Hybrid Power Plant Electrical Physical Designer Lead

Sargent & Lundy; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

401(k)

Paid time off

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Sargent & Lundy is seeking an experienced electrical designer to join our project team in Chicago. You will work under the Electrical Project Lead on design, modification, and upgrade of power plant electrical systems, producing and reviewing electrical drawings and vendor documents.

This role emphasizes cable schedules, grounding layouts, conduit routing, and equipment location drawings, with opportunities to participate in field walkdowns and data gathering at client facilities.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in drafting or high school with equivalent technical design experience.
• 10+ years of detailed physical design experience in grounding layouts, underground duct bank, and embedded conduit drawings.
• Experience reviewing electrical physical layout drawings involving equipment outlines and interface points.
• Assist engineers with initial design requirements.
• Produce physical construction layout drawings.
• Extensive Microstation and/or AutoCAD design experience on power plants or large facilities.
• Understanding drafting and design practices and theories.
• Ability to interface with engineering and design teams in power plant design.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design activities in a project team environment.
• Develop cable schedules, grounding layouts, conduit routing, and equipment layouts.
• Produce electrical physical drawings and review vendor drawings.
• Assist in field walkdowns and data gathering at client facilities.

Skills

Electrical drafting

Team communication

Design coordination

Education

Associate's Degree in drafting

Tools

Microstation

AutoCAD

Job description

Sargent & Lundy is seeking an experienced electrical designer to join our project team in Chicago. You will work under the Electrical Project Lead on design, modification, and upgrade of power plant electrical systems, producing and reviewing electrical drawings and vendor documents.

This role emphasizes cable schedules, grounding layouts, conduit routing, and equipment location drawings, with opportunities to participate in field walkdowns and data gathering at client facilities.