Senior Electrical Engineer (Healthcare) in York, Pennsylvania at Barton Associates Inc

About Barton Associates

Barton Associates is a premier, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with a storied history of providing innovative MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing/Fire Protection) design, and architectural lighting solutions. With 6 office locations, we are committed to delivering excellence in the built environment.

We take immense pride in being an Employee-Owned Firm. That means our success is your success, a fact reflected in our culture and our numerous accolades:

• Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 100 MEP Design Firm Nationally
• Best Places to Work in PA

At Barton, we don’t just build systems; we build careers where every employee has a stake in the outcome.

The Role

The Senior Electrical Engineer leads electrical design for complex projects in the healthcare industry, including hospitals, ambulatory care centers, outpatient facilities, and renovations within occupied clinical environments. Based in our York office, this is a hands-on technical role carrying projects from concept through construction. You will develop designs, perform power system studies, prepare reports and construction documents, and serve as engineer of record. You will lead electrical designers to support your project work while providing training and mentoring. Your work will support safe patient care, reliable facility operations, and the capacity healthcare organizations need to grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Healthcare Electrical Design: Lead design of power distribution, lighting, life safety, essential electrical systems, emergency and standby power, and low voltage systems. Align designs with clinical uses, facility standards, equipment requirements, future expansion plans and industry best practices.
• Studies and Reports: Prepare design narratives, healthcare facility assessments, and system recommendation reports. Evaluate existing infrastructure, capacity, reliability, maintainability, and options for renovation or replacement.
• Power System Analysis: Build models and perform short circuit, protective device coordination, and arc flash studies in ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or EasyPower. Document assumptions and recommendations and incorporate results into the design.
• Construction Documents: Produce drawings and technical specifications personally or through direct oversight of designers. Develop power and lighting plans, systems plans, panel schedules, one-line diagrams, risers, and specifications in Revit and AutoCAD.
• Engineer of Record: Seal drawings and take professional responsibility for the electrical design. Verify the design basis, applicable code requirements, calculations, and coordination before issuing documents.
• Healthcare Compliance: Apply the electrical, healthcare facility, life safety, energy, and state and local requirements governing each project. Coordinate interpretations with project leaders, facility representatives, and authorities having jurisdiction as needed.
• Continuity of Patient Care: Coordinate phasing, temporary power, and planned shutdown requirements for work in occupied facilities. Identify affected critical loads and develop design provisions for cutovers that support ongoing clinical operations.
• Interdisciplinary Coordination: Work directly with architects, mechanical and plumbing engineers, healthcare owners, facilities personnel, equipment planners, and contractors. Coordinate medical equipment power needs, system interfaces, space requirements, and service access.
• Field and Construction Support: Survey existing conditions; respond to RFIs and review submittals. Participate in site observations and coordinate with testing and commissioning teams to address design questions and verify project requirements.
• Technical Mentorship: Mentor less experienced engineers and designers, review their work, and share lessons learned. Serve as a resource on healthcare electrical and power systems. Manage your projects’ scope, schedule and discipline budget and communicate risks promptly.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, architectural engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline.
• Active Professional Engineer license (P.E)
• Minimum of 8 years building MEP consulting engineering experience producing sealed construction document sets within an engineering consultancy or design-build engineering group. Experience must include engineering design responsibility; construction management, owner representation, or installation experience alone does not meet this requirement.
• Working fluency in Revit and AutoCAD and demonstrable capability in at least one of ETAP, SKM PowerTools, or EasyPower. Ability to personally develop models, perform calculations, interpret results, and write technical reports.
• Direct design experience with hospitals, ambulatory care, outpatient facilities, and other patient care settings. Depth of experience in essential electrical systems healthcare facility and assessments and occupied-facility renovations strengthens an application.

What We Offer:

Barton Associates is dedicated to the well-being and financial security of our employee-owners. We provide a top-tier benefits package that consistently ranks among the best in the industry:

• Employee Ownership (ESOP): Build long-term wealth through our firm’s success.
• Health & Wellness: Comprehensive and competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Financial Security: Competitive 401(k) matching and profit-sharing opportunities.
• Work-Life Harmony: A professional yet flexible environment that respects your time.