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ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - RDM International, Inc., 14321 Winter Breeze Drive Ste 127, Midlothian, VA 23113

*Qualified candidates need to be within a 50-mile radius of the office location.

Propel your career with our rapidly growing company!

RDM provides a wide range of professional consulting services including airport civil & electrical design, planning, GIS Applications, forensic investigations and construction phase services. We specialize in pavement evaluation, management and design. We have experienced highly qualified staff with the required credentials and the necessary equipment to efficiently and successfully deliver any project from conception through completion.

RDM is searching for a mid-level electrical engineer with a range of work experience, and ready to learn the specialized skills needed for designing airport facilities, aprons, runways, and taxiways. Experience with airport design is helpful but not required.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and Analysis: Create designs for electrical systems such as power distribution, lighting, fire alarm, and telecommunications. Conduct analyses like load calculations and voltage drop to ensure system efficiency and compliance with codes. Ensure all design meeting industry standards (e.g. NEC) and safety codes.
• Airfield Lighting Design: Develop detailed electrical designs, drawings, and specifications for Airfield Ground Lighting (AGL), Signage, Lighting Control & Monitoring Systems (ALCMS), and supporting power infrastructure.
• Project Management: Lead and manage projects, including scheduling, budgeting, and coordinating resources and staff. Be able to communicate effectively with co-workers and clients, verbal and written.
• Technical Documentation: Produce supporting documents including specifications, calculations, reports, schematics, and construction documents using software like AutoCAD and Revit. Produce quantity takeoffs, cost estimates, and CPM schedules.
• Construction Phase Services & Quality Assurance: Address contractor questions, review and approve material submittals, perform site visit to verify quality and compliance, assist with problem resolution.
• Collaboration: Work with civil, mechanical, structural engineers on integrated project teams as the electrical subject matter expert.

Typical Experience and Qualifications

• Experience: 1-3 years electrical engineering experience
• Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from an ABET-accredited institution
• Technical Skills: Proficiency with CAD, simulation software (EasyPower, SKM Tools, AGI32), control systems, and power quality.
• Autonomy: Works with general or minimal supervision, demonstrating independent judgment and initiative

Additional helpful skills or qualifications

• Engineer-in-Training (EIT) and Professional Engineer (PE) registrations.
• RCDD registration.
• Low voltage system design experience, such as security, surveillance, fire alarms, internet, and network cabling.
• Industrial control system design experience.
• Experience with FAA and/or ICAO airport design standards.
• Experience with U.S. military design standards.

Work Environment

• Work primarily in the office with occasional site visits to project locations to collect information.

* RDM is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans are highly encouraged to apply.

Benefits:

• Health, Vision, Dental and Life Insurance
• 401k and Profit Sharing
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• Holiday Pay
• Professional Development Assistance
• Short and Long-Term Disability
• Bonus Opportunities

RDM International, Inc. (RDM) is a Small Business Enterprise (SBE) specializing in civil, electrical and structural engineering services for military installations, commercial airports, highways, roadways and seaports. Founded in 1987, RDM is a recognized industry leader in pavement evaluation, design, management, and construction services for military and civilian airport facilities. We provide a wide range of professional consulting services in airport planning, airfield civil, electrical and structural design, pavement management, pavement evaluation and design, GIS Applications, materials and forensic investigations, and construction services support.

RDM is a recognized industry leader in the evaluation, design, construction, and management of airfield pavements. We have performed research for the FAA as well as other government agencies and commercial clients regarding statistical quality assurance specifications, mechanistic structural design methods, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), material recycling, and new pavement materials. RDM excels across the board when it comes to design due to our expertise on all components of the pavement process. From evaluation of the in-situ condition and the distresses that are being experienced, RDM develops a project specific approach to deliver the most economical pavement testing and geotechnical investigation program to build an understanding for each individual project worked on. RDM’s expertise and experience in pavement materials and failures, such as durability concerns, alkali silica reactivity (ASR), etc., provides the understanding of how different materials will perform and the optimum rehabilitation for any scenario. RDM’s extensive experience in overseeing construction of Asphalt and Portland Cement Concrete projects provides an understanding of constructability challenges leading to a design that avoids costly delays and change orders during construction.