Posted 5 days ago
Electrical Design Engineer
@ Express Employment Professionals
Cambridge, Ontario
Overview
Express Employment Professionals is hiring an Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer on a full-time or contract basis for a design and construction contract administration team. The role focuses on electrical design for building services retrofit projects, including power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, and distributed generation design. The posting requires a P.Eng. and 5-7 years of experience, with a significant share on Canadian building retrofit projects.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare electrical drawings and specifications for building retrofit projects
- Prepare lighting, power distribution, and short circuit studies
- Prepare permit and distributed generation connection applications
- Liaise with contractors and review shop drawings
- Perform on-site inspections and support proposals and budgets
Requirements summary:
- P.Eng. designation
- 5-7 years of electrical design experience
- Significant experience on Canadian building retrofit projects
- Experience with Ontario Electrical Safety Code and Canadian Electrical Code
- Experience with Ontario Building Code and National Building Code of Canada
- Experience with local distribution company interconnection requirements
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-11-01
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-19
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | Engineering |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | ground: minimal |
| Work setting | Office, Construction site |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | P.Eng. |
| Fields of study | Electrical engineering |
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Express Employment Professionals
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Founded in 1983 and corporately headquartered in Oklahoma City, Express Employment International supports the Express Employment Professionals franchise and related brands. The Express franchise brand is an industry-leading, international staffing company with franchise locations across the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Express International boasts a team of more than 500 professionals in Oklahoma City, and a network of sales and support teams internationally. Express Employment Professionals, our flagship franchise, has more than 870 franchise locations and began franchising in 1985 to deliver staffing support and human resource services through a network of franchise office owners. Express helps people find good jobs and companies find good people, and offers a full range of employment solutions, including evaluation hire, temporary staffing, professional search, and human resources for businesses around the globe. Focusing on a wide range of positions, Express' long-term goal is to put a million people to work annually.
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- Reported office locations
- 9701 Boardwalk Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73162, US
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- Express Employment International Headquarters
- Express Employment International
- Specialties
- professional
- administrative
- commercial
- employment
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Founded in 1983 and corporately headquartered in Oklahoma City, Express Employment International supports the Express Employment Professionals franchise and related brands. The Express franchise brand is an industry-leading, international staffing company with franchise locations across the U.S., Canada, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Express International boasts a team of more than 500 professionals in…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Staffing and Recruiting |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Oklahoma City, OK |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 1983 |
| Specialties | professionaladministrativecommercialemploymentjobsstaffingpersonnelcareerhiringworkforce |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 363 |
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We are looking for an Intermediate Electrical Design Engineer with 5-7 years experience. A significant part of that experience must be on Canadian building retrofit projects. The successful candidate will be responsible for taking a role on the design and construction contract administration team with the primary responsibilities of completing electrical design for building services retrofit projects.
Core Competencies:
- Project Management
- Team Leadership
- Fostering Learning & Development
- Electrical Engineering
- Electrical Power Systems
- Industry Knowledge
- Decision Making
- Planning & Organizing
Primary Activities:
- Prepare engineering specifications and drawings, for commercial, residential, institutional and industrial buildings.
- Prepare lighting designs and calculations, power distribution design, short circuit and coordination studies, medium voltage customer owned substation and grounding design, distributed energy generation design, structured cabling design, fire alarm system design, communication systems design, and security system design.
- Prepare engineering application documents for distributed generation connections, building permits, electrical service upgrades, and electrical plans reviews.
- Ensure drawings and specifications meet established project criteria and applicable standards.
- Help prepare reports, proposals, bid submissions, budgets, project plans and other supporting documentation as required.
- Liaise with contractors, review and accept shop drawing submittals, and perform on-site inspections.
- Perform all other related tasks that will help complete the project.
- Assist business development staff in reviewing job sites and preparing proposals and/or quotations.
- Assist Operations Staff in developing new service offerings, reviewing third-party design and analysis tools, and/or creating internal project tools
Skills and Experience:
- Strong oral and written English language skills.
- P.Eng. Designation
- Clearly demonstrated experience with the Ontario Electrical Safety Code, ESA Bulletins, and Canadian Electrical Code
- Familiarity with IEEE and CSA standards applicable to power system design and equipment
- Familiarity with CSA Z462 standard and arc flash hazards
- Demonstrated experience with Ontario Building Code and National Building Code of Canada
- Demonstrated experience with Ontario Electrical Distribution Code and Local Distribution Company Interconnection requirements for Distributed Energy Generation
- Demonstrated experience with Local Distribution Company for electrical services, including customer owned medium voltage transformation and switchgear
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