E&I Technical Specialist II

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors; Los Angeles (CA); In loco; USD 120.000 - 200.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors is seeking a lead designer with extensive experience in electrical and instrumentation design. You will oversee a team of designers, ensuring delivery of complete electrical deliverables on time and within budget.

The role involves client interaction, readiness for startup support, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate has 15+ years in industrial electrical design, strong NEC knowledge, and proven leadership in coordinating multi-discipline projects.

Competenze

• Requires 15+ years of relevant industrial experience in electrical and instrumentation drafting and design.
• Experience leading a design team and delivering on schedule and budget.
• Familiarity with NEC and electrical installation documentation.

Mansioni

• Supervise and direct a team of designers.
• Deliver electrical/instrumentation deliverables on time and within budget.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to staff.
• Coordinate with discipline leads and clients on scope and design changes.
• Produce installation specifications and related drawings.
• Lead startup support and onsite assistance.

Conoscenze

Electrical design

Instrumentation

Team leadership

Project controls

Code compliance NEC

Formazione

Associate degree in Engineering Technology or CAD

Strumenti

AutoCAD

Electrical CAD tools

Descrizione del lavoro

What You’ll Be Doing

Job Scope: Generally responsible for supervision and technical direction over a team of designers when functioning as a lead designer. As lead designer, responsibilities will include total delivery of the electrical and instrumentation deliverables and services on time, within performance budget and meeting quality expectations. Duties may include performing advanced design work serving as a technical specialist for a complex design assignment. This level requires extensive progressive experience in electrical and instrumentation design and involves utilization of project controls for cost, schedule and quality of projects. This work will be performed under minimal supervision.

Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards.
• Recognizing and communicating project scope, specifications and design criteria upon assignment to a project task team.
• Producing installation details, motor control center single lines, electric room layouts, motor control elementaries, connection diagrams, cable schedules, control panel layouts and grounding, lighting, power and instrumentation plans under minimal supervision.
• Recognizing and communicating scope and design changes promptly.
• On-site assistance during startup.
• Providing technical guidance to less experienced drafting personnel in the department.
• Coordinating work activities with other staff members and the discipline lead.
• Providing discipline lead with the current status of project work, including identification of delays or improvements in the projected finish date.
• Conferring with clients to determine scopes of work and interact with clients on technical matters
• Producing 480VAC equipment specifications with engineering review and approval.
• Producing 15kV/5kV equipment specifications with engineering review and approval.
• Producing electrical installation specifications with engineering review and approval.
• Complete understanding of the skills and experience required to perform design functions.
• Proactively lead and coordinate the efforts of a design staff to achieve scope, schedule and budget objectives.
• Mentoring subordinates.
• Participating in team or cross-discipline checks to insure coordination between the design disciplines.
• Checking calculations made by other designers to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice.
• Determining construction quantities and provide construction cost estimates.
• Delegating work to designers in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.
• Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines in proportion to their technical skills and experience, then following up for support to ensure efficient progress and quality.
• Participating in the planning of training programs, continuous education opportunities and professional development of staff.

Ideal Background

Education:

Associate degree in Engineering Technology or Computer-Aided Drafting is required.

Certification:

Certification is not required at this level.

Experience:

This position requires 15+ years of relevant industrial experience in electrical and instrumentation drafting and design.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Familiarity with the current version of the National Electrical Code (NEC).
• Ability to perform lighting level calculations.
• Ability to size wire, conduit and overcurrent protection for both lighting and power applications.
• Ability to perform voltage drop calculations.
• Ability to route conduit and cable tray.
• Ability to calculate tray and conduit fill.
• Able to determine motor control center loading.
• Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment.
• Ability to create accurate electrical installation documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings.
• Ability to determine load center unit substation loading.
• Knowledge and understanding of work flow/information flow between disciplines.
• Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all electrical deliverables.
• Ability to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.
• Ability to determine load center unit substation loading.
• Ability to develop equipment specifications for 480VAC equipment such as, motor control centers, variable frequency drivers, induction and synchronous motors, load center unit substations, etc. with engineering review and approval.
• Ability to produce a 15kV power system equipment and installation techniques both above and below ground.
• Familiarity with 15kV power system equipment and installation techniques both above and below ground.
• Ability to develo