Freese and Nichols is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer for Dallas, Fort Worth, Texas, or Greenville, South Carolina. As an Electrical Engineer, you will serve as a senior technical authority for complex electrical design work across water and wastewater projects while helping define technical direction, deliver high-quality results, and support technical growth in the team. This role is intended for the firm’s most complex and highest-risk electrical work. Primary Responsibilities: Provide firm-level technical leadership for electrical design and electrical systems for water and wastewater systems including commissioning, resilience, and risk decisions Assist in defining technical direction for the Industrial Power Team, including standards, design frameworks, design standards, specification strategy, review expectations, and ensure accountability Guide Electrical design, integration, commissioning, sequencing, startup, and workload approaches for pump station, water and wastewater projects Coach and mentor junior electrical staff Advise project managers, team leaders, client-service leaders, and executive leadership on technical strategy, risk mitigation, staffing approach, fee preparation, and recovery actions Serve as a senior advisor to internal and external clients, owners, project teams, and firm leadership on complex technical issues, disputes, claims support, and innovation initiatives Provide QA/QC for Electrical deliverables, technical reviews, standards details, and standard specifications Provide root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and lessons learned Lead coordination across the Electrical group, process, electrical, mechanical, civil, structural, and operations on major projects Represent the firm externally through industry leadership, committees, technical guidance, publications, presentations, and client forums Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, architectural engineering, computer engineering, or another engineering discipline relevant to Electrical Power design from an ABET-accredited program Active Professional Engineer license (P.E.) 6+ years of relevant experience in Electrical Power for Water and Wastewater Systems, knowledge of SCADA, instrumentation design, or related technical design work is a plus. Recognized technical authority with significant impact on standards, quality, innovation, risk controls, and complex Electrical design for water and wastewater systems Advanced knowledge of engineering drawings, specifications, electrical systems for water and wastewater systems, commissioning, and construction documentation Experience developing complex electrical systems from conceptional to final including duct bank routing and layouts, control wiring diagrams, one-line diagram, and construction costs Experience establishing QA/QC expectations, technical review practices, standards application, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and quality improvement Executive-level communication skills with clients, leadership, project teams, contractors, vendors, and interdisciplinary stakeholders Working knowledge of standards such as NFPA 70, NFPA 70E, UL 508A, NEMA MG-1, IEEE 519, NFPA 820 Preferred PE licensure in multiple jurisdictions served by the firm Experience serving as responsible licensed engineer or engineer of record for critical or high-risk I&C scope Experience establishing, standards, innovation, specification strategy, QA/QC systems, risk controls, training, and delivery frameworks Leadership in the electrical industry, presentations for conferences/seminars or white papers, member of a professional committee, or electrical standards committee About Freese and Nichols At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always). Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values. We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service. For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need: developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more. Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at Benefits That Work for You), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina. We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday. Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at Working at Freese and Nichols. Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. #LI-Hybrid Freese and Nichols is a professional planning, consulting and engineering firm serving clients across the United States. With client service and continuous improvement in mind, we plan, design and manage sustainable water and infrastructure projects.

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