
Electrical Associate Principal Engineer
Dulles, VAJob$166–203K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Electrical Associate Principal Engineer provides design and engineering guidance, manages conceptual design and complex preliminary layouts, and performs project calculations and site inspections. The role serves as a design expert in project meetings, supports engineering standards, and manages a smaller group of engineers through staffing, training, coaching, and performance management. A bachelor’s degree in engineering, a PE license, and substantial relevant and people-management experience are required.
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Position Summary
This role is responsible for providing design and engineering guidance on projects. In addition, this role attends meetings as the design expert and ensures engineering standards are maintained and adhered to.
Position Details
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Provides design and engineering support to other departments as needed. Partners with team to ensure engineering standards are maintained and followed. Stays current on industry trends and issues.
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Manages conceptual design for specific projects. Prepares complex preliminary redline design layouts for estimating. Performs complex calculations for projects, such as heating/cooling loads, equipment selection and sizing, etc., depending on discipline—HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, fire protection, etc.
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Performs site inspections to determine compliance with construction documents and resolves design issues during construction phase.
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Attends project team meetings as design expert.
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Responsible for successful achievement of project goals and objectives.
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Manages a smaller group of engineers, including staffing, training, coaching and performance management.
Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required
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PE license required
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Minimum 12 years’ relevant experience, including minimum 5 years’ people management
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Expert knowledge of applicable systems design, such as HVAC, plumbing, etc., as well as all design engineering aspects
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Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to communication with all levels of employees, clients and general contractors
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Proven ability to lead an engineering group
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Strong public speaking ability
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Strong computer skills, including CADD and Microsoft Office Products, such as Excel
Benefits
As a 100% employee-owned company, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for you and your family:
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401(k) plan with 50% company match (no cap) and immediate 100% vesting
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Medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% paid for employee)
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Annual bonus program based upon performance, achievement, and company profitability
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Term life, AD&D insurance, and voluntary life insurance
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Disability income protection insurance
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Pre-tax flexible spending plans (health and dependent care)
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Paid parental leave
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Paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
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Training/professional development opportunities and company-paid memberships for professional associations and licenses
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Wellness benefits
About Southland Industries
As one of the nation’s largest MEP companies, Southland Industries is built on the foundation of great people. Since 1949, we have put our people first, enabling growth, professional achievement, and innovation. If you want to join a fast-paced environment where you’re engaged, challenged, and valued, apply now to join our dynamic team.
To learn more about careers at Southland, explore our career opportunities (https://southlandind.foleon.com/experienced-professionals/brochure/) , follow us on social media (https://www.linkedin.com/company/22132/?trk=tyah) , and check out our website (https://southlandind.com/) .
Southland Industries and all its subsidiaries are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing our employees with a safe work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Southland Industries are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, marital status, family care or medical leave status, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Southland Industries will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Pay: Final pay is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. For Virginia this ranges from $165,949 - $202,826 plus annual incentive, benefits, and retirement program as outlined above.
Contingent Employment: All employment offers are contingent upon successful drug tests, background checks, and professional reference checks. Roles that include driving as an essential job duty will be required to have a successful Motor Vehicle Record check (MVR). We are not able to offer sponsorship of employment at this time.
External Agency Announcement : Its Southland Industries' policy not to accept candidate submissions from recruiting agencies without an active and authorized work order. Candidate ownership can only be established after a bona fide work order is issued by a member of the Southland Industries Talent Acquisition team and the candidate is appropriately submitted through our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,488 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$166–203K/yr
- Virginia median$103–159K/yr286 salary ranges
- US median$108–170K/yr6,699 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $184K, is 42% above the Virginia median midpoint ($130K) — in the top quarter of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 369 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Virginia and 10,488 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Amazon42 open
- M. C. Dean26 open
- CDM Smith24 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 12 years of experience — more than three in four Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 8,746 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,999 of the 10,488 open Electrical Engineer jobs (67%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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.
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