# Lead Professional, Electrical Engineer

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $95,000 - $169,300
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

WSP is currently seeking a Lead Professional, Electrical Engineer to join our team in Washington, DC. This role involves providing high-level technical assistance and guidance for multi-site/phase due diligence, investigation, remediation, impact assessment, permitting, design, development, and construction of utility, industrial, and commercial scale projects.

Responsibilities:

- Provide guidance with collecting, compiling, and analyzing data relating to physical work sites, blueprints, GIS data maps, substation components, equipment specifications, and standards and regulations for design work.

- Coordinate, review, and approve electrical infrastructure design plans for smaller and less-complex projects.

- Apply high-level electrical engineering techniques and processes to identify improvements for various infrastructure project phases.

- Perform professional and complex electrical engineering work relating to the design of substations, power distribution, and protection and control systems.

- Plan and incorporate future-ready techniques, concept development, operating strategies, and design requirements.

- Review electrical calculations for loads, equipment sizing, grounding touch and step potentials, short circuit study, and protective device coordination.

- Develop and review plans, specifications, and cost estimates, construction safety and phasing plans, and electrical infrastructure layout plans.

- Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams of engineers, planners, scientific, and construction professionals.

- Prepare data and visualizations such as tables, charts, reports, sketches, calculations, and illustrations.

- Prepare comprehensive technical reports and presentations.

- Maintain a high level of quality and responsiveness to client requirements.

- Analyze, evaluate, and interpret data obtained during field investigations.

- Prepare and implement site Health and Safety Plans (HASPs).

- Interact with regulatory agencies, subcontractors, and clients.

- Collaborate with professionals, engineers, planners, and infrastructure authorities.

- Remain current in the latest electrical engineering techniques and practices.

- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.

- 7 to 10 years of relevant post-education experience as an electrical engineer.

- Professional Engineer license is required.

- Proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, processes, design/build, and application to permitting and project work-related issues.

- Extensive knowledge of infrastructure design.

- Demonstrates competence and comprehensive knowledge concerning adjacent disciplines.

- Experience with electrical infrastructure planning, design, and construction management.

- Well-defined specific knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements.

- Highly effective interpersonal and communication skills.

- Demonstrated high-level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities.

- Works independently with minimal oversight and provides guidance and leadership to junior team or project members.

- Highly proficient with technical writing, office automation, discipline-specific design software, technology, math principles, predictive models, spreadsheets, and tools.

- Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

- Demonstrated effectiveness at coordinating and assertively directing subcontractors and others.

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety.

Benefits:

- Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and attendance at naturalization proceedings

Compensation:

- Expected Salary: $95,000 - $169,300

## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Infrastructure Design
- Project Management
- Health and Safety Plans
- Technical Writing
- AutoCADD electrical
- ETAP
- WIN IGS
- Inventor

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