CAD Technician II: Electrical & Substation Drafting

Pike Engineering; Exton (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Pike Engineering is seeking an intermediate CAD Technician I in Exton, PA to draft and organize engineering drawings from sketches. You’ll work with limited supervision on moderately complex tasks, coordinating with multiple groups while providing practical drafting input.

Responsibilities include producing diagrams, schematics, and layouts to scale, performing basic engineering calculations, and creating substation/relay drawings using CAD tools.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1-2 years of training at a technical school or equivalent experience.
• 2-4 years of experience in the preparation of engineering drawings and diagrams as a Drafter 1.
• Proven AutoCAD and/or Microstation skills.
• Strong PC/IT skills (i.e., Word, Excel, etc).
• Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Diagrams, schematics, layouts, multiview, and various drawings to scale in accordance with clients' requests.
• Mathematical, geometrical, and minor engineering computations.
• To scale engineering drawings using computer aided drafting system.
• Detailed design drawings and related specifications of civil/electrical equipment according to engineering sketches, specifications, and related data and drawings to determine design factors such as size, shape, and arrangement of parts.
• This would include structure, schematic, foundation, grounding, steel, layout, equipment, apparatus, wiring, panel, AC&DC, one lines, and other type drawings necessary to produce substation, relay, and line design job packages.
• File drawings, maintain catalogs of engineering data, and perform other routine drawing room functions as required.

Skills

AutoCAD

MicroStation

MS Office

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Teamwork

Independent work

Leadership

Education

High school diploma

Technical school training

Tools

MicroStation

AutoCAD

CAD software familiarity

Job description

Pike Engineering is seeking an intermediate CAD Technician I in Exton, PA to draft and organize engineering drawings from sketches. You’ll work with limited supervision on moderately complex tasks, coordinating with multiple groups while providing practical drafting input.

Responsibilities include producing diagrams, schematics, and layouts to scale, performing basic engineering calculations, and creating substation/relay drawings using CAD tools.