Description:
The Electrical Design Team Lead balances hands-on electrical design work with technical leadership of our electrical and instrumentation design team, reporting to the Director of Automation and Controls. You'll lead day-to-day team operations while maintaining strong billable utilization, collaborating with customers, project managers, and engineering teams to deliver detailed electrical documentation—from power distribution diagrams and panel layouts to control schematics and P&IDs—that is accurate, manufacturable, and code-compliant from concept through commissioning.
What You Get To Do
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead and manage the electrical design team, including workload allocation and resource optimization
- Drive talent management: performance evaluations, mentoring, recruiting, hiring, and onboarding
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, growth-oriented culture
- Provide technical guidance and conduct design reviews
Technical & Design Leadership
- Design electrical and instrumentation systems using AutoCAD Electrical (P&IDs, one-lines, panel layouts, loop drawings, schematics)
- Perform short circuit and voltage drop calculations; determine conduit, conductor, and wire sizing
- Apply intrinsically safe design practices for hazardous environments
- Ensure compliance with NEC, UL508A, NEMA, ISA, and IEC standards
Project Execution & Support
- Collaborate with customers and project teams to define requirements and meet timelines/budgets
- Develop BOMs, manage procurement, and uphold quality standards
- Champion AutoCAD Electrical best practices, templates, and libraries
- Support field installation, commissioning, and troubleshooting
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Align design work with business objectives
- Lead continuous improvement and standardization initiatives
What You Bring To The Team
- AAS or BS in Electrical Technology, Electrical Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7-10+ years in electrical/instrumentation design for industrial process control
- Expert in AutoCAD Electrical 2023+
- Proficient in electrical calculations (short circuit, voltage drop, sizing)
- Knowledge of NEC, UL508A, NEMA, ISA, IEC, and hazardous area design (Class I Div 1/2)
- Experience in chemical, glass, food, pharmaceutical, or similar process industries
- Excellent communication and proven ability to deliver quality designs on time and budget
- ~25% travel to client sites and suppliers