Principal Electrical Engineer

Posted 3 Days Ago
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4 Locations
In-Office or Remote
Senior level
Energy • Utilities • Renewable Energy
The Role
Lead multi-office teams in electrical design and engineering for utility projects, ensuring quality, compliance, and continuous improvement. Serve as a key technical resource and mentor for engineers.
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Job Summary:

The Principal Electrical Engineer provides enterprise-level technical leadership across multi-office teams, elevating project quality, schedule adherence, and delivery consistency for electric and gas distribution, substation, and facilities programs. This role supports high‑performing project teams, drives continuous improvement with clients and internal stakeholders, and establishes training and change‑management frameworks that scale across the organization.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead technical development of electrical design engineers across more than a dozen offices, reducing major quality and delivery issues.
  • Review and stamp plans for electric distribution, natural gas projects, compressor stations, and substation projects.
  • Conduct continual improvement initiatives in response to client feedback and internal opportunities, strengthening client relationships.
  • Create and administer change‑management systems for organizational, equipment, and process changes.
  • Oversee and review designs for compliance with client and industry standards (NESC, NEC, IEEE/IEC).
  • Serve as a key technical resource and decision-maker on engineering problems, methods, and standards.
  • This role typically reviews Gas Complex Projects from an Electrical perspective.
  • Attends client meetings as a Subject Matter Expert as needed, and is focused on the projects, not managing people.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (Power emphasis preferred).
  • 8–12+ years of relevant utility/energy experience.
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license (or ability to obtain within 6–12 months).
  • Proven record of leading multi‑office technical teams and delivering complex projects.
  • Experience mentoring engineers/designers and implementing QA/QC best practices.

Why Join Us?

At ENTRUST Solutions Group, we are a community of over 3,000 dedicated professionals committed to our clients and each other. As an ENR Top 100 company, we provide comprehensive engineering, consulting, and automation services to various industries, including gas and electric utilities, telecommunication service providers, pipeline operators, and industrial companies. We are a forward-thinking organization dedicated to leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive success. We are committed to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

We believe in fostering a culture of inclusivity and respect, where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their unique perspectives. If you are passionate about our industry and looking for a place to grow your career, we would love to hear from you!

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Not quite the right fit? Check out all our openings at ENTRUST Solutions Group Careers.

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ENTRUST Solutions Group is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

Headhunters and recruitment agencies may not submit resumes/CVs through this website or directly to managers. ENTRUST does not accept unsolicited headhunter or agency resumes and will not pay fees to any third-party agency or company that does not have a signed agreement with ENTRUST Solutions Group.

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The Company
HQ: Warrenville, IL
2,840 Employees

What We Do

ENTRUST Solutions Group, an ENR Top 100 company, provides comprehensive and dependable engineering, consulting, and automation services to pipeline companies, gas and electric utilities, and industrial customers.

With first-hand experience operating and maintaining energy infrastructure, our engineering professionals provide expertise in Pipeline Engineering, Integrity Services, Automation Integration, Electrical Design, Fiber & Broadband Communications, Industrial Solutions, and Process Safety Management.

ENTRUST provides innovative engineering solutions to meet our clients’ needs, while consistently maintaining the highest level of ethics and integrity. Our success is achieved through the valued contributions of our talented and diverse employees with more than 3300 professionals across 42 offices.

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