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GHD hires Electrical Engineers across infrastructure, energy, and water projects, drawing on a globally mobile workforce. The company has an established sponsorship process for engineering roles, working across multiple visa categories to support candidates at different stages of their U.S. career.
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Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career. Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal. Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world, and we’ll provide you unlimited space to grow.
Who are we looking for?
Our Southeast Engineering Design Organization (EDO) is growing and looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the team in Bowie, MD or Chantilly, VA! In this role, you will work on a variety of electrical power generation, distribution and utilization system projects for a variety of projects across the US including water & wastewater treatment facilities. In this role, you will be responsible for the creation of detailed design of electrical power, instrumentation, and control systems, preparation of electrical, instrumentation, and control equipment procurement specifications and preparation of electrical, instrumentation, and controls construction documents.
Our Hybrid Work Model:
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
- Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/applications software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
- Technical Troubleshooting: Manage technical troubleshooting projects, ensuring effective diagnosis of technical issues with equipment and experiments and the development of effective solutions.
- Research: Achieve specific goals for a designated part of a research program. Involves working within established research systems.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
- Testing: Develop product specifications and design test procedures and standards.
- Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
- Engineering Drawings: Create complex engineering drawings to support the communication, evaluation, and implementation of engineering solutions.
- Equipment Installation: Lead major equipment rebuilds; guide planned installation of complex systems.
- Process Design Engineering: Analyze information and specify the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
- Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
- Installation Monitoring and Control: Operate highly complex installation systems, devices, machinery and complete standard engineering assignments, solving problems by selecting appropriate engineering techniques and making relevant design recommendations.
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
What you’ll bring to the team:
- Bachelor’s and/or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or ability to obtain it
- 5-10 years of experience in the design of electrical power generation, distribution and utilization systems including high voltage main and secondary substations, power distribution equipment, protective relaying and metering, electrical power generating equipment and systems, UPS and power conditioning systems, lightning and surge protection systems, motors and motor controls, indoor/outdoor lighting systems, electrical heat tracing, wiring methods and/or grounding systems
- Experience in planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling and monitoring engineering projects.
- Experience working on water and wastewater projects is beneficial but not required.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and/or Revit (beneficial but not required)
- Solid understanding of NFPA 70 (NEC) and other electrical industry codes, standards and recommended practices is preferred
- Familiarity with ETAP, SKM or other computer-assisted power study programs, and an interest or experience in performing short-circuit & protective relaying analysis and power studies is a plus
- Experience working with AGi32 lighting design software
- A basic understanding of instrumentation and control systems
Benefits:
- 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
- Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation, sick, and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
- Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
- Wellness Benefit - Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees, home exercise equipment purchases, Bicycles, Race, run & marathon entrance fees, Smoking cessation programs, Weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices
Salary Range:
$112,000-$188,000 based on experience and location.
As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
About us
Take on some of the world’s toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way. We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact. See where your commitment could take you with GHD.
Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. See where your commitment could take you. That’s the #PowerOfCommitment
Who We Are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents. The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
Job Description
Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career. Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal. Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world, and we’ll provide you unlimited space to grow.
Who are we looking for?
Our Southeast Engineering Design Organization (EDO) is growing and looking for an Electrical Engineer to join the team in Bowie, MD or Chantilly, VA! In this role, you will work on a variety of electrical power generation, distribution and utilization system projects for a variety of projects across the US including water & wastewater treatment facilities. In this role, you will be responsible for the creation of detailed design of electrical power, instrumentation, and control systems, preparation of electrical, instrumentation, and control equipment procurement specifications and preparation of electrical, instrumentation, and controls construction documents.
Our Hybrid Work Model:
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Data Collection and Analysis: Conduct research using primary data sources, and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
- Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/applications software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs.
- Technical Troubleshooting: Manage technical troubleshooting projects, ensuring effective diagnosis of technical issues with equipment and experiments and the development of effective solutions.
- Research: Achieve specific goals for a designated part of a research program. Involves working within established research systems.
- Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an in-depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
- Testing: Develop product specifications and design test procedures and standards.
- Project Management: Deliver small- or medium-scale projects while working within an established program management plan.
- Engineering Drawings: Create complex engineering drawings to support the communication, evaluation, and implementation of engineering solutions.
- Equipment Installation: Lead major equipment rebuilds; guide planned installation of complex systems.
- Process Design Engineering: Analyze information and specify the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems to deliver the end product within specified cost and quality parameters.
- Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
- Installation Monitoring and Control: Operate highly complex installation systems, devices, machinery and complete standard engineering assignments, solving problems by selecting appropriate engineering techniques and making relevant design recommendations.
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
What you’ll bring to the team:
- Bachelor’s and/or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
- Professional Engineering (PE) license or ability to obtain it
- 5-10 years of experience in the design of electrical power generation, distribution and utilization systems including high voltage main and secondary substations, power distribution equipment, protective relaying and metering, electrical power generating equipment and systems, UPS and power conditioning systems, lightning and surge protection systems, motors and motor controls, indoor/outdoor lighting systems, electrical heat tracing, wiring methods and/or grounding systems
- Experience in planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling and monitoring engineering projects.
- Experience working on water and wastewater projects is beneficial but not required.
- Proficiency with AutoCAD and/or Revit (beneficial but not required)
- Solid understanding of NFPA 70 (NEC) and other electrical industry codes, standards and recommended practices is preferred
- Familiarity with ETAP, SKM or other computer-assisted power study programs, and an interest or experience in performing short-circuit & protective relaying analysis and power studies is a plus
- Experience working with AGi32 lighting design software
- A basic understanding of instrumentation and control systems
Benefits:
- 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
- Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation, sick, and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
- Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
- Wellness Benefit - Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees, home exercise equipment purchases, Bicycles, Race, run & marathon entrance fees, Smoking cessation programs, Weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices
Salary Range:
$112,000-$188,000 based on experience and location.
As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
About us
Take on some of the world’s toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way. We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact. See where your commitment could take you with GHD.
Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. See where your commitment could take you. That’s the #PowerOfCommitment
Who We Are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents. The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
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Tailor your credentials to GHD's project portfolio
GHD's Electrical Engineer roles span power systems, water infrastructure, and built environment projects. Align your resume to the specific sector you're targeting, since hiring decisions are made at the practice level, not company-wide.
Verify your degree meets specialty occupation standards
USCIS requires that Electrical Engineer roles qualify as specialty occupations, meaning a specific bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a directly related field is typically required. A general engineering degree without relevant coursework can complicate the petition.
Target GHD offices near major infrastructure programs
GHD concentrates Electrical Engineer hiring around active project pipelines in energy transition and water. Applying to offices in regions with large infrastructure programs increases your odds of reaching a team with immediate headcount and sponsorship budget.
Raise sponsorship early in the offer conversation
Consulting firms like GHD often begin internal approvals before extending a formal offer. Bring up your visa status during the final interview stage so the hiring manager can initiate the sponsorship authorization process without delaying your start date.
Understand how TN status fits GHD's engineering roles
If you're a Canadian or Mexican citizen, TN status covers engineers and can be activated at the border without USCIS adjudication, meaning you could start within days of an offer. GHD has sponsored TN visas for engineering roles, making this a faster path than H-1B for eligible candidates.
Use Migrate Mate to find open GHD roles that match your visa type
Not every GHD Electrical Engineer posting comes with the same sponsorship scope. Use Migrate Mate to filter open roles by the visa categories GHD has sponsored, so you're only applying to positions where your status is already a fit.
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Does GHD sponsor H-1B visas for Electrical Engineers?
GHD does sponsor work visas for Electrical Engineers, though H-1B sponsorship depends on the specific role, office location, and project need at the time of hiring. Because H-1B cap-subject petitions are subject to an annual lottery, GHD's engineering teams typically plan hiring timelines around the April filing window. Candidates already holding H-1B status through a prior employer may transfer more quickly.
How do I apply for Electrical Engineer jobs at GHD?
Applications go through GHD's careers portal, where roles are listed by region and practice area. Before applying, confirm the position is open to sponsored candidates by reviewing the job description carefully. Migrate Mate filters GHD's open Electrical Engineer roles by visa type, which saves time if you need sponsorship and want to avoid postings that are only open to candidates with existing work authorization.
Which visa types does GHD commonly sponsor for Electrical Engineer roles?
GHD has sponsored Electrical Engineers across several visa categories, including F-1 OPT and CPT for recent graduates, TN for Canadian and Mexican nationals, J-1 for exchange-based arrangements, and employment-based Green Card pathways including EB-2 and EB-3. The right category depends on your nationality, degree level, and where you are in your career. TN is often the most straightforward option for eligible North American candidates.
What qualifications does GHD expect for Electrical Engineer positions?
Most Electrical Engineer roles at GHD require a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a closely related discipline, along with relevant experience in infrastructure, energy, or water sectors. Licensure, such as a Professional Engineer credential, is valued for senior roles and may be required for client-facing project work. GHD also looks for candidates with experience using industry-standard modeling and design tools specific to the engineering discipline.
How long does the sponsorship and onboarding process typically take at GHD?
Timelines vary by visa type. TN sponsorship for Canadian nationals can be completed at a port of entry on the day of travel. H-1B transfers for candidates already in status typically take two to three months with USCIS. Green Card sponsorship through PERM labor certification is a multi-year process that GHD initiates after a period of employment, and the DOL audit queue can extend timelines further depending on the year.
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