Electrical Engineer, Buildings Jobs

VANCOUVER

WSP is currently seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to join our Electrical Buildings team, located at our Vancouver office.

WSP’s electrical engineering team in Vancouver engages in various projects in the commercial, industrial, healthcare, educational, light industrial and transportation sectors across BC. Reporting to an Electrical Team Lead, this position will be responsible for electrical design, leading documentation preparation, construction reviews, administration, client communication and project management.

A day in the life:

• You’ll understand and adhere to project budgets and timelines while maintaining accurate and prompt project tracking, management and billing.
• You’ll be managing project assignments within the electrical buildings field, including power distribution, infrastructure, lighting, life safety, communications, data and security systems, from the opportunity and proposal stages through design and construction.
• You’ll understand and practice safe work procedures.
• You’ll coordinate the preparation of project drawings utilizing industry-standard CAD and BIM software.
• You will be working on the design of power distribution (normal and backup power), infrastructure, lighting, fire alarm, data and security systems for buildings in the health care and institutional/commercial sectors.
• You’ll be communicating with the client, other design team partners, authorities and contractors.
• You’ll prepare load calculations utilizing industry-standard load and lighting analysis software.
• You’ll select systems and equipment and prepare project specifications.
• You’ll review and assess existing systems and prepare condition reports and feasibility studies.
• You’ll be ensuring the electrical design complies with the BC Building Code, the Canadian Electrical Code, and other codes as required.
• You’ll participate in the preparation of fee proposals and business development activities where requested.
• You will be participating with a design team of electrical engineers and technicians, focused on technical solutions, developing electrical designs, taking responsibility for the preparation of project drawings and specifications and reviewing fieldwork.
• You’ll provide guidance and mentorship to less experienced staff members.
• You’ll be using your expertise to design electrical systems for a wide variety of building types and locations throughout BC (having your PSPC Reliability clearance would be a huge asset!).

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Professional Engineer registration with EGBC.
• Ability to deliver comprehensive design submissions, often with demanding timelines.
• A detailed working knowledge of Canadian Electrical Code, BC Building Code and the National Building Code of Canada.
• Ability to lead a team to deliver design submissions, often with demanding timelines.
• Experience in creating tender document packages with drawings and specifications.
• A “can do” attitude, courteous communication, an organized approach to work tasks and responsibilities, attention to detail, ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• An extensive understanding of building construction and building electrical systems and infrastructure.
• Experience with site reviews of building electrical systems.
• More than 5 years of experience in electrical engineering consulting for buildings and infrastructure.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, AutoDesk Revit and AutoCAD, Proficiency with AGI or ETAP is considered an asset.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable
• We value our people and our reputation
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We foster collaboration in everything we do

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe and the growing list of our clients including vaccination status as part of their mandated health and safety requirements to work with them, you will be required to provide proof of full COVID-19 vaccination to WSP as a condition of employment. You may also be required to undergo additional immunization to maintain a fully vaccinated status against COVID-19 whenever local Public Health Authorities recommend additional immunization.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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