JOSE OBUSAN
Job Title: Electrical Engineer
Company: P2S, Inc.
Location: Long Beach, Calif.
Age: 29
Years on the Job: 5
Interests: Loves music, making mixes, and practicing on his decks for his two biggest fans (his fiancée and their dog, Snax). During the winter, he tries to snowboard at least every other week.
Jose Obusan is the only electrical engineer in his family, but he grew up in a family of civil engineers with his uncle, brother, and cousin all trained in this discipline.
Born in the Philippines, he moved to San Jose, Calif., when he was eight years old. In 2018, he earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with a power emphasis from California State University, Long Beach. He spent a few years working before obtaining his EIT certification. In 2022, he passed both the FE and PE exams, and, most recently, he earned his PE license. He’s now in the process of earning his master’s degree in electrical engineering.
“I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked in the MEP industry since 2019,” he says. “I have five-plus years of experience between three companies.”
Before coming to P2S, he completed single-family residential, multi-family residential, health care, and commercial projects. At his company, his role as an electrical engineer is mainly to support the lighting design studio. He is responsible for conducting field surveys, designing electrical projects, and coordinating with other disciplines and vendors.
“My responsibilities have changed since I first started tremendously,” he says. “Here at P2S, I take ownership of my own projects, and really do feel like an engineer who solves problems daily.”
He is currently working on a project to provide sports lighting for the Oxnard Community College athletic field. He was involved in surveying the campus’s electrical distribution system to identify a power source for the load. In his role, he says technology is an important tool in the industry.
“The better you are at utilizing technology, the more successful and efficient you will be at the job,” he says.
