Senior Electrical Designer

Your Opportunity

Stantec’s Buildings team is looking for a Senior Electrical Designer to join our growing team. This role is ideal for an experienced electrical design professional who can lead the preparation of building electrical plans and specifications while coordinating closely with engineers, designers, clients, contractors, and multi-discipline project teams.

The Senior Electrical Designer will serve as a technical leader and design manager on multiple simultaneous projects, supporting electrical systems design for commercial, healthcare, institutional, and other complex building types.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support the preparation of building electrical plans, specifications, and design documentation.
• Act as a technical leader and design manager for multiple simultaneous design projects.
• Establish project design schedules and provide regular schedule updates and maintenance.
• Coordinate cross-discipline design activities with mechanical, plumbing, architectural, structural, telecommunications, audio visual, and other project teams.
• Perform site surveys using basic surveying tools and electrical safety equipment.
• Prepare site analysis reports to evaluate project feasibility and identify potential construction issues.
• Prepare electrical equipment layouts and schedules, site plans, one-line diagrams, grounding diagrams, lighting plans, life safety fire alarm plans, telecom and security plans, installation details, diagrams, schematics, and construction specifications.
• Provide construction administration support and respond to contractor questions during construction.
• Interact with Authorities Having Jurisdiction as needed.
• Prepare photometric studies and lighting analysis.
• Model electrical systems using SKM, ETAP, EZ-Power, or other IEEE-compliant modeling tools.
• Support the specification of electrical equipment, including transformers, switchboards, panelboards, overcurrent protective devices, conductors, raceways, motors, and variable frequency drives.
• Perform modeling and analysis of normal and emergency power distribution systems.
• Support the design of life safety systems, lighting systems, lighting controls, and associated electrical infrastructure.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Strong knowledge of electrical design for commercial, healthcare, institutional, or similar building projects.
• Ability to lead design coordination efforts across multiple disciplines.
• Strong understanding of normal and emergency power distribution systems, lighting systems, life safety systems, fire alarm systems, grounding, telecom, and security infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD and/or BIM systems, specifically Revit MEP.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office business software.
• Experience with electrical modeling and analysis tools such as SKM, ETAP, EZ-Power, or similar IEEE-compliant platforms.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, contractors, internal teams, and project stakeholders.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring engineers and designers is preferred.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university is required.
• Minimum of 10 years of electrical design experience for commercial, healthcare, institutional, or similar building projects.
• Previous managerial or team leadership experience is strongly preferred.