Senior Electrical Engineer

Build the future, spark innovation and align your career with purpose.

McKinstry is innovating the waste and climate harm out of the built environment and creating lasting impact. Together, we're building a thriving planet.

Buildings are a leading contributor to the climate crisis, generating nearly 40% of total global energy-related carbon emissions. We're making a lasting impact on our industry and within our communities by addressing the climate, affordability and equity crises through:

renewables and energy services

engineering and design

construction and facility services

To get where we're going, we need big thinkers, problem solvers and collaborative mindsets. Does that sound like you?

The Opportunity with McKinstry

We are adding a Senior Engineer to our growing Engineering and Design division in Seattle. In this role, you will manages the building systems engineering design process from project pursuits through construction administration and turnover. Additionally, some responsibilities you will have include:

Team Management

Identify resource needs to meet project deadlines.

Train and mentor project and lead engineers on design and technical topics.

Conduct quarterly goal plan reviews with direct reports.

Design Management

Give clear direction on what design tasks needs to be accomplished and by when.

Understand what technical information the design team needs to know and keeps them updated.

Delegate to maximize technical development opportunities for junior staff.

Keep up to date on all design tasks to ensure junior staff have appropriate guidance and support.

Accessible and approachable to people asking for help or technical support.

Document project correspondence, issues, decisions, and directions.

Apply and coach McKinstry Design standards and procedures.

Provide engineering analysis to support sales and early design efforts.

Identify and respond to changes in scope, schedule, budget, or expectations.

Demonstrate understanding of overall project technical objectives and employs creative problem solving to achieve objectives within budget and resources.

Coordinate with construction and estimating teams to reduce project costs (internal design-build jobs.

Coordinate design and deliverables with external clients and other design disciplines.

Understand and deliver to the contracted scope and fee.

Design

Maintain a professional qualification or certification if one exists in their discipline or demonstrates the equivalent technical knowledge, experience, and skill

Remain up to date professionally and technically.

Provide hands-on design and design management services.

Contribute to technical standards development by participating in focused Standards Groups.

Deliver designs to customers by reviewing and providing feedback on engineering calculations and design drawings for design intent, quality, precision, constructability, and construction costs

Guide coordination with internal and external team members.

Identify opportunities for process and technology improvements.

Investigate, evaluate, and troubleshoot existing systems.

Drive system selection and preconstruction technical collaboration.

Present options and facilitate decisions for design direction, system selection, energy conservation, and cost savings strategies.

Serve as Engineer of Record (Stamping Engineer).

Customer Relations

Attend design meetings with external customers and stakeholders as needed.

Enhance department and company reputation by representing McKinstry in the community through taking a leadership position in professional industry and/or regulatory groups critical to McK's LOBs.

What You Need to Succeed at McKinstry

Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent work experience required.

Engineering license and ability to obta