Electrical Designer - Part-time Remote

GSE Solutions; Naperville (IL); Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Designer to create engineering designs for electrical substations. The selected candidate will utilize AutoCAD and work with project management tools, ensuring specifications and material requirements are met. This role requires significant interaction with engineering teams and site visits, emphasizing safety, quality, and cost management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years relevant industry experience with a Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Must have experience with AutoCAD and document management systems.
• Site visits include pre-construction, during construction, and post-construction.

Responsibilities

• Produce engineering drawings for electrical substations using AutoCAD.
• Specify and order materials for design packages and coordinate with various departments.
• Create and modify scaled drawings or models for substations.

Skills

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Document management systems

Estimating systems

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering

Associate degree

High school diploma

Tools

Primavera (P6)

Autodesk Vault Professional 2023

Job description

This position is responsible for creating designs in 2D or 3D for our client’s Transmission and Distribution Electrical Substations and supporting their design criteria and standardization efforts.

Description :

The Designer will produce engineering drawings using AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, or Autodesk Map 3D [P4A], and create specifications and material requirements for substation projects emphasizing safety, quality, scheduling, and costs.

• Creation / modification of scaled 2D drawings or 3D models designing the physical aspects of electrical substations, including but not limited to Foundation Layouts, Grounding Layouts, Conduit Layouts, Switchgear Assembly Layouts, Control Buildings, Electrical Bus Design, etc.
• The Designer will specify and order material for electrical substation design packages, including stock, non-stock, and shop-fabricated material.
• The Designer will transmit drawing packages and supporting specifications using the Transmission Engineering job transmittal program.
• The Designer will coordinate and communicate with engineers and other departments associated with electrical Substation Design. The Designer will interact with manufacturers, vendors, and Southern Company committee members to resolve equipment and material issues.
• The Designer must support the Substation Construction, Field Services, Project Management, and Substation Maintenance departments.
• Experience working with document management & estimating systems such as Transmission Estimating and Management System (TEAMS), STOMP, MAXIMO, SCST Vault, and Autodesk Vault Professional 2023 is preferred.
• Experience using Primavera (P6), progress reporting software preferred.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products is required.
• This position will require site visits for projects, including pre-construction meetings, during construction and post-construction. Some overnight travel will be required.
• Must be able to envision equipment / materials and how they connect spatially inside three-dimensional space.

Education :

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering with a minimum of 4 years relevant industry experience -OR-
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering technology with a minimum of 6 years relevant industry experience -OR-
• Associate degree with minimum 8 years relevant industry experience -OR-
• High school diploma with a minimum of 15 years of relevant industry experience