Business – Electrical Lead Designer (Commercial) - New York City

As an experienced electrical design engineer at Henderson Engineers, you will have the opportunity to contribute your expertise in our business sector’s New York City market.  Specifically, consisting of core & shell, hospitality, mixed use, and workplace project types.

Lead designers prepare design documents and perform engineering calculations in coordination with project teams and multiple disciplines. This is an opportunity to train, mentor and provide leadership to design staff.  This role will also be focused on aspects of business development to help drive new services, corporate operations, and risk management activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Proactively advises and mentors less experienced designers and engineers across teams or practices, providing oversight and technical guidance.
• Takes responsibility for the success of those under their direct supervision.
• Designs advanced building systems, prepares design documents, and performs engineering calculations in coordination with project teams and multiple disciplines. They train, mentor, and provide leadership to design staff which may include directly supervising/managing others.
• Leads project and design efforts from concept design through completion.
• Produce solutions to complex engineering problems and complicated design challenges through direct involvement or in an advisory capacity.
• Ensures that production of drawings, specifications, reports, and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements.
• Involved in the development of tools, resources, and company practices.
• Implements and reinforces design and engineering standards at the team or practice level.
• Oversees the quality of projects and designs through the quality review process and regular check-ins. May include providing final reviews for projects under purview.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering preferred and 11 years of relevant experience, or 13 years of experience without degree required.  Professional Engineering (PE) license may be counted toward 1 year of direct experience.
• Knowledge and working experience helping clients comply with NYC Local Law 84 (benchmarking energy efficiency of buildings)
• Knowledge and working experience helping clients comply with NYC Local Law 88 (initiative to reduce energy consumption through lighting and controls)
• Knowledge and working experience helping clients comply with NYC Local Law 97 (decarbonization)
• Knowledge and working experience in electrical building infrastructure design for new and renovation project types.
• Knowledge and working experience with all-electric design, on-site energy generation, renewable energy system design and system feasibility studies.
• Advanced knowledge and proficiency in engineering design, A&E industry, codes, design guides, and standards relating to a broad range of practices, projects, and/or program types.
• Knowledge of earned value, contracts, and construction processes and methods.
• Proficiency in Revit and Bluebeam Revu.
• Ability to work from our New York office at least 3 days per week, and work remotely 2 days per week.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional Engineering (PE) license.
• Completion of FE exam, LEED, and/or WELL accreditation.

• Advanced knowledge and proficiency in engineering design, A&E industry, codes, design guides, and standards required. Knowledge applicable to a range of practices, project, or program types.
• Experience with industrial project types.