Healthcare Electrical Engineering Leader / Project Manager
Joining Arup
Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
Arup seeks a dynamic and experienced Healthcare Electrical Engineering Leader / Project Manager to support our rapidly growing Healthcare Business in the West Geography. This role plays a key part in leading major projects—most notably a high-profile healthcare project in Phoenix—and contributes strategically to the expansion of our healthcare portfolio. As a senior leader, you oversee complex multidisciplinary teams, provide technical and project leadership, mentor future leaders, and embody Arup's mission of shaping a better world.
*Remote, Phoenix, AZ (with weekly in-person project site presence)*
The Opportunity
- Identify staffing needs and lead the recruitment and hiring of technical staff.
- Support career development through mentorship, coaching, and performance evaluations.
- Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and inclusivity within the team.
- Monitor and manage project budgets, financial performance, and risk.
- Ensure contracts align with Arup’s commercial objectives and risk management standards.
- Lead financial communications with clients and negotiate project scope and schedule changes when needed.
- Drive business development efforts, including developing strategies, proposals, and client pitches.
- Represent Arup externally with clients and within the healthcare industry.
- Cultivate trusted client relationships and find opportunities for new projects.
- Serve as Engineer of Record and lead sophisticated healthcare projects across the region.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.
- Oversee interdisciplinary coordination and handle overall project team performance.
- Deliver high-quality electrical engineering designs for healthcare facilities.
- Lead quality assurance and quality control processes while implementing technical best practices.
- Translate client needs into technically sound, code-compliant, and innovative solutions.
- Support Arup’s strategic growth in the healthcare sector in the West, which currently accounts for 26% of the region’s income.
- Play a critical leadership role in a confidential healthcare project in Phoenix, while also supporting key clients such as Cedars-Sinai.
- Help grow the leadership capacity and operational excellence of the Healthcare team.
- Strengthen Arup’s presence and reputation in the healthcare industry.
- Own the successful delivery of the confidential Phoenix healthcare project as a model for future growth.
At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.
You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.
Is this role right for you?
The Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Architectural Engineering required.
- Minimum 15 years of experience designing electrical systems for healthcare facilities required.
- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE) or ability to obtain within 6 months required.
- Minimum 8 years of experience leading multidisciplinary healthcare projects.
- Confirmed experience with Central Plant Design and Acute Care Renovation Projects
- Deep knowledge of applicable healthcare regulations and codes
- Strong commercial savvy, client relationship development, and team leadership skills
- Excellent communication and presentation abilities
- Passion for sustainable design and alignment with Arup’s mission and values
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What we offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
Benefits at Work - At Arup, we have a comprehensive and valuable benefits program that works for our employees and their families while keeping costs low. These benefits provide health and welfare security for you as well as paid time off for rest and renewal. As a member of Arup, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme (payments are dependent on the firm’s financial performance). Our Global Profit Share Plan (paid bi-annually) provides an opportunity for you to share in the success of the Firm. As a valued employee of Arup, you can also choose to participate in our 401(k) plan with up to 10% company match to help you save for your future
Flexible Working - We believe that flexible arrangements create a more inclusive way of working that supports our diversity and the wellbeing of our people. Options for alternative schedules and the ability to work outside of the office for a portion of your workweek are available
Phoenix Hiring Range – Hiring Range - The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in Phoenix is $142,500 to $190,000 per year. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level. Benefits are not included in the base salary. Please note hiring ranges for candidates performing work outside of Phoenix will differ.
Different People, Shared Values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.
Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.
Our Application Process
We will be reviewing our candidates for this position on a rolling basis. Once you have applied you will be evaluated and potentially moved on to the next round, at which point a member of the talent resourcing team will reach out to you directly.
Arup is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, spouse of a protected veteran, or disability.
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