Senior Electrical Designer – BIM & Coordination

M.C. Dean, Inc.; Virginia; On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm located in Virginia seeks an experienced electrical designer. This role involves reviewing construction documents, performing calculations, and creating models. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in commercial electrical fields and proficiency in software such as AutoCAD and Revit. Candidates should be detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills. This position will contribute to mission-critical facilities and requires U.S. citizenship for security clearance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in commercial electrical field experience required.
• Experience using AutoCAD or MicroStation is necessary.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Work under general supervision as part of the project VDC team.
• Review construction documents and specifications.
• Perform basic capacity and voltage drop calculations.
• Produce drawings and sketches as necessary.

Skills

Knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC)

Field installation best practices

Autodesk Revit

Autodesk Navisworks

Autodesk AutoCAD

BlueBeam

MS Office

Education

10+ years of commercial electrical field experience

Bachelor's degree

Associate degree

Job description

Overview

About Modular Mission Critical
ModularMission Critical™ is the manufacturing campus for M.C. Dean’s complex, modular product line for datacenters and critical infrastructure. Located just north of Richmond, VA, this site is growing fast serving customers worldwide. Important openings include assemblers for our production lines and engineers and designers for products and continuous improvement. Join M.C. Dean’s more than 9,000 employees around the world making an impact through innovations in power and technology.

Why Join Us?
Our people are passionate about innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values—agility, expertise, and trust—we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment for employees to build long-term careers.

Designer Senior works as part of a team responsible for developing a comprehensive, functionally, and dimensionally accurate physical layout of electrical, communications, and other systems based on the engineering design, specifications, and materials and equipment submittals to meet the project needs and M.C. Dean's constructability objectives.

Responsibilities

• Work under general supervision as part of the project VDC team.
• Review construction documents, specifications, BIM execution plan, project-specific design plan, and other documents to identify modeling requirements.
• Perform basic capacity and voltage drop calculations to validate circuit and pathway sizing.
• Perform modeling and coordination of the electrical and low voltage raceways and equipment based on established project-level guidelines and company standards for typical spaces and moderately complex elements of the project.
• Participate in multi-trade coordination and resolve conflicts.
• Produce drawings and sketches as necessary, verify and perform quality review of the completed work.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and related concepts.
• Knowledge of the field installation best practices Knowledge of critical design software
  • Autodesk Revit Autodesk Navisworks Autodesk AutoCAD BlueBeam MS Office

Education Requirements:

• 10+ years of commercial electrical field experience or at least 10+ years of commercial electrical field experience and 10+ years of experience as a Designer using AutoCAD or Micro station with a high school diploma or GED
• 8+ years of experience with an associate degree
• 5+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree

General Requirements:

• Attention to details
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as part of a multi-discipline team
• Commitment and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Clearance/Citizen Type:Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements, including U.S. citizenship for access to classified information.

Certifications:

• Completed electrical apprenticeship and journeyman or master electrician status strongly desired

Abilities:

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Pay Range

USD $45.11 - USD $53.88 /Hr.