Senior Electrical Engineer – Building Services
Locations: Toronto, London, Kitchener, Kingston, Ontario (Hybrid)
Salary Range: $125,000 – $150,000
Skyline Recruitment is currently working with a well-established consulting engineering firm to recruit a Senior Electrical Engineer with strong building services design experience across complex and regulated environments.
This role is well suited to a senior electrical professional who enjoys hands-on technical leadership, mentoring junior staff, and delivering high-quality electrical designs across sectors such as healthcare, commercial, institutional, industrial, and multi-unit residential.
You’ll join a collaborative engineering environment that values technical excellence, accountability, and long-term career development, with flexibility to be based out of Toronto, London, Kitchener, or Kingston .
The Opportunity
- Senior, technically focused role with real influence on project outcomes
- Hybrid working model with multiple Ontario office options
- Exposure to a wide range of complex electrical systems and project types
- Opportunity to mentor and shape the growth of an established electrical team
Key Responsibilities
- Review and stamp electrical designs of varying complexity and scale
- Lead electrical design strategies for complex building systems, including:
- Power distribution and generation systems
- Interior and exterior lighting and lighting control systems
- Fire alarm systems
- Voice/data, security, CCTV, public address, nurse call, and related systems
- Provide technical leadership within the electrical team
- Lead audits, feasibility studies, investigations, and prepare technical reports
- Support the ongoing development of internal electrical design standards
- Mentor intermediate and junior engineers and designers
- Troubleshoot construction-phase electrical and control issues
- Coordinate with clients, contractors, vendors, and other engineering disciplines
- Conduct site visits and provide construction-phase engineering support
Ideal Background
- Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) licensed in Ontario
- 10+ years of electrical building systems design experience
- Strong exposure to fire alarm and complex electrical systems
- Experience troubleshooting on-site electrical and control issues
- Exposure to medium and/or high-voltage systems considered an asset
- Strong working knowledge of OBC, OESC, CSA, and related codes
- At least 5 years of building design experience in Canada
- Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills
- Proactive, organized, and comfortable working under deadlines
What’s Offered
- Competitive compensation aligned with senior-level experience
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Performance-based incentive compensation
- Long-term career growth within a stable consulting environment
