Electrical Field Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Richmond, CA, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Must have
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Construction Management.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Prior internships involving electrical infrastructure projects related to rail transit and/or Water/Wastewater construction projects.
- 1+ years' field experience as an Electrical Engineer.
- Knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Strong problem-solving skills and consistent attention to detail.
- Ability to manage changing deadlines and work well under pressure for multiple team leaders.
- Work independently and effectively to prioritize multiple tasks.
- Highly organized with excellent time management skills.
- Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills.
Full description
Overview
Shimmick Construction, via our subsidiary Axia Electric, is seeking a Field Engineer to play a key role in delivering complex electrical and process control systems for critical infrastructure projects in Northern California. Our current openings are for projects in the Berkeley, CA, and Modesto, CA area.
This project for the City of Modesto is a vital wastewater infrastructure upgrade that will reroute sanitary sewer flows out of the current River Trunk Pipeline between the Gallo Winery property and the Sutter Avenue Primary Treatment Facility (SAPTF). The scope includes construction of a 40 million gallon per day (mgd) pump station and installation of multiple sewer force main gravity lines and a diversion structure.
At Axia Electric, we are problem solvers. Creative thinkers. Innovators. We approach each project with fresh ideas and big thinking in pursuit of better answers, better outcomes, and better experiences for our clients. We are resourceful, nimble and resilient. We work hard together and with our clients to deliver high-quality projects that are on time, on budget and beyond expectations.
Electrical Division
Since the early 1990s, Shimmick has been self-performing electrical scopes for infrastructure projects. In 2025, the Electrical Division rebranded to Axia Electric, a subsidiary to Shimmick Construction. Axia offers electrical, instrumentation, and process controls expertise for water and wastewater treatment; dams and locks; mass transit and rail; alternative energy; power generation and transmission; and commercial building projects. Our ability to self-perform this specialty offers additional value and enables us to better control cost and schedule for projects with major electrical and process mechanical scopes. Our clients include municipalities, water districts, sanitation districts, transit agencies, private developers, DOTs, and USACE.
Axia Electric, headquartered in Riverside, California, focuses on large public owners in several states, across water resources, water treatment, transportation and transit markets. Over the past decade, the division has grown tremendously, securing major projects, including the $350 million North City Pure Water Facility in San Diego and the $235 million EVMWD Regional Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project in Lake Elsinore, CA.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
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- Performing assignments that require the application of standard techniques, procedures and criteria to carry out engineering tasks. Assignments are designed to further develop judgment and understanding of professional and ethical responsibilities.
- Exercising judgment limited to developing details of work in making preliminary selections and adaptations of engineering alternatives.