Job Description


Senior Electrical Engineer / Project ManagerRegistered Professional Engineer (PE) license (required).

Location: Downers Grove, IL (Office-based with nationwide project travel –%)

Job Type: Permanent / Full-Time

Overview

Our client is a multidisciplinary engineering firm specializing in the design, integration, and construction management of capital asset projects. We're seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer / Project Manager with a current PE license to lead industrial power and controls design, coordinate utility and equipment interfaces, and drive projects from concept through startup. This role blends hands-on electrical engineering with full-lifecycle project management, vendor engagement, and field oversight.

Responsibilities Electrical Engineering

  • Review existing industrial power systems to determine capacity for capital expansions; plan and coordinate power usage and load studies.

  • Lead and supervise the creation of electrical power and controls bid-package drawings, including VAC and VAC single-line diagrams and power/control plan layouts.

  • Develop scopes of work for electrical and controls bid packages.

  • Coordinate with local utilities for service, transformer, and substation upgrades; specify transformers, conductors, busway, switchgear, and circuit breakers.

  • Review and approve new equipment electrical requirements (, power load, breaker sizing, data communication/ethernet, grounding, machine safety).

  • Review and approve I/O drawings, control panels, and VFD panels produced by third parties.

  • Support machine safety audits and collaborate with safety partners on category assessments.

  • Apply working knowledge of NEC/industrial installations, arc-flash study data gathering, PLC programming basics, and common automation components (VFDs, HMIs, PLCs, I/O modules, remote I/O).

    • Project Management

  • Establish project schedules and budgets; oversee multi-disciplinary design efforts and direct engineers and CAD designers.

  • Lead selection and procurement of equipment and contractor services.

  • Run internal and external project meetings; track budgets, schedules, deliverables, and risks.

  • Collaborate with vendors and OEMs to prevent/resolve field issues.

  • Provide field oversight to confirm work quality, safety, code/spec compliance, and design intent.

    • Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (required).

  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) license (required).

  • + years of relevant design, project management, and/or construction management experience.

  • Demonstrated leadership and people management skills.

  • Proficiency with AutoCAD (plus).

  • Ability to travel –% to project sites across the

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