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Aviation Electrical Engineer

St. Louis, MOOnsiteFull TimePosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Aviation Practice
  • project manager
  • area technical leader
  • subject matter expert
  • power and lighting design
  • floodlighting design
  • airport aprons
  • airfield lighting
  • control systems

Nice to have

  • consulting engineering
  • photovoltaic developments
  • electric vehicle infrastructure
  • space port projects

Role summary

RS&H is seeking an Electrical Engineer for its Aviation Practice. This role involves designing electrical systems for transportation facilities, airports, and aviation infrastructure, including power, lighting, control, and navigational aids. Responsibilities include leading design efforts, producing drawings, developing calculations and reports, attending client meetings, performing construction administration, and training junior staff. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a PE license (or pursuit within 6 months), 5 years of consulting engineering experience (preferably aviation), proficiency in AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, AGI32, SKM, and knowledge of FAA standards and the National Electrical Code (NEC).

The Opportunity

RS&H is seeking an Electrical Engineer to join our Aviation Practice. 

RS&H will encourage and assist you to advance your career and professional development as you grow into roles such as project manager, area technical leader, and subject matter expert. You will have the opportunity to lead, develop, and deliver designs of varying sizes and complexity in our local and virtual team environment as well as engage in client relationship building and assist with winning the next big project all within an established infrastructure/aviation team.

Activities include power and lighting design for transportation facilities, floodlighting design for airport aprons, as well as designing airfield lighting, control, and navigational aid systems. You will lead designs and produce drawings for runway and taxiway lighting systems, NAVAIDs, and aviation infrastructure, develop calculations, specifications, engineering reports, and construction cost estimates, attend client meetings and site visits, and perform construction administration. Throughout you will be guided by senior professional engineering staff and become well-versed in FAA standards and the latest technologies driving the industry. You will help train junior engineering staff. 

Opportunities will be available for cross-functional collaboration on building projects, photovoltaic developments, electric vehicle infrastructure, as well as RS&H’s renown space port projects. 

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited university 
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or pursue within 6 months.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in consulting engineering, preferably aviation 
  • Experience designing building electrical systems, including power distribution, lighting, and security 
  • Be proficient with software packages: AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite 
  • Experience with software packages: AGI32, SKM 
  • Experience with FAA standards and the National Electrical Code (NEC) 
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills 
  • Able and willing to travel

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If this sounds like the role for you and you're ready to join an amazing team, please apply.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Please note: no agency representation or submissions will be recognized for this vacancy. Candidates should apply directly to this role to be considered. It is the responsibility of all third-party recruiting and employment agencies to know and adhere to our recruiting policy.

The Team

Joining our Aviation team means an opportunity to explore your potential and apply your diverse skills to serve the large and small airports of the aviation industry as a trusted advisor. You can do this in a collaborative and team-oriented environment among other driven professionals. Service areas include airfields, buildings, facility planning, environmental planning, and environmental stewardship & resiliency. Join RS&H to define and master challenges, advance professionally, and build strong and lasting relationships.

The Company

Employee-owned, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading architecture, engineering, and consulting firms, with associates who work hard every day to create tomorrow together. We offer an exceptional journey from start to future. Our integrated teams translate experience into insight, turn challenges into opportunities, and build relationships that are as strong as the buildings and infrastructure we deliver together. We attribute our success to our unwavering commitment to our core values: integrity, accountability, curiosity, and teamwork.

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