Design Engineer

Insight Global; Asheville (NC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Distribution Design Engineer to join our team in North Carolina. The role involves designing for electric utility projects, developing work packages, and coordinating field data collection with clients.

You will work in both field and office settings, interact directly with clients to ensure high-quality deliverables, and help improve workflows for efficiency and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (civil, mechanical or electrical).
• Experience in design engineering for electric utilities.
• Willingness to work in field and office settings.

Responsibilities

• Perform design engineering for electric utility customers.
• Develop work packages for OH, UG, URD, Make Ready, and Street Light projects, using customer GIS and WMS systems.
• Manage scope, schedule and budget for assigned work.
• Review engineering design packages with clients.
• Coordinate field and office data collection and maintain data quality.
• Initiate continuous improvement to workflow processes to drive efficiency and quality.
• Attend customer sites for data collection to develop work packages.

Skills

Design engineering

Client interaction

Project coordination

Field inspection

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical)

Tools

DDS

GDT

GE Smallworld

Bentley Expert Designer

Maximo

Job description

A company is looking for a Distribution Design Engineer to join their team. This engineer will aide in the upgrades of a major energy providers distribution grids.

• - You'll be working directly with clients to make sure that the reputation for high-quality work is always maintained
• - Perform design engineering for electric utility customers
• - Develop work packages for OH, UG, URD, Make Ready, and Street Light projects, using customer GIS and WMS systems such as DDS, GDT, GE Smallworld, Bentley Expert Designer, and Maximo
• - Manage scope, schedule, and budget of work assigned
• - Review engineering design packages with clients
• - Perform functional tasks, planning, and/or customer follow-up
• - Perform scope analysis of work assigned and maintain schedule adherence to advocate client priorities
• - Initiate continuous improvement to workflow processes that drive efficiency and high-quality standards in client design deliverables
• - Gain experience in coordinating conflicting utilities and other field engineering design requirements, assessing and developing large design packages for complex cable/conduit projects in dense urban environments, work permit development, easements, and ROW applications
• - Be comfortable in both a field and office setting: the role may require customer-site visits to collect field data that will assist in developing work packages

Required skills:

• - Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical)
• - Strong construction background, design work, civil engineering, electrical experience and programming experience
• - Must be comfortable in both a field and office setting