Responsibilities:
- Produce new drawings from examples of previous projects and/or standards
- Produce High Voltage substation layouts & elevation drawings from a one-line electrical drawing
- Produce conduit & Grounding drawings
- Calculate cable lengths, conduit fill, or other basic tasks
- Create Substation Bill of Materials, including manufacturer part numbers, quantities, footage, etc.
- Complete work in pre-defined times to meet proposal and project schedules
- Oversee project-specific activities of drafters and more junior designers
- Research information in catalogs, specifications, corporate standards, or other reference material
- May be called upon to calculate ground grid requirements to IEEE standards using task-specific software
- May be called upon to calculate structure heights and weights, concrete volumes, equipment fit-up, or other basic tasks
- Must be able to work extensive overtime at certain times
- Learn and us task-specific software, including the document management system
- Learn and apply corporate standard engineering practices
- Take personal responsibility for the quality and accuracy of his/her work
Other Key Requirements:
A minimum of 3 years experience in physical substation design, or related experience, is required. Successful candidates with more than five years of experience may be placed in more senior level designer titles depending on skill.
- Strong knowledge of the major components of substations and the types of drawings required to construct an electrical substation
- Strong knowledge and proven experience creating the bill of materials as it relates to a substation
- Strong knowledge of physical substation layout, elevations, grounding, foundations, and conduit
- Ability to produce steel drawings is a plus
- General knowledge of control circuits and ground grid theory & design
- Extensive knowledge of CADD programs such as AutoCAD
- Strong knowledge of civil/structural codes and standards (NESC, and applicable IEEE, ANSI, AISC, and ACI) is a plus
- Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft office products including Word, Excel and Outlook
