Electrical Designer

EXP Services Inc.; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

EXP Services Inc. in Raleigh, NC is seeking an Electrical Designer to join the MEP Hospitality & Entertainment team. You will translate engineer markups into working CAD drawings, plot drawings for review, and develop electrical layouts for floor plans.

You will perform fault-current calculations, prepare one-line diagrams and panel schedules, and ensure compliance with NEC. A BS in Architectural or Electrical Engineering and an EIT license are required, with 0–2 years’ experience.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• CAD drawings: convert engineer markups into working CAD drawings
• Plot drawings for review by engineer
• Prepare CAD floor plans with electrical layouts
• Perform fault current calculations and apply appropriate AIC ratings with input from engineers
• Prepare one-line diagrams with input from engineers
• Develop panel schedules with input from engineers
• Layout fire alarm devices on plans and demonstrate lighting concepts
• Coordinate device locations, loads, and circuitry with other disciplines
• Develop knowledge of the NEC and other codes
• Perform lighting calculations and model with Visual/LightPro
• Layout equipment rooms with input from engineers

Skills

CAD proficiency

Electrical design fundamentals

Lighting calculations

Coordination with disciplines

NEC knowledge

Education

BS Architectural Engineering

BS Electrical Engineering

Engineer in Training (EIT)

Tools

AutoCAD

Powertools

Lighting software (Visual/LightPro)

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 theMEP Hospitality & Entertainment team, based inRaleigh, 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)