This job is posted on behalf of Levi Hunter by Top Echelon.
Staff Electrical Engineer 4 (Data Center)Pay: $77.38/hour
Job Type: Temp-to-Hire
Work Schedule: Onsite, 5 days per week
Locations: Overland Park, KS • Ann Arbor, MI • Bloomington, MN • Canonsburg, PA • Cary, NC • Dallas, TX • Darien, IL • Denver, CO • Houston, TX • Orlando, FL • Phoenix, AZ • Tualatin, OR
Job Summary
We are seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to support the design and execution of mission-critical data center projects. This role is ideal for an experienced electrical engineer with strong AutoCAD, Revit, and BIM expertise who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and collaborating with both project teams and clients.
The successful candidate will play a key role in designing large-scale data center facilities, ensuring projects meet quality, budget, and schedule requirements while delivering resilient and reliable solutions. This position offers the opportunity to convert to a permanent role for the right candidate.
Responsibilities
- Lead and support the design of large-scale data center electrical systems.
- Deliver project assignments within established budgets, schedules, and quality standards.
- Incorporate project requirements, schedules, and budgets into electrical designs and layouts.
- Evaluate and communicate design considerations related to redundancy and resiliency.
- Conduct field investigations, surveys, and facility assessments.
- Prepare and review technical drawings and engineering documentation.
- Review models, drawings, and production work while resolving technical challenges.
- Ensure designs comply with applicable codes, standards, specifications, and client requirements.
- Compile engineering data and prepare technical studies and reports.
- Perform engineering calculations and analyses as required.
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers and designers.
- Deliver training and knowledge-sharing in areas of technical expertise.
- Coordinate project requirements with internal teams and external clients.
- Support multiple project responsibilities while maintaining attention to detail.
- Maintain professional client-facing communication throughout project lifecycles.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field from an accredited program.
- Minimum of 5 years of related engineering experience.
- Previous experience with hyperscale Data Centers of at least 40 MW
- Demonstrated understand of design risk factors for redundancy and resiliency.
- Understanding of design differences in hyper-scale, edge, and colocation data centers.
- Possesses a proficiency in 3D modeling as well as managing and creating complex families with custom parameters within Autodesk Revit.
- Familiarity with Data Center tier rating systems.
- Strong knowledge of Autodesk Revit
- Experience utilizing BIM 360, Navisworks, Revit work sets, view templates and project phasing.
Core Competencies
- Written & Verbal Communication
- Drive for Results
- Planning & Prioritization
- Delegation & Leadership
- Team Collaboration
- Conflict Resolution
- Active Listening
- Project Coordination
- Problem Solving & Critical Thinking
- Adaptability & Dealing with Ambiguity
- Building Effective Teams