Electrical Design Manager

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More about Life Sciences & Technology

EllisDon carved out a new national construction group in 2021 with a focus on the construction of technical buildings such as Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing facilities and Data Centers. We have completed over $2.5B in Data Centre projects and $16B in Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical buildings, we are strategically focused on the increased activity in these technical buildings post pandemic. Within a year of inception, we have a successful backlog of over $500M and have secured projects across Canada.

This is an incredible opportunity to be the Estimating Manager for this new national construction group at EllisDon.

As an Electrical Design Manager, you will:

• Work closely with EllisDon Life Science & Technology leaders on Electrical Design and Pre-construction support across EllisDon business sectors and various business areas on pursuits and active projects. Provide electrical engineering support to technical issues. Provide pre-construction support for various sectors including design of the temporary utilities for new projects.
• Manage the electrical design process during pursuit and post pursuit for design build projects
• Assist in pre-construction services for various sectors where electrical systems are more complex (health care, mission critical, justice and educational)
• Advise on conceptual electrical design and technology approach on building system solutions in order to provide a complete and competitive bid for design build pursuits
• Support the P3 projects execution team throughout the design process until IFC in order to assure pursuit design intent is implemented
• Prepare scope delineation matrices and other process tools to assure no scope gaps or scope overlap
• Prepare budget target for the electrical scope during the pursuit based on similar projects historical data
• Strong understanding of the regulatory, legislative and business environment, as well as procurement requirements unique to the Guaranteed Performance market
• Able to find innovative solutions and value engineering for all type of projects
• Attend weekly/monthly meetings
• Ensure the electrical design solutions are well understood by the Project Team and implemented during construction and operations phase of the project
• Promote NPV evaluation for the competing building systems solutions
• Support the estimating team during the pursuit and the construction team after the pursuit to establish the temporary power and lighting required during the construction
• Liaison with the Utilities (power and communications) for new (construction and permanent) site services

Is this the right role for you?

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. Requires 10+ years of engineering and construction experience with excellent knowledge of building-related systems and services.
• LEED Accredited Professional is an asset.
• Demonstrates experience in design and construction with the skills and comfort level required to be an electrical design manager.
• Must have solid knowledge of the governing Codes and Standards for buildings.
• Has solid knowledge of high and low voltage systems.
• Possesses strong project management skills for managing large development projects with diverse resources.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills required.
• Strong conceptual skills required for developing innovative solution designs.
• Has great people interface skills. Has ability to work on multiple projects and provide ad-hoc solutions.
• Has relationships in the industry with subcontractors, consultants, vendors, manufacturers.
• Possesses solid working knowledge of common computer applications (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.).