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Job Description:
Join Parsons as a Senior Electrical Designer and help deliver complex rail and transit infrastructure projects, including Lakeshore East and transit bus garage upgrades. You’ll lead and coordinate the design of power distribution, communications, security, fire alarm, lighting, and control systems—working with multidisciplinary teams to create safe, reliable solutions that keep communities moving.
What You'll Be Doing
- Design and coordinate medium- and low-voltage power distribution systems for rail and transit facilities.
- Design communications systems including fiber optic, PA, telephone, CCTV, and network infrastructure.
- Design security systems including access control, intrusion detection, and video surveillance.
- Design and coordinate fire alarm and life safety systems.
- Perform lighting design and photometric analysis for stations, tunnels, maintenance facilities, and ancillary buildings.
- Conduct power system studies, including load flow, short circuit, voltage drop, arc flash, and coordination studies.
- Develop and coordinate SCADA and control system interfaces with electrical and mechanical systems.
- Prepare design drawings, specifications, calculations, and technical reports.
- Coordinate designs with multidisciplinary teams, clients, utilities, and contractors.
- Support construction activities, shop drawing reviews, and field investigations.
What Required Skills You'll Bring
- Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
- 8+ years of experience in electrical design for rail, transit, transportation, or infrastructure projects.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, and BIM modeling environments.
- Experience with power distribution, fire alarm, communications, security, and SCADA systems.
- Knowledge of applicable codes and standards, including CEC, OESC, NFPA, IEEE, CSA, and local transit authority requirements.
- Experience performing power system analyses using software such as ETAP, SKM, or EasyPower.
- Strong understanding of electrical equipment, protection, grounding, and control systems.
- Excellent communication, coordination, and technical writing skills.
- Ability to lead design efforts and mentor junior designers.
- P.Eng. designation (or eligibility for registration) is considered a strong asset.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with major rail and transit projects (LRT, subway, maintenance facilities).
- Experience with Systems Integration and interface coordination.
- Familiarity with Metrolinx, TTC, GO Transit, VIA Rail, or similar transit agency standards.
- Experience working in a BIM 360 workflow.
This job posting is for a current addition or replacement opportunity within Parsons.
We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for indigenous peoples, women, individuals with disabilities, and visible minorities.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!
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Skills Required
- Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution
- 8 or more years of electrical design experience in rail, transit, transportation, or infrastructure projects
- Proficiency with AutoCAD, MicroStation, Revit, and BIM modeling environments
- Experience with power distribution, fire alarm, communications, security, and SCADA systems
- Knowledge of CEC, OESC, NFPA, IEEE, CSA, and local transit authority requirements
- Experience performing power system analyses using ETAP, SKM, or EasyPower
- Strong understanding of electrical equipment, protection, grounding, and control systems
- Excellent communication, coordination, and technical writing skills
- Ability to lead design efforts and mentor junior designers
- P.Eng. designation or eligibility for registration
- Experience with major rail and transit projects, such as LRT, subway, or maintenance facilities
- Experience with systems integration and interface coordination
- Familiarity with Metrolinx, TTC, GO Transit, VIA Rail, or similar transit agency standards
- Experience working in a BIM 360 workflow
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
