Job Description
Electrical Project Development Engineer
Work on critical infrastructure and impact projects before execution.
About Our Client
Our client is a leading provider of engineering, construction, testing, and maintenance services for electrical power infrastructure. Serving utility, renewable energy, industrial, and energy storage markets, the company delivers innovative, engineering-driven solutions for medium- and high-voltage systems. With a strong reputation for technical excellence, safety, and execution, they support projects across North America.
Job Description
- Develop project design bases, engineering assumptions, design criteria, scope boundaries, and exclusions for project opportunities.
- Prepare conceptual engineering deliverables, including single-line diagrams, equipment layouts, bills of material (BOMs), equipment specifications, technical datasheets, and procurement inquiry packages.
- Support estimating activities through quantity takeoffs, equipment selection, labor and productivity assumptions, schedule development inputs, and technical clarifications.
- Review client requirements, specifications, drawings, and site information to identify technical risks, scope gaps, constructability concerns, and design uncertainties.
- Collaborate with estimators, project managers, engineers, procurement teams, and subject matter experts to develop complete project definitions and estimate-ready packages.
- Apply engineering standards, company design practices, and established governance processes throughout project development.
- Participate in technical reviews, proposal development efforts, and interdisciplinary coordination meetings.
- Document engineering assumptions, lessons learned, and continuous improvement opportunities.
- Support project handoff activities by providing complete and well-documented development packages for detailed engineering and execution teams.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
The Successful Applicant
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering from an accredited institution.
- Minimum of 3 years of engineering experience supporting project development, conceptual engineering, estimating, proposal development, FEED/FEL activities, or EPC project execution.
- Demonstrated ability to develop conceptual engineering solutions with limited supervision.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary ranging from $165,000 to $180,000 annually.
- Competitive compensation package
- Annual bonus opportunity
- Comprehensive health benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Career development and advancement
- Exposure to large-scale energy projects
- Collaborative engineering culture
- Growing organization with strong market presence
- Paid time off and holidays
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Houston, Texas |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $165,000–$180,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
Learn the benefits of working with Michael Page yourself. Submit your resume or contact a Michael Page recruitment consultant today.
Skills
- Alternative Energyunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Bill of Materials (BOM)unmatched
- Career Developmentunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Construction Engineeringunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Datasheetsunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Electricityunmatched
- Energy & Utilitiesunmatched
- Engineeringunmatched
- Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC/EPCC/EPCM)unmatched
- Equipment Selectionunmatched
- Equipment Specificationunmatched
- Front-End Engineering Design (FEED)unmatched
- Front-End Loading (FEL)unmatched
- High Voltage (HV)unmatched
- Maintenance - Electricalunmatched
- Maintenance Servicesunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Plan Meetingsunmatched
- Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Developmentunmatched
- Project Designunmatched
- Project Developmentunmatched
- Project Engineeringunmatched
- Project Estimatesunmatched
- Project Executionunmatched
- Proposal Developmentunmatched
- Purchasing/Procurementunmatched
- Risk Analysisunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Team Playerunmatched
- Testingunmatched
- Writing Skillsunmatched
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