Principal Engineer - Electrical

Overview

As a Principal Electrical Engineer, you will join our Building Services Team in our Westwood, Woburn, or Boston, MA office, where you'll play a key role in delivering vital infrastructure projects across the Northeast. Working with industry experts, you'll tackle complex challenges that strengthen community resilience and advance environmental sustainability. At Tighe & Bond, you'll find an engaging, hybrid work environment, a culture of collaboration, and the resources to support your professional growth and development.

Our Electrical Team and Projects
Our electrical team supports a wide range of building and infrastructure projects for higher education, K-12 schools, healthcare, laboratories, municipal and institutional facilities, industrial clients, and campus environments. The work includes electrical distribution, utility service upgrades, medium-voltage systems, switchgear replacements, emergency and standby power, lighting and controls, fire alarm, life safety systems, energy studies, and phased renovations in occupied facilities. The team works closely with mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, civil, and architectural partners to deliver practical, coordinated designs that help clients improve, modernize, and plan for the future of their facilities.

Responsibilities, Requirements, and Total Rewards

What You'll Be Doing

As a valuable part of our Building Services team, the Principal Electrical Engineer will provide technical leadership and project direction for multidisciplinary design teams. You will lead electrical engineering design from early planning and conceptual studies through construction documents, construction administration, and commissioning support.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Leading electrical design for building systems, campus infrastructure, utility upgrades, and facility improvement projects
• Serving as Engineer of Record for electrical projects, including power distribution, emergency and standby power, lighting, lighting controls, fire alarm, life safety, and related building systems
• Evaluating existing electrical systems and develop practical recommendations for upgrades, replacement, capacity improvements, resiliency, and future growth
• Leading engineering studies, energy efficiency reviews, load analyses, system planning, infrastructure strategy, master planning, and preliminary engineering reports
• Preparing and reviewing construction drawings, specifications, technical reports, cost estimates, and design narratives
• Supporting project delivery for traditional design-bid-build, design-build, design-assist, fast-track, and phased renovation projects
• Coordinating closely with mechanical, plumbing, fire protection, structural, civil, architectural, and owner teams
• Providing technical QA/QC for electrical design work and help establish consistent design standards
• Mentoring and developing electrical engineers and designers through technical guidance, project review, and day-to-day collaboration
• Supporting project management efforts, including scope development, schedules, budgets, fee estimates, staffing plans, and client communication
• Participating in client meetings, presentations, interviews, and proposal efforts
• Providing construction administration support, including submittal reviews, RFIs, site observations, punch lists, and commissioning coordination
• Helping grow and strengthen Tighe & Bond's electrical and MEP presence across our New England offices

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology
• Professional Engineer license required
• 15+ years of electrical engineering experience, preferably with a consulting engineering, AEC, or building design firm
• Significant experience leading electrical design for buildings, institutional facilities, campuses, or complex infrastructure environments
• Strong technical knowledge of normal and emergency power distribution, switchboards, switchgear, transformers, generators, medium-voltage systems, lighting, lighting controls, fire alarm, and life safety systems
• Experience evaluating existing electrical infrastructure and developing recommendations for replacement, upgrades, phasing, and long-term planning
• Ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary projects from concept through construction
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work directly with clients, owners, architects, contractors, and internal project teams
• Experience mentoring engineers and reviewing technical work.
• Working knowledge of applicable electrical codes, life safety codes, energy codes, and industry standards

Preferred Requirements

• PE licensure in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or other New England states
• Experience with higher education, healthcare, laboratory, K-12, municipal, industrial, transportation, or mission critical facilities
• Experience with occupied building renovations, phased construction, and complex shutdown coordination
• Medium-voltage distribution, campus utility infrastructure, switchgear replacement, standby power, or central plant experience
• Experience with energy audits, electrical system master planning, infrastructure assessments, and long-term capital planning
• Experience supporting proposals, fee development, staffing plans, project interviews, and client presentations.
• Familiarity with Revit, AutoCAD, electrical modeling/analysis tools, and current BIM coordination workflows
• Interest in helping grow an electrical practice through technical leadership, client relationships, mentoring, and collaboration

Your Financial and Wellness Benefits

• Compensation is based on skills and experience as reflected in the pay range below
• Annual Bonus, Profit Sharing, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Best in Class Medical Insurance
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Wellness Rewards and Reimbursements
• Tuition Reimbursement and Qualified Student Loan Paydown Contributions
• Reimbursements for Licensure/ Certification Preparation and Fees
• Summer Fridays Flextime and Hybrid Work Environment
• Pet Insurance and Adoption Assistance

Pay Range

USD $154,363.00 - USD $202,602.00 /Yr.