial water and wastewater treatment. As a specialist, you will conduct special, complex, and advanced level studies, contribute to innovative efforts addressing customer needs and seek to influence projects to ensure success. Does working with clients on great projects, with a talented team of professionals, appeal to you? Apply now and you can join some of the best technical people in the world and work on projects you can be proud of! Our people are Stantec’s most valuable resource, and in joining our team you will be able to leverage your career experiences and expertise within a culture that values inclusion, celebrates shared success, and applauds ambition.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Acts as Engineer-of-Record for projects and/or project components of varying degrees of complexity.

• Evaluates, selects, specifies, and engineers all electrical engineered systems or products for a project.

• Engages in the development of a design through sketches, electronic models, diagrams, and other visual formats.

• Utilizes technologies in development of three-dimensional models of electrical systems.

• Provides guidance, training and mentorship for junior and intermediate engineers, designers, and drafters.

• Prepares and revises documentation in various phases of design and construction, including plans, diagrams, and details.

• Leads project coordination meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor, sub-contractors, and vendors.

• Participates in client project requirement meetings, value analysis, and basic cost estimating.

• Develops and manages project scope, budget, staffing, and schedule.

• Leads the preparation and coordination of the project specifications with construction documents.

• Participate in constructability review.

• Conducts quality assurance and implements quality control on own projects.

• Conducts reviews of project deliverables produced by peers and subordinate engineers.

• Assists in the development of new standards and specifications for the electrical group.

• Develops project scope, budgets, and design approach for all size projects.

• Assists with the development of proposals for potential projects.

• Oversee and manage multiple projects.

• Conducts and/or oversees field reviews required to assess as-built conditions.

• Conducts and/or oversees construction phase services, responds to RFIs, reviews shop drawings, and conducts reviews of construction for general conformance with design.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Requisite knowledge, interpretation, and application of industry standards as well as electrical and building codes.

• Strong understanding of all phases of project document production and the relationship between drawings and specifications, particularly in the water/wastewater industry.

• Strong knowledge of medium and low voltage electrical distribution systems means and methods, materials, and industry standards, particularly in the water/wastewater industry.

• Ability to lead one or more teams through all phases of project document production.

• Checks the work of others for accuracy and completeness and manages time to meet project budget and schedule.

• Participates and collaborates in multi-discipline project team setting and to engage in creative and critical thought.

• Advanced understanding of electrical engineering concepts and ability to effectively communicate ideas to others.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Strong presentation, interpersonal, and interview skills.

• Well-versed understanding of Microsoft Office Suite

• Strong knowledge of AutoDesk products (i.e., AutoCAD). Familiarity with Revit is a plus.

• Experience with specialized power system software such as ETAP and SKM PowerTools.

• Mentoring and professional development of other personnel.

Industrial Water Capabilities and Credentials

• Specialization in heavy industrial electrical design

• Ability to- Lead the industrial electrical design team.

• Develop construction bid documents.

• Bid review, proposal development, and manhour estimates.

• Develop design documents including control/schematic diagrams, conduit and electrical systems layouts, materials specifications, electrical block diagrams, etc.

• Assist in the development and updating of department standards and procedures.

• Develop and build Client relations.

• Knowledge of electrical materials specifications and procurement

• Provide guidance/supervision to other engineers and function as a mentor to less experienced engineers.

• Act as liaison with the other engineering disciplines; specifically Piping Design, Structural, Mechanical/HVAC, Instrumentation and Control, Process Engineering and Construction.

• Assembling calculation packages for electrical designs etc.

• General knowledge of industry standards and best practices including NEC, IEEE, and others.

• Electrical construction, startup, and commissioning field support: client, contractor, and vendor interaction.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree Engineering with an emphasis in Electrical Engineering

• With a minimum of ten years of related work experience to successfully perform the essential duties of the job such as those listed above.

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the Industrial sector

• Experience leading design teams.

• Licensed Professional Engineer

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for extended periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements

Primary Location: United States | KY | Lexington
Organization: 2243 Water-US Delivery-Lexington KY
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: No
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 29/12/2025 08:12:51
Req ID: 1002428

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