Senior Electrical Designer

Freese and Nichols, Inc. is seeking a Sr Electrical Designer to join our growing mechanical and plumbing team on a Part-Time, On-Call basis.  

Our Mechanical and Plumbing team provides a wide variety of services to the water and wastewater industry, municipal, government, federal, educational facilities, commercial, and private practice clients. In this role, you will work with multi-discipline and highly interactive teams to deliver study, design, and construction phase services to our clients. To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate strong MEP design knowledge,  leadership abilities, interpersonal skills, communication skills, teamwork, and organizational skills.  

Responsibilities:  

• Serve as lead Electrical reviewer (QC) for projects such as commercial, light industrial, facilities, pump stations, and treatment plants 
• Perform and review design calculations, and understand Electrical design principles  
• Provide guidance to, and train, Electrical EITs on projects.
• Maintain effective communication with client and client’s staff, when necessary, with regulatory agencies and within project teams  
• Eagerly and proactively seek answers and assistance necessary to perform tasks and meet deadlines within budget  
• Occasional travel to client or project sites  

Required:  

• 15+ years’ experience in Electrical Design 

​Key Skills and Attributes:  

• Ability to self-direct and work on multiple assignments at once while meeting project deliverable dates and completing other task-driven assignments  
• Ability to lead, motivate, and manage a project team and oversee excellent quality of work   
• Demonstrate technical proficiency in Electrical design per industry standards (NEC, IEEE, etc.)  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills  

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.