Electrical Designer Technician

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.   

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design. 

Join us and design your place with Stantec. 

Your Opportunity

The Electrical Designer Technician will work with direct supervision and general direction on tasks and smaller projects as a team member of a larger engineering team under the guidance of a Senior Engineer/Designer. You will assist in evaluating, selecting, specifying, and engineering certain electrical power and lighting systems or products for a project verifying compliance with applicable codes and internal engineering standards / practices. You will perform a variety of tasks which may include AutoCAD and/or Revit design, calculations, and field work. The smaller projects that an Electrical Designer may be assigned to will have routine and complex features.  You will draw on strong building engineering knowledge to assist in the preparation of electrical plans, drawings, details and specifications in accordance with client standards and expectations. 

Your Key Responsibilities

• Serves as the electrical task designer with engineer oversight on assigned projects. 
• Performs field investigations and analyzes existing conditions to develop comprehensive engineering solutions.
• May perform power system studies including load flow analysis, short-circuit analysis, protective coordination, and arc-flash studies. 
• An ability to learn and apply electrical engineering skills and knowledge to research and develop solutions to complex engineering challenges. 
• Prepare required calculations to meet project requirements
• Supports project requirements including basis-of design narratives, opinions-of-probable-costs estimates, drawing documentation, systems design and technical specifications.
• Collaborate with project managers and supporting design staff as part of a coordinated design team.
• Actively participates in the development of design and junior engineering staff through work on projects as well as serving as a trainer, mentor and resource for junior design staff.
• Effectively delegates work to production support staff.  
• Reviews drawings and research electrical and safety code issues to comply with national, city, state, and county regulations.
• Has the ability to interact and effectively communicate with clients and project stakeholders.
• Communicate with manufacturers and contractors to address challenges and develop practical designs.
• Provides input on creation and editing of technical specifications. 
• Provides contract documents that meet the required codes and quality assurance standards.
• Resolves design conflicts and questions and provides recommendations to address issues and add value. 
• Understands and works within project budgets and schedules to help project manager meet project financial and schedule goals.
• Learning/Maintaining and Expanding Technical Skills
• Maintains and shares current knowledge of technologies, trends and the markets in which we work as they apply to the applicable project types and continually strengthens skills.
• Proactively pursues additional knowledge in related disciplines by attending available in-house and external training.