
Electrical & Instrumentation Lead
Richmond, VAFull-timeSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Richmond, VA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
KBR’s Electrical & Instrumentation Lead serves as the PMC organization’s technical authority and owner-representative for electrical power distribution, instrumentation, process control, automation, and industrial control systems across a client project. The role oversees planning, design verification, integration, construction assurance, commissioning, qualification, and startup, coordinating client, contractor, supplier, and internal teams to support project delivery and operational readiness.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Richmond, Virginia
Full time
R2131214
Title:
Electrical & Instrumentation Lead
KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets.
The Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I) Lead serves as the PMC organization's technical authority and owner-representative for the planning, design verification, integration, construction assurance, commissioning, qualification, and startup of electrical power distribution, instrumentation, process control, automation, and industrial control systems across the client’s project.
Key responsibilities:
-
Coordinate activities among Client stakeholders, the PMC team, EPCM contractor(s), equipment suppliers, automation vendors, and construction contractors to ensure electrical and instrumentation systems are designed, installed, tested, and commissioned in accordance with Lilly standards, GMP requirements, project objectives, and industry best practices.
-
Provide leadership in power distribution design reviews, instrument and controls verification, automation integration, control system architecture, field implementation planning, FAT/SAT oversight, risk management, issue resolution, and stakeholder coordination while ensuring reliability, maintainability, cybersecurity, operational readiness, and lifecycle performance requirements are incorporated throughout project execution.
-
Act as the primary integration point for electrical, instrumentation, controls, and automation systems.
-
Drive collaboration across engineering, construction, CQV, manufacturing, maintenance, and operations organizations to ensure successful project delivery and startup.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills:
-
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
-
Minimum 10 years of experience with electrical and control systems on industrial capital projects.
-
Experience with power distribution, utility systems, process control logic and automation, and facility infrastructure.
-
Knowledge of automation interfaces and power reliability strategies.
-
Strong knowledge of instrument, control systems, and electrical codes, standards, and engineering practices.
-
Experience successfully coordinating Electrical and Control Systems with multidisciplinary engineering activities for capital projects in excess of $500M TIC.
Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills:
-
Experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or GMP-regulated facilities.
-
Prior experience in an Owner’s Representative or PMC role for major capital projects in excess of $1B TIC.
-
Experience supporting commissioning, qualification, and startup activities.
-
Familiarity with emergency power and critical operation systems.
-
Professional Engineer (PE) license.
Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Click here to learn more: KBR Benefits (https://careers.kbr.com/us/en/kbr-benefits)
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBRAt KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.
KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives.
In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values:
-
We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.
-
We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
-
We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.
-
We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.
-
We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.
We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.
Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.
At KBR, We Deliver.
Fraud Alert
Fraud has infiltrated the job placement market via the internet, email and direct phone contact. Attempts have included unauthorized use of KBR’s name and logo to solicit potential job seekers or to extend false job offers. Bad actors may mix in fake job advertisements with legitimate postings. These ads can include contact instructions and require job seekers to send sensitive personal information or money to pay for visa applications, processing fees, etc., in exchange for consideration for a high-paying position.
KBR will never ask for any sort of advance payment as part of the recruiting/hiring process. Candidate profiles are carefully managed to protect personal information.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,829 open Electrical Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Virginia median$125–188K/yr55 salary ranges
- US median$26–36/hr254 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 83 open Electrical Engineering jobs in Virginia and 2,829 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- M. C. Dean9 open
- Jacobs7 open
- Amazon6 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience; Electrical Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,925 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,368 of the 2,829 open Electrical Engineering jobs (48%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
Similar jobs, posted recently
Open roles like this one, listed in the last 30 days.
Deputy Engineering LeaderM. C. Dean · Richmond, VA · $94–117K/yr
Electrical Engineer 3Pacific Northwest National Laboratory · Richmond, VA · $122–193K/yr
Administrative & Laboratory Building Area LeadKBR · Richmond, VA
Electrical Utility Infrastructure ManagerCBRE · Richmond, VA · $130–145K/yr
Sr. Electrical Engineer SME | Data Centers & HyperscalerJacobs · Richmond, VA (Hybrid) · $170–233K/yr
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.