Senior Electrical Engineer

Hybrid contract role in Duluth, MN supporting facility expansion and maintenance capital projects. You will provide technical leadership across the electrical project lifecycle, partnering with project teams, operations, and external consultants to deliver safe, code-compliant electrical design and execution. This position offers $76–$80/hour (W2), 12 months in duration, and the chance to mentor engineers while improving future project quality through lessons learned and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support electrical project development activities, including scopes, execution strategies, schedules, capital cost estimates, risk assessments, and supporting documentation.
• Oversee electrical engineering work completed by external engineering consultants to ensure alignment with objectives, technical requirements, budgets, and timelines.
• Ensure electrical facilities and systems are designed to meet regulatory requirements, industry codes, engineering standards, and company specifications.
• Review, evaluate, and approve electrical engineering deliverables such as drawings, calculations, technical reports, specifications, and material lists.
• Assess vendor quotations and perform technical bid evaluations to recommend equipment and materials based on performance, cost-effectiveness, and delivery requirements.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain teams to support procurement and material acquisition through internal systems and processes.
• Analyze lessons learned from completed projects and apply improvements to enhance future design quality and execution.
• Provide technical support during construction, commissioning, startup, and project closeout.
• Serve as a technical advisor to project teams, operations personnel, construction stakeholders, and internal business units.
• Mentor junior engineers and team members, supporting knowledge sharing and professional growth.
• Lead or contribute to departmental initiatives, process improvements, and engineering best-practice development.
• Coordinate with internal functional groups to confirm project scope definitions meet environmental, regulatory, health, safety, and operational requirements.
• Support cross-functional project reviews to help align stakeholders on design requirements and expectations.
• Identify, evaluate, and mitigate technical risks impacting safety, cost, schedule, reliability, and operational performance.
• Provide engineering support to peers and senior staff to maintain compliance and achieve business objectives.
• Promote a culture of safety, quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement across all project activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent engineering discipline) from an accredited university.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation.
• Minimum 7 years of progressively responsible experience in electrical engineering design, project execution, commissioning, and startup activities.
• Strong expertise in 480V electrical systems, motor control systems, and industrial power distribution.
• Extensive knowledge of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), medium-voltage switchgear, and electrical power distribution systems.
• Solid understanding of electrical engineering standards, industry codes, and best practices.
• Experience managing engineering consultants and reviewing technical design deliverables.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Preferred

• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation and lead organizational or process improvements.
• Proven capability to independently manage multiple projects while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Strong aptitude for resolving complex technical and business challenges through sound engineering judgment.
• Broad understanding of interdependencies among project stakeholders and organizational functions.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts, risks, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience working within capital project environments in industrial, utility, energy, manufacturing, or related sectors.

Working Conditions & Relationships

• Office environment.
• Stress levels can be above normal due to deadline-oriented, highly visible project work and concurrent activities.
• Overnight business trips to the field may be required; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is usually required.

Key working relationships: Project Managers, Supervisor, Facilities Project Engineering, External Engineering Consultants, Operations Teams, Supply Chain and Procurement Teams, Construction Teams, and Internal Functional Groups (safety, environmental, regulatory, maintenance, and shared services).

Contract Details

• Contract length: 12 Months
• Pay rate: $76–$80/hour (W2), depending on experience
• Working type: Hybrid
• Location: Duluth, MN