Senior Engineer – Medium & Low Voltage Power Systems Design

Shermco Industries

Senior Electrical Engineer responsible for designing medium voltage electrical distribution systems. Leading projects and mentoring junior engineers to improve power system reliability and safety.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeWyomissing • Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Senior Electrical Engineer with extensive experience designing and upgrading medium voltage electrical distribution systems for industrial, commercial, healthcare, pharmaceutical, and mission-critical facilities.
This position will serve as both a technical lead and client-facing engineering advisor responsible for developing electrical infrastructure solutions, leading projects, mentoring junior engineers, and helping customers improve the reliability, safety, and performance of their power systems.
Ideal candidate will possess a strong background in medium & low voltage system design, equipment specification, power system studies, and customer relationship management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Lead conceptual, preliminary, and detailed engineering design efforts for medium & low voltage electrical distribution systems.
Develop and review one-line diagrams, equipment layouts, construction drawings, technical specifications, and engineering calculations.
Design and specify medium & low voltage switchgear, low voltage switchboards, panelboards, and distribution equipment.
Transformers, protective relaying systems, motor control center systems design, UPS systems, automatic transfer switches (ATS), emergency and standby power systems, grounding systems, metering, monitoring, and SCADA systems.
Support relay/breaker and switchgear replacement and modernization projects.
Evaluate existing infrastructure and recommend technical solutions for reliability, capacity, and safety improvements.
Coordinate with electric utilities regarding service requirements and system modifications.
Review equipment submittals and provide technical recommendations.
Serve as lead engineer for medium & low voltage infrastructure projects.
Develop project scopes, schedules, engineering deliverables, and budgets.
Coordinate internal engineering resources and assign work to junior engineers.
Review engineering deliverables for quality and technical accuracy.
Support construction activities, equipment commissioning, and troubleshooting.
Act as a trusted technical advisor for customer facilities and electrical infrastructure planning.
Lead customer meetings and present engineering recommendations.
Assist customers in evaluating future capital projects and modernization programs.
Provide technical support during planned outages and emergent power system issues.
Support proposal development, scope creation, and technical sales efforts.

Benefits

Comp & perks

6 + years of experience in medium & low voltage power system engineering.
Experience designing electrical distribution systems from utility service entrance through medium & low voltage distribution equipment.
Experience with medium & low voltage switchgear.
Medium & low voltage distribution systems and equipment.
Transformers and transformer protection.
Protective relay ign and protection control systems.
UPS systems.
ATS systems.
Emergency power systems.
Strong client-facing communication skills.
Ability to lead engineering projects and mentor junior engineers.
Experience preparing engineering reports, technical specifications, and construction documents.
Experience using SKM and AutoCAD.
Preferred Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, industrial, airport, or mission-critical facilities.
Experience with utility coordination and service entrance design.
Experience with commissioning and field support.

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Hard Skills & Tools

medium voltage system designlow voltage system designequipment specificationpower system studiesone-line diagramstechnical specificationsengineering calculationstransformers designprotective relaying systemsSCADA systems

Soft Skills

technical leadclient-facingmentoringcustomer relationship managementproject managementcommunicationteam coordinationtechnical advisoryproblem-solvingpresentation skills