Electrical Design Manager

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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 m