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From the employer's careers site First seen 26 Oct 2026

Senior Technical Manager, Electrical Engineer

WSP San Francisco, CA senior full-time

Salary

$157,410 - $234,700 per year

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Description

We are seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Electrical Engineer to join our Transportation Sector Mechanical & Electrical Team in our San Francisco or Sacramento, CA office.

As a Senior Technical Manager, Electrical Engineer, you will provide 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 in the public and private sector.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Providing technical guidance for complex or unique assignments
  • Directing segments of a major project and participating in the application of engineering concepts and techniques
  • Analyzing complex problems requiring the development of new or improved techniques or procedures
  • Monitoring project progress for technical accuracy and adherence to schedule and budget
  • Acting as a representative at project meetings and conferences
  • Planning, organizing, and supervising engineering staff and activities for a project of significant size and complexity
  • Making recommendations on project staffing
  • Performing design tasks requiring independent judgment in the evaluation, selection, and substantial adaptation and modification of standard design or engineering techniques and procedures
  • Ensuring that production of specifications, reports, and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements
  • Conducting electrical calculations, including electrical loads, equipment sizing, feeder sizing, load flow, voltage drop, short circuit, selective coordination, and arc flash
  • Designing lighting systems, including calculations, circuiting, and controls
  • Designing facility electrical service and power distribution systems for 480/277, 120/208, and 120/240 volt classifications
  • Working with medium voltage systems and performing grounding design and calculations for system and equipment grounding
  • Designing motor control centers (MCCs), including layouts, sizing, and motor starter selection
  • Designing standby and emergency power systems, including generators and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS)
  • Coordinating with other design disciplines, including architectural, mechanical, systems, civil, geotechnical, structures, hydraulics/drainage, storm water, traffic, utilities, and right of way

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
  • 10+ years of relevant post-education experience as an electrical engineer providing design deliverables for capital projects in power generation, transmission, and distribution at a utility, industrial, or commercial scale
  • Engineer license required
  • Highly proficient with electrical engineering principles, practices, process, design/build, and the application to permitting and project work-related issues
  • Highly proficient with infrastructure design
  • Experience with infrastructure planning, design, and program/construction management
  • Strong knowledge of relevant engineering and electrical construction laws, codes, regulations, compliance practices, and record-keeping requirements

Skills

Required

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Infrastructure Design
  • Project Management
  • Engineering Principles
  • Design/Build
  • Permitting
  • Construction Management
  • Electrical Calculations
  • Lighting Design
  • Power Distribution Design
  • Medium Voltage Systems
  • Grounding Design
  • Motor Control Centers
  • Standby and Emergency Power Systems

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://emit.fa.ca3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_2001/job/93281

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