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Electrical Engineer - Buildings

Chicago, ILHybridFull Time$85,000–$123,300 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Buildings
  • System Design
  • Project Management
  • Quality Management
  • Budget Management
  • Timeline Management

Nice to have

  • Senior Project Engineer
  • Project Manager
  • Designers

Role summary

Stantec's Buildings team is seeking an Electrical Engineer to perform basic technical and project management duties under supervision. Responsibilities include developing system designs, preparing project deliverables, adhering to quality management processes, and assisting project managers with timeline and budget planning. The role involves active participation in the engineering community and managing competing priorities to ensure project success. This is a collaborative role focused on creating impactful buildings.

Your Opportunity

The Engineer performs basic technical and project management duties under the supervision of a Senior Project Engineer or Project Manager. Understands and identifies project requirements and performs independent technical work on basic tasks within one’s own discipline. Provides guidance to Designers on completion of duties.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Develops basic system designs within own discipline under minimal supervision; this includes the ability to offer solutions to general technical problems.
  • Works in conjunction with senior project engineer to prepare project deliverables per the client’s intent and scope of work outlined in Stantec's proposal.
  • Follows Stantec’s quality management process; reviews project deliverables prior to submission to QA/AC reviewer.
  • Actively participates in the engineering/Professional community to build personal knowledge and professional growth (e.g. attend meetings / seminars / conferences.)
  • Performs duties to assist the project manager as follows:
  • Gives input or creates plans to complete tasks within the project timeline and budget, identifies required precursors from other disciplines in a timely fashion.
  • Develops understanding of all Stantec service offerings.
  • Meets or exceeds utilization goals and adheres to project budget.
  • Identifies and reports potential roadblocks and competing client and co-worker priorities that may inhibit the ability to maintain the project scope, schedule, and budget

Stantec’s Buildings team is on a mission to become the world’s leading integrated design practice. Our architects, engineers, interior designers, consultants, sustainability specialists, and technologists are passionate about the power of design. Our collaborative culture and our innovative, sustainable approach to projects help us create buildings that matter to our world.

Together, we are enhancing the quality of life globally through design.

Join us and design your place with Stantec.


Pay Transparency: In compliance with pay transparency laws, pay ranges are provided for positions in locations where required. Please note, the final agreed upon compensation is based on individual education, qualifications, experience, and work location. At Stantec certain roles are bonus eligible. Actual compensation for part-time roles will be pro-rated based on the agreed number of working hours per week.
Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees (working at least 20 hours per week) have access to medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage and paid family leave. Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).
Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.
The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements
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