Senior Electrical Designer

Role overview

Design and delivery duties

• Design and coordinate medium- and low-voltage power distribution for rail and transit facilities.
• Design fiber optic, PA, telephone, CCTV, and network communications systems.
• Design access control, intrusion detection, and video surveillance security systems.
• Design and coordinate fire alarm and life safety systems.
• Perform lighting design and photometric analysis for stations, tunnels, maintenance facilities, and ancillary buildings.
• Conduct load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, arc flash, and coordination studies.
• Develop and coordinate SCADA and control interfaces with electrical and mechanical systems.
• Prepare drawings, specifications, calculations, and technical reports.
• Coordinate designs with multidisciplinary teams, clients, utilities, and contractors.
• Support construction, shop drawing reviews, and field investigations.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• At least eight years of electrical design experience in rail, transit, transportation, or infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, and BIM modeling environments.
• Experience with power distribution, fire alarm, communications, security, and SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of CEC, OESC, NFPA, IEEE, CSA, and applicable local transit authority requirements.
• Experience using ETAP, SKM, or EasyPower for power system analysis.
• Strong understanding of electrical equipment, protection, grounding, and control systems.
• Strong communication, coordination, technical writing, design leadership, and mentoring abilities.

Preferred qualifications

• P.Eng. designation or eligibility for registration is a strong asset.
• Major rail and transit project experience, systems integration, transit agency standards familiarity, and BIM 360 workflow experience are preferred.

Benefits and development

• The employer describes health, vision, dental, pension and savings plans, paid time off, wellness offerings, and career development programs.