Industrial Electrical Designer - Hands-on, Full-Time

Platform Recruitment; Crosby (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive hourly rate

Full-time position

Hands-on design role

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

Platform Recruitment is seeking an Electrical Designer for a hands-on role to produce detailed electrical drawing packages for control panels, PDCs, E-Houses, switchgear and MCCs. The position emphasizes AutoCAD capabilities and transforming functional requirements into shop-ready documentation.

You will work on complete electrical packages, from schematics to as-built drawings, and support field testing and shop-floor activities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience producing electrical drawings or design packages.
• Proven ability to create complete electrical design packages independently.
• Strong knowledge of NEC requirements including conductor sizing and ampacity.
• Ability to design and interpret electrical power, control and instrumentation schematics.
• Experience with panel layouts, equipment arrangements, BOMs, and wiring diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Produce complete electrical drawing packages, including control schematics, wiring diagrams, one-lines, panel layouts and equipment arrangements.
• Design control circuits from functional requirements and interpret existing schematics.
• Develop terminal plans, I/O lists, bills of materials, cable schedules and conduit schedules.
• Size conductors, cable trays and conduit according to NEC requirements.
• Select and document electrical components, including breakers, relays, fuses, transformers and terminal blocks.
• Ensure designs meet electrical codes, equipment clearances, grounding and bonding requirements.
• Manage drawing revisions, client comments, redlines and as-built documentation.
• Support shop-floor build, testing and troubleshooting activities.

Skills

Electrical design

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Detail oriented

Tools

AutoCAD

Inventor

SolidWorks

Bluebeam

Excel

Job description

Platform Recruitment is seeking an Electrical Designer for a hands-on role to produce detailed electrical drawing packages for control panels, PDCs, E-Houses, switchgear and MCCs. The position emphasizes AutoCAD capabilities and transforming functional requirements into shop-ready documentation.

You will work on complete electrical packages, from schematics to as-built drawings, and support field testing and shop-floor activities.