The Role
The Senior Electrical Engineer leads projects by applying standard electrical design techniques, managing technical scopes, and mentoring teammates. Responsibilities include executing designs, evaluating specifications, and collaborating with teams on complex projects.
Summary Generated by Built In
Sound like your next move?
- You're a Senior Electrical Engineer in Columbus who's built real expertise — and you're ready to put it to work on projects that set the standard
- You're energized by complex, high-profile environments: high-rise office towers, major airports, historic preservation projects — work where the technical challenges are real and the design bar is uncompromising
- You own the full technical scope: construction documents, load calculations, short circuit and coordination studies, cost estimates — and you do it with the kind of precision that keeps ambitious projects on track
- You lead with confidence, coordinate across disciplines without friction, and bring a level of reliability that makes every team around you better
- You're not chasing a lateral move — you want a firm where your career has room to accelerate
HEAPY is that firm.
We're a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineering firm with deep roots in the AEC industry and a reputation for technically excellent work across some of the most complex and consequential project types in the region. Our Corporate Practice spans high-rise office buildings, major airports, and historically significant structures — each one demanding a different kind of expertise, and each one raising the ceiling on what great electrical engineering looks like.
Our Corporate Practice is growing, and we're building the team that will define what it looks like for the next decade. Here, senior engineers don't just execute — they influence, they mentor, and they help clients work through challenges they haven't fully named yet. If you want to grow into one of the best engineers in your market, inside a firm that will genuinely invest in that growth, HEAPY is where that happens.
Key Responsibilities
The Senior Electrical Engineer independently performs a variety of assignments involving the application of standard electrical design engineering techniques for a small project or selected segments of a larger project. This person must be capable of exercising independent judgment in evaluating, selecting, and applying standard design engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria to make minor design adaptations and modifications. This position requires the colleague to set assignments that have clear and specific objectives and require the investigation of a limited number of variables.
Qualifications
This position normally requires a 4-year engineering degree from an ABET-accredited program and typically 10+ years’ related experience (or equivalent working knowledge/experience/advanced degree in engineering) related to electrical engineering systems in the Built Environment. This includes considerable experience in utilizing various computer software packages and automated electrical engineering and design equipment. An incumbent in this position should be in possession of a Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certification and be working toward Professional Engineering (PE) Registration. PE registration would be attained within the first 2 years of attaining this position level.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintains clear knowledge of HEAPY Corporate Vision, Mission, and Core Values and demonstrates awareness of how those objectives relate to all position responsibilities.
- Approaches all assigned tasks as an opportunity for growth and experience, modeling the way for other team members.
- Continually advances technical education and personal development aligned with OKRI goals.
- Responsible for the design engineering services following with Corporate Vision, Mission, and Core Values as well as Corporate ISO Systems View(s), and related professional standards, client requirements, and corporate objectives.
- Collaborates with more experienced engineering colleagues to prepare basic plan details and outlines, cost estimates, and perform calculations in support of broader engineering activities involving the design of electrical equipment, components, or systems.
- Lays out full plan designs, plan details and outlines, identifies quantities of materials, cost estimates, and performs calculations for a detailed segment of a project.
- Prepares technical specifications for review and approval.
- Evaluates vendors’ bids and drawings to ensure compliance with specifications.
- Reviews and approves electrical design drawings for assigned segment of project.
- Assists with development of design guides, guide specifications, and design control procedures when directed by Practice Technical Leader.
- Prepares technical reports such as life cycle cost analysis, facility conditions assessments, and other engineering guidance for clients.
- Performs field tests & measurements, collects field data, as necessary.
- Aids and support to proposal teams or proposal managers as requested.
- Collaborates with and supports Design Engineers / Designer I & II colleagues on their technical development and professional growth.
- Collaborates with field observation colleagues to perform field observations and tests, measurements, collect field data, and prepare field reports and related documentation.
- Other duties as assigned.
HEAPY Benefits
- Built for People, Not Just Projects – a collaborative, colleague-first culture where you can do your best work
- Thrive with HEAPY Benefits – premium medical, dental & vision coverage designed with you in mind
- Invest in Your Future – 401(k) with competitive contributions to help you plan ahead
- Be Rewarded for Your Impact – 10–15% annual bonus potential tied to company performance and your contributions
- Own Your Time – open PTO and paid sick time that gives you the flexibility to recharge when you need it
- Wellness Week – we hit pause the final week of the year so you can rest, reset, and reflect
- Feel Your Best – annual wellness benefit bonus focused on your overall well-being
- Grow with Purpose – annual professional development stipend to support your career goals
About
HEAPY is Inspiring a Better Way of BuildingColleagues are at the center of everything we do at HEAPY. By engineering more sustainable, resilient buildings, our colleagues are creating healthy environments that inspire and have a positive impact on the community. In this way, HEAPY creates high-performance buildings to help clients achieve not just their goals for form and function, but also around sustainability commitments, recruitment, retention, productivity, and occupant wellness.Our Colleague First approach encompasses how we invest in our colleagues here at HEAPY, as well as the way we engage with clients. Through active listening, creative collaboration, and support that extends throughout a building’s life cycle, we are creating a more rewarding engagement.Investing in Our Team Inspires Remarkable PerformanceOur national portfolio speaks to the HEAPY team’s MEP engineering, technology engineering, commissioning, and construction administration expertise. But what truly sets us apart is the belief that continually investing in our colleagues is good for our clients, our communities, and our company.HEAPY’s Colleague First culture reflects an environment in which people feel heard and respected, one where we take pride in delivering upon the core values of our organization. This support enables our colleagues to better guide clients through challenging design decisions and build the trust that enables unparalleled engineering solutions.
Skills Required
- 4-year engineering degree from an ABET-accredited program
- 10+ years related experience in electrical engineering systems
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certification
- PE Registration within 2 years of position level
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The Company
What We Do
HEAPY is an engineering firm founded in 1945 that provides MEP, fire protection, and technology design services. They focus on creating sustainable, high-performance, and resilient buildings for sectors like healthcare, education, and government, aiming to optimize building performance and operational excellence. The company is dedicated to delivering innovative solutions that enhance the built environment, ensuring facilities are efficient, safe, and aligned with client sustainability commitments.






