Senior Electrical Engineer

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?
Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

We put the engine in buildings engineering. Intelligent design. Innovative execution. These are the elements of buildings engineering that rev us up. With decades of experience under our belts, we’re achieving remarkable results with our work in building technologies, energy, and environmental performance. Our team of interdisciplinary consultants works collaboratively with clients and contractors to deliver buildings and processes that are on track for safety, performance, and sustainability.

For both public and private sector clients, we provide unique high-performance engineering design solutions from small scale commercial fit-out projects to billion-dollar state of the art health care facilities.

Stantec in Alberta has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our established Western Canadian Leadership Team within our Buildings Engineering Practice in Edmonton. While the opportunity is based out of Edmonton, project locations throughout Alberta and Western Canada including British Columbia, the Prairie Provinces as well as the Northern Territories may require travel for short periods. Remote work strategies may be considered based on project requirements and direct supervisor approval.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Managing and delivering Electrical Engineering Services on a diverse portfolio of project assignments for valued clients throughout Alberta and across Western Canada.
• Proactively plan and manage the delivery of Electrical Engineering Services on projects with a focus on accurate scope management, technical excellence / innovation, quality assurance / quality control as well as adherence to schedule and budget drivers.
• Preparation of Technical Engineering Design Reports specific to key Building Electrical Systems including Power Distribution, Emergency Power Systems, Lighting and associated Lighting Control Systems, Telecommunication and other low-tension systems as well as Fire Alarm and related Life Safety Systems.
• Develop Electrical Engineering Designs and associated Drawings and Specifications suitable for both tender and construction.
• Utilizes BIM technologies and other computer aided engineering design software tools to develop project deliverables.
• Enhanced knowledge and experience in comparison of electrical systems including value / life cycle cost analysis.
• Create and lead strong and diverse technical teams for the delivery of Electrical Engineering Services on projects. May develop to formal direct supervision of assigned staff.
• Develop and mentor intermediate and junior staff through effective communication and strong leadership to promote career progression.
• Promote strong team work ethic through collaboration.
• Work collaboratively to support the Alberta Building Engineering Team and wider North American Building Engineering Team to develop and implement programs and procedures affecting Electrical Engineering for Vertical Construction Projects.
• Lead business development opportunities with the integrated architecture and engineering teams at Stantec and externally
• Develop electrical engineering scopes of services, workplans and associated fee estimates.
• Lead electrical engineering pursuits from inception to successful contract award.
• Develop strong client relationships through proactive business development and marketing efforts as well as through exceptional delivery of projects and associated deliverables.