Senior Electrical Engineer

Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States

• Category: Electrical Engineering

Description

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Overview

Senior Electrical Consulting and Design Engineer: This position involves leading and executing projects across diverse sectors, including high-rise, institutional, commercial, hospitality, healthcare, mission-critical, and mixed-use facilities—covering both new construction and major renovations. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in electrical system design and analysis, team leadership, and client engagement. Supervise junior engineers and designers, ensuring technical excellence and adherence to code and project requirements.

NV5 is a provider of engineering and consulting services to public and private sector clients, delivering solutions through six business verticals: Testing, Inspection & Consulting; Infrastructure; Utility Services; Environmental Health Sciences; Buildings & Program Management; and Geospatial Technology. With offices nationwide and abroad, NV5 helps clients plan, design, build, test, certify, and operate projects that improve the communities where we live and work.

As engineers, architects, construction/program managers, environmental professionals and beyond, we play a significant role in shaping our communities through the services we provide. We are looking for passionate, driven individuals to join our team focused on Delivering Solutions and Improving Lives.

Responsibilities

Project & Team Leadership

• Lead electrical design projects and oversee the MEP group’s electrical deliverables.

• Supervise and mentor junior engineers and designers; review designs for accuracy, code compliance, and constructibility.

• Coordinate and collaborate with architects, owners, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Oversee construction administration activities, including site visits and submittal reviews.

• Participate in client meetings, business development discussions, project pursuits, and proposal development.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution.

• Minimum of 10 years of electrical engineering experience in an MEP consulting environment.

• Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in NY, CT, or NJ preferred (or active progress toward licensure).

• LEED AP or other sustainability certifications preferred.

• Proficiency in AutoCAD (required); experience with Revit and electrical modeling tools such as ETAP, SKM, or EasyPower is highly desirable.

NV5 offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, PTO, 401(k) and professional development/advancement opportunities. 

NV5 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NV5 complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Company

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NV5

Visionary is not a term typically associated with technical  and engineering professionals. Yet for 65 years, NV5 has anticipated the changes that would impact our clients and has expanded our capabilities in order to deliver sustainable solutions for the built environment.

“Beyond Engineering” describes not only the services we provide, but also our business philosophy.  It explains how we treat our clients and our attention to their needs.  It describes how we establish relationships that go beyond the realm of the project at hand, our commitment to sustainability, our involvement in our communities and the variety of services we provide.

NV5 offers value solutions for public and private infrastructure, real estate and the environment.  Clients include federal, state, municipal and local governments as well as private property owners and quasi-public agencies for the fields of education, healthcare and energy and utilities.

Projects consist of the planning, design, permitting, inspection and field supervision, and management oversight of transportation systems, water/wastewater systems, sports facilities, military base renovations, utilities expansion, renewable energy, and education and healthcare facilities.  Outsourcing, forensic engineering, litigation support, condition assessment and compliance certification are other services provided for projects of the same type.