Senior Electrical Engineer

About the role

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About the role

Parsons is seeking a highly experienced Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design review and technical coordination of electrical systems for a major luxury high-end development.

What You'll Be Doing

• Review electrical design drawings, calculations, specifications, schedules, and equipment selections.
• Coordinate electrical systems with architecture, interiors, landscape, structural, mechanical, ICT/ELV, kitchen, lighting, and specialist requirements.
• Review substations, generators, UPS systems, distribution boards, risers, cable routes, containment, and plant rooms.
• Coordinate lighting power, decorative lighting, landscape lighting, emergency lighting, and lighting control interfaces.
• Review load schedules, voltage drop, short-circuit, protection coordination, earthing, and power quality studies.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, authority requirements, sustainability objectives, and project standards.
• Review contractor and specialist vendor submissions.
• Support design reviews, technical workshops, constructability reviews, and authority approvals.
• Review technical queries, substitutions, design changes, and nonconformances.
• Conduct site inspections and monitor installation quality.
• Support testing, commissioning, integrated systems testing, and handover.
• Coordinate electrical requirements for kitchens, laundries, pools, wellness facilities, back-of-house areas, and life safety systems.
• Mentor electrical engineering staff.

What Required Skills You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Professional registration or chartered status is preferred.
• Minimum of 12+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with luxury high-end developments, resorts, high-rise, mixed-use, or complex projects.
• Strong knowledge of power distribution, emergency systems, lighting, life safety, and electrical codes.
• Experience with electrical design review, commissioning, and construction support.
• Excellent technical, analytical, coordination, and communication skills.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring

• Experience with high-voltage systems, emergency generation, UPS, microgrids, or renewable energy systems.
• Knowledge of operator electrical standards and operational requirements.
• Experience coordinating decorative lighting, landscape lighting, façade lighting, and lighting control systems.
• LEED, CIBSE, IES, NFPA, or equivalent professional certification.
• Proficiency in Revit MEP, ETAP, Dialux, AutoCAD, Navisworks, or similar tools.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Confidential

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