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Ghafari As

Electrical Engineer

Ghafari As, Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35275

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Job Description:

Overview With some supervision from the senior staff or the Manager of Electrical Engineering, provide engineering design and analysis for lighting, power, low voltage, and associated control systems for new construction and/or renovation of industrial, commercial, educational, governmental, and healthcare structures in conformance to client requirements and applicable codes. Provide engineering to develop construction documents for the installation, interconnection and control of architectural, electrical, and mechanical components.

Responsibilities

Possess / demonstrate the engineering knowledge and understanding to design and/or analyze electrical systems for the installation, interconnection, and control of architectural, electrical and mechanical components.

Using applicable codes and standards, design and engineer lighting and power distribution systems, low voltage systems (fire alarm systems, telecommunications, data networks, lighting control systems, power monitoring systems, etc.), including sizing of equipment.

Review and/or establish project scope, electrical budget, design approach, and applicable constraints with the Project Manager or client as appropriate.

Knowledge of the NEC and other relevant NFPA standards, as they apply to the electrical design.

Adhere to project quality, budget, and schedule.

Prepare feasibility studies and schematic design packages of lighting, power systems, etc.

Possess / demonstrate the graphic ability to produce construction documents per company and client standards.

Communicate and work with all other disciplines to produce coordinated construction documents.

Conduct field measuring and checking at the project site.

Maintain organized project file containing project calculations, schedules, correspondence, appropriate reference materials, etc.

With assistance, edit and draft project specifications.

Review project submittals (shop drawings) for conformance with contract documents; specify action required for conformance.

Prepare project cost estimates.

Respond to RFIs.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Qualifications Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university

Professional Registration*

LEED accredited professional qualification preferred

Experience

5+ years related and progressively more responsible experience in electrical engineering field

Experience with short-circuit analysis, protective device coordination and arc flash hazard software (e.g. SKM, ETAP or EasyPower)

Skills/Competencies

Proficiency in Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD

Experience with SKM, ETAP or EasyPower

Bluebeam

BIM 360 and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)

Excellent written and verbal communication

Strong attention to detail

Ghafari Associates, LLC is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. If you need an accommodation due to a disability in order to use our online system to apply for a position at Ghafari Associates, LLC, you may apply for positions in the following ways:

Connect to our job portal (https://ghafari.jobs)

By fax at 313.436.8624; Attn: Human Resources

By mail at 17101 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126; Attn: Human Resources

In person at 17101 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI 48126.

By email at hr@ghafari.com

If there are any questions or additional accommodations that are required, please contact 313.441.3000 for assistance.

It is Ghafari Associates, LLC’s policy not to discriminate in its employment and personnel practices because of a person’s race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, weight, height, marital, pregnancy or parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (including family medical history), political affiliation, military service, status as a qualified individual with a disability or a protected veteran, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance.

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