Electrical Designer

EXP; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Raleigh, NC is looking for an Electrical Designer to join their MEP Hospitality & Entertainment team. The ideal candidate will be CAD proficient, responsible for creating electrical layouts and performing calculations. This role requires an Engineering Degree (BS in Architectural or Electrical Engineering) and 0-2 years of experience. You will benefit from being part of a collaborative environment and gain exposure to various engineering projects.

Qualifications

• Engineering Degree required (BS Architectural Engineering, or BS Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree).
• 0-2 years' experience required.
• EIT License (Engineer in training).

Responsibilities

• Convert engineer’s markups into working CAD drawings.
• Prepare CAD floor plans with electrical layouts.
• Perform calculations for fault current and AIC ratings.
• Layout lighting fixtures and design emergency power systems.

Skills

CAD proficiency

Knowledge of electrical systems

Lighting calculations

NEC knowledge

Basic understanding of emergency power systems

Education

Engineering Degree (BS Architectural or Electrical Engineering)

Job description

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Electrical Designer

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the MEP Hospitality & Entertainment team, based in Raleigh, NC

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• CAD proficient in converting engineer’s markups into working CAD drawings
• Plot drawings for review by engineer
• Prepare CAD floor plans showing electrical device layouts, circuitry, fixtures, equipment, etc.
• Perform calculations using Powertools for available fault current and implement proper AIC ratings of equipment with input from engineers
• Prepare one-line diagrams with input from engineers
• Prepare electrical loads and develop panel schedules with input from engineers
• Layout fire alarm devices on floor plans with input from engineers
• Layout lighting fixtures on plans and demonstrate fundamental knowledge of lighting concepts
• Understands and correctly applies concepts of emergency and normal power systems
• Coordinate device locations, loads, and circuitry with other disciplines
• Develop knowledge of the NEC and other codes
• Perform lighting calculations and develop models using a lighting photometric program such as Visual or LightPro
• Layout equipment rooms with input from engineers

What your experience looks like

• Engineering Degree required (BS Architectural Engineering, or BS Electrical Engineering, or equivalent degree)
• 0-2 years’ experience required
• EIT License (Engineer in training)