Electrical Engineer Resume Example (2026 Guide)
Electrical Engineer resume example
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Noor Stallworth
[email protected] • (555) 018-2264 • Atlanta, GA • linkedin.com/in/noorstallworth
Professional Summary
Electrical Engineer and licensed Professional Engineer (PE) with 8 years of experience, six in power and lighting design for healthcare, higher-education and commercial buildings and two in industrial controls. Designs services and distribution up to 4,000 A at 480Y/277 V, emergency and standby power, lighting and lighting controls, and has stamped drawings for 25+ projects with about $14M of installed electrical work. Runs short-circuit, coordination and arc flash studies in SKM PowerTools and designs to the NEC, NFPA 99 and NFPA 110. Coordinates closely with mechanical, plumbing and architectural teams in Revit and supports contractors through construction.
Technical Skills
- Power Systems Design: Service and distribution, one-line diagrams, panel schedules, load calculations, feeder sizing, voltage drop, emergency and standby power, generators, UPS, automatic transfer switches
- Studies & Analysis: Short-circuit, protective device coordination, arc flash (IEEE 1584), load flow, SKM PowerTools, ETAP
- Codes & Standards: NEC (NFPA 70), NFPA 99, NFPA 110, NFPA 70E, IEEE 1584, ASHRAE 90.1, IECC, UL 508A
- Lighting & Controls: Lighting design, AGi32, networked lighting controls, daylight harvesting, Allen-Bradley PLCs, Studio 5000, VFDs, control panel design
- Design Software: Revit MEP, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Electrical, Navisworks, Bluebeam Revu, Excel
- Project Delivery: Division 26 specifications, construction administration, submittal review, RFIs, field observation, commissioning support
Education & Certification
- Concentration in Electric Power and Energy Systems; senior design built a microgrid controller for a campus solar array.
Work Experience
- Engineered power, lighting and emergency systems for 15 projects, including two hospital expansions and a 210,000 sq ft university science building, as engineer of record since 2023.
- Saved a hospital client about $180,000 by applying NEC 220.87 with 12 months of metered demand data, serving a new wing from the existing switchboard instead of a new 4,000 A service.
- Completed arc flash and coordination studies for 9 facilities in SKM PowerTools, producing 1,400 equipment labels and correcting 30 miscoordinated breaker settings.
- Designed emergency and standby systems with 1.5 MW of diesel generation and NFPA 110 Level 1 transfer schemes, passing every AHJ inspection on the first visit.
- Brought lighting power density 35% below ASHRAE 90.1-2019 on a university project with LED fixtures and networked controls, earning the owner two LEED points.
- Coordinate electrical with mechanical, plumbing and fire protection in Revit and Navisworks, clearing 200+ clashes before each issue for construction.
- Review submittals and answer RFIs during construction, and mentor two EITs on load calculations, panel schedules and code research.
- Designed power and lighting for 10 K-12 schools and office renovations under a licensed engineer, from load calculations through construction documents.
- Built a Revit panel schedule and load calculation template that cut drafting time on renovation projects by roughly 25%.
- Completed 40+ field surveys of existing electrical systems, recording equipment ratings and condition for renovation designs.
- Wrote Division 26 electrical specifications for 8 projects, aligned to each school district’s owner standards.
- Designed 30+ UL 508A control panels for water treatment and packaging plants, including PLC inputs and outputs, motor starters and VFDs.
- Shortened average on-site startup from 5 days to 3 by programming and simulating Allen-Bradley CompactLogix PLCs in Studio 5000 before shipment.
- Halved drawing errors found at panel build by creating standard AutoCAD Electrical schematics and a wire numbering scheme.
- Supported factory acceptance tests with clients, logging and closing punch items before each panel shipped.
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Tailor my resumeWhy This Resume Works
- The PE license is stated in the summary and in Certifications with the exact exam discipline (Electrical and Computer: Power), so a firm hiring an engineer of record sees it immediately.
- Technical scope is concrete: services up to 4,000 A at 480Y/277 V, 1.5 MW of generation and NFPA 110 Level 1 transfer schemes, not just "designed electrical systems."
- Code knowledge is shown being used: the NEC 220.87 bullet saved a client about $180,000, which proves code fluency better than listing the NEC in skills.
- Studies are counted (arc flash and coordination for 9 facilities, 1,400 labels, 30 breaker settings corrected), matching the SKM and ETAP keywords recruiters search.
- The controls role at Riverside Industrial Controls adds PLC and UL 508A experience, widening the match to postings that ask for power and controls.
Common Resume Mistakes
- No project or scope metrics.
- Missing PE or NEC keywords.
- Generic "designed electrical" without system type.
Keywords Recruiters Look For
- Electrical engineering
- Power
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- NEC
- PE
- Lighting
- Controls
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