Principal Electrical Engineer (Chicago) Job at EXP, Chicago, IL

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  • EXP
  • Chicago, IL

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Job Description

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Job Description

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Principal Electrical Engineer

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Pharmaceutical, Manufacturing, and Semiconductor Science & Technology Buildings team, based in Chicago, IL.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

  • Technical Subject Matter Expert in electrical systems design for critical industrial manufacturing including Pharmaceutical, Electronics, Chemical, Class I, II, III and Division I, II environments.
  • Knowledge in/with the NEC, NFPA Life Safety Code, and Chemical classification
  • Lead supervise and mentor Designer level staff on all of their responsibilities.
  • Establishes EXP’s design and quality levels applicable to Science and Technology market sector.
  • Responsible for meeting firms engineering quality levels for discipline on assigned projects.
  • Develops design guides for the electrical department – Science and Technology.
  • Performs complex code analysis and writes interpretation for design team.
  • Maintains quality level of specifications and details based upon feedback from construction
  • Oversees development of design concepts by Designers, and ensure proper application and execution.
  • Verifies designer’s work quality regarding specifications, reports, code application, submittal review, equipment selection, deliverables, and drawings.
  • Responsible for applying firms risk management practices of project engineering.
  • Leads the design team to produce construction documents that meet the project requirements within the allocated schedule and budget.
  • Have a solid understanding of engineering fundamentals and advanced concepts to execute all required aspects of electrical engineering.
  • Writes studies and reports for Electrical systems on projects.
  • Can operate and/or understanding of lighting calculation and electrical power analysis software.
  • Executes complex electrical designs with conflicting design requirements or difficult coordination.
  • Contributes to revisions of company design standards and master specifications for market sector.
  • Expert in specific Electrical requirements for applications within a market sector(s).
  • Evaluates Value Engineering (cost cutting) items with respect to our level of risk.
  • Prepares studies and reports for high profile projects

What Your Experience Looks Like

  • BS Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree.
  • At least fifteen (15) plus years of related Electrical Engineering experience.
  • Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Illinois and California and can get licensed in other states of work.
  • Experience in designing Laboratories, Science & Technology manufacturing facilities, R&D, and/or related critical facilitie s.

The pay range for this role is $140,000-$160,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all full-time employees, including health insurance, vacation time, and 401(k) retirement benefits.

About Us

Our story

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world’s built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP’s predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What Makes Us Different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We’re committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting .

About The Team

EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression.

Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at hrsupport@exp.com and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.

Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Engineering and Information Technology
  • Industries

    Architecture and Planning, Civil Engineering, and Oil and Gas

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