Building Services Electrical Engineering Discipline Manager

About ECF Engineering Consultants

ECF Engineering Consultants is a full-service engineering firm that specializes in providing technical solutions to the Energy Markets and the public and private sectors, all of which require electrical and mechanical engineering support.

We serve those entities across a range of projects, offering consultation on technology utilization, design solutions for electrical, mechanical, and public health systems, and equipment procurement and construction-phase services.

General Description of Position:

The Building Services Electrical Engineering Discipline Manager leads the Electrical Engineering Department within ECF’s Building Services Group, overseeing technical direction, staff management, project quality, and discipline performance.

This senior role provides leadership across commercial, institutional, industrial, municipal, residential, utility, renewable energy, and infrastructure sectors. The candidate should have expertise in low- and medium-voltage power, lighting, emergency power, renewable energy, fire alarms, low-voltage systems, communications, security, access control, building automation, and electrical construction.

The manager guides the electrical discipline from project planning through closeout, managing people, processes, schedules, quality, standards, and project execution, while mentoring staff.

They must be technical leaders who can coach, review decisions, support project managers, develop proposals, and ensure that electrical deliverables are complete, code-compliant, and meet professional standards.

The role involves leadership in design, specification, review, coordination, and field engineering of electrical projects, with proficiency in design software, CADD/BIM workflows, calculations, and documentation.

Essential Functions of Position:

1. Provide electrical engineering technical leadership.

• Lead and oversee the technical direction of electrical power distribution, lighting, emergency power, renewable energy, fire alarm, low voltage, communications, security, access control, and related building systems for Building Services projects.
• Establish design criteria, review engineering approaches, confirm code compliance, and ensure that electrical designs are technically sound, constructible, coordinated, and aligned with the client's requirements and ECF standards.
• Responsibilities include reviewing calculations, drawings, specifications, reports, field conditions, design narratives, equipment selections, one-line diagrams, load calculations, lighting layouts, panel schedules, short circuit studies, protective device coordination studies, arc flash studies, and engineering recommendations for projects of varying size and complexity.

2. Manage electrical discipline workload, staffing, and production.

• Plan, assign, and monitor the workload of electrical engineering staff in coordination with project managers and Building Services leadership. Maintain awareness of active projects, upcoming deadlines, staffing needs, production bottlenecks, and discipline-level risks.
• The manager shall help ensure that electrical deliverables are completed on schedule, within the established scope and budget, and at the level of quality expected by ECF. This includes monitoring progress at design milestones such as 30%, 60%, 90%, permit, bid, IFC, and construction administration phases.

3. Lead discipline quality control and technical reviews.

• Oversee the electrical discipline QA/QC process for drawings, specifications, calculations, reports, schedules, riser diagrams, one-line diagrams, details, studies, and other project deliverables.
• Confirm that electrical documents are complete, coordinated with other disciplines, code-compliant, and properly developed for the applicable project phase. The manager shall ensure that owner, permit, review, and construction-related comments, RFIs, and issues are addressed accurately and professionally.
• The position is responsible for helping reduce errors, omissions, coordination issues, and recurring quality concerns within the electrical discipline.

4. Supervise, mentor, and develop electrical staff.

• Provide direct supervision, coaching, and mentoring to assigned electrical engineers, designers, CADD/BIM technicians, and field support personnel. Support the technical growth of staff through project guidance, work reviews, training, feedback, and professional development.
• The manager shall help build the technical depth of the Electrical Engineering Department by teaching proper design practices, code application, calculation methods, specification editing, construction documentation, power system design, lighting design, emergency power design, low voltage coordination, and field coordination.

5. Support project managers and project execution.

• Work closely with project managers to support project planning, staffing, schedules, budgets, discipline scopes, deliverables, assumptions, exclusions, and additional service needs.
• Keep project managers and Building Services leadership informed of discipline progress, risks, staffing concerns, technical issues, and schedule constraints. The manager may serve as discipline lead, senior project engineer, project manager, or Engineer of Record on assigned projects, depending on project needs and qualifications

6. Support construction administration and field activities.

• Provide technical support during construction, including review of RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, substitution requests, field reports, contractor questions, pay applications, and construction coordination issues.
• Participate in site visits, existing condition reviews, construction observations, punch walks, commissioning support, startup coordination, and project closeout activities as required. The manager shall help confirm that construction activities are consistent with the design intent, project documents, applicable codes, and client requirements.

7. Maintain discipline standards, tools, and procedures.

• Develop, maintain, and improve electrical engineering standards, master specifications, standard details, calculation templates, QA/QC checklists, design procedures, and production practices.
• Coordinate with CADD/BIM leadership to support consistent drawing quality, Revit/AutoCAD workflows, sheet organization, electrical details, schedules, symbols, one-line diagrams, and department-wide production standards.
• The manager shall keep informed of current codes, standards, industry practices, design tools, and technical developments relevant to the electrical discipline.

8. Support proposals, business development, and client relationships.

• Assist with proposal preparation, technical scope development, person-hour estimates, staffing plans, project approaches, interviews, and client coordination.
• Support existing client relationships and help identify opportunities for future work. The manager shall provide realistic discipline input to help ensure that proposed scopes, budgets, schedules, and deliverables are appropriate for the work required.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or related field from an accredited university.
• Electrical Professional Engineer license required or strongly preferred. State of Florida PE license is preferred.
• Minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive electrical engineering experience, preferably in an MEP consulting environment.
• Experience managing electrical engineering staff, designers, CADD/BIM technicians, and discipline production workflows.
• Ability to serve as Engineer of Record with signing and sealing responsibilities for electrical engineering projects.
• Strong understanding of applicable codes and standards.
• Strong technical knowledge of power distribution, lighting systems, emergency and stand-by power systems, generators, transfer switches, UPS systems, grounding, fire alarm, low voltage systems, communications, access control, security, renewable energy systems, and building automation interfaces.
• Experience with commercial, institutional, industrial, municipal, residential, utility, renewable energy, renovation, and infrastructure-related projects preferred.
• Experience with existing building assessments, site investigations, field measurements, utility coordination, and renovation design.
• Experience preparing and reviewing drawings, specifications, reports, calculations, feasibility studies, cost opinions, studies, and construction administration documents.
• Experience with design software, AutoCAD, Revit, CADD/BIM workflows, lighting calculation software, electrical analysis software, Microsoft Office products, and project management tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, financial, project management, and personnel management skills.
• Ability to manage electrical discipline workload, staffing assignments, technical reviews, schedules, and project budgets.
• Ability to mentor junior and intermediate staff and assist in professional development.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel for site surveys, project scope walks, client meetings, construction observations, and project coordination meetings.
• Must be capable of working in an in-office, collaborative engineering environment with occasional flexibility as approved by management.