Role Senior Electrical Engineer/Designer

Job Location Barrie, Ontario

Job Details Full-Time

Pay Band $40.00 – $53.00 per hour

Overview

DEI Consulting Engineers is a qualified mechanical and electrical consulting engineering firm providing services to architects and building owners in the building service industry since 1999. With a comprehensive list of completed projects ranging from residential, educational, institutional, recreational, and commercial, DEI Consulting Engineers has the experience to provide full-service mechanical and electrical consulting for any building.

Role Overview

DEI’s goal is to hire a confident senior electrical engineer/designer with a minimum of seven years of experience completing electrical engineering in the building service industry.

A successful candidate will be required to:

- Provide significant design support to the lead engineer on projects with electrical construction values in excess of $1,000,000.
- Integrate well into a multi-disciplinary team of both internal and external consultants.
- Manage owner and client relationships.
- Manage contractor relationships.
- Ability to attend site reviews, manage change notices, etc. with support from senior team members.
- Communicate effectively both written and verbally.
- Conduct site reviews to assess existing building electrical system conditions according to renovation project scope.
- Be knowledgeable in applicable codes and standards as well as building service industry best design practices.
- Develop with support from lead engineer the technical design requirements for electrical systems including coordinating electrical services (and other services) for new construction, site photometric plans,



electrical distribution design, fire alarm, generator (standby and life safety) designs, emergency and life safety systems, lighting and associated controls, and other electrical requirements to suit client standards and building classifications.
- Select relevant equipment according to established company basis of design products and review/verify design calculations for electrical systems required for the building.
- Design a variety of mid or high rise residential, commercial, or institutional/educational buildings. Work will be a mixture of renovation and new construction.
- Provide technical direction on a daily basis for up to two junior electrical staff. Including providing markups, checking work, correcting as required direction, and providing input to the lead engineer on staff performance for employee evaluation purposes.

Qualifications

- Licensed P.Eng. or LEL with Professional Engineers Ontario or OACETT certification (C.E.T., C.Tech.).
- Seven (7) plus years of electrical engineering experience in the building service industry.
- Good technical knowledge and ability to develop with guidance electrical designs for a variety of building types, including, but not limited to power and distribution, lighting, lighting controls, fire alarm, life safety systems, generators, and other auxiliary systems such as IT, A/V, and communications.




- Experience in educational buildings is preferred.
- Experience in commercial, retail, residential, and/or health care/long term care buildings is an asset.
- Strong knowledge of relevant Canadian and Ontario codes and standards (OBC, OESC, NFPA, IES, etc.).
- Ability to provide technician direction and oversight for up to two junior electrical staff in the development and delivery of construction documentation and associated engineering calculations, coordination of electrical elements, and verification of electrical design.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, ability to think analytically, attention to detail, resourceful and detail-oriented, and team and customer service focused.
- Ability to adapt to company standards and leverage established work methods to maintain quality of content and presentation of all engineering documents according to established company quality control procedures.
- Working knowledge of mechanical, architectural, and structural drawings and systems as it relates to construction and the implications on electrical designs.
- Ability to effectively support lead engineer to resolve construction issues, manage client expectations, review construction sites, liaise with contractors, and other contract administration requirements.

Application Process Interested individuals are to send their cover letter and resume to [email protected]. Please note the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email. We appreciate the time and effort put forth by all applicants; however, only individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.

📌 Senior Electrical Engineer / Designer (Barrie)
🏢 DEI u0026 Associates
📍 Barrie