Senior Electrical & I&C CAD Lead (Hybrid/Remote)

AECO; Detroit (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM has a Senior Electrical and I&C Designer position to support a multi-disciplinary design team addressing advanced engineering tasks in power generation. The role emphasizes CAD leadership, collaboration with engineers, and delivering electrical & I&C deliverables across feasibility to construction phases.

The candidate will manage CAD tasks, leverage data from laser scans and LiDAR, and participate in travel for meetings as needed. Hybrid work options and multiple US offices are available.

Qualifications

• BA/BS plus 6 years of power or industrial experience or equivalent.
• Experience with multidisciplinary design in power generation.
• Proficiency in CAD tools and data management.

Responsibilities

• Perform as the Electrical and I&C discipline CAD lead for projects of all sizes.
• Oversee the design and preparation of electrical and I&C deliverables, ensuring efficient facility design while addressing constructability, safety, and project constraints.
• Perform complex CAD tasks and coordinate the production of various drawings, while collaborating with team members to create an integrated digital project content and resolve interface issues.
• Ability to collaborate with engineers and project managers to develop facility designs, generate deliverables and progress through all stages of design – feasibility through construction support.
• Perform the role of lead discipline CAD designer on projects managing execution by maintaining task budgets, staffing plan and schedule updates.
• Prepare bills of materials and quantity take offs.
• Utilize diverse data sources such as laser scans, vendor files, LiDAR surfaces, and survey points for project modeling, while managing survey and client data throughout the project lifecycle and demonstrating proficiency in coordinate systems and data transformation.
• Contributes to business development activities and proposal development.
• Creating, updating, and implementing group specific standards.
• Ability to check and verify work prepared by peer/group.
• Participating in and presenting at meetings including those requiring occasional travel

Skills

Electrical & I&C design

Team collaboration

CAD leadership

Project coordination

Education

BA/BS + 6 years experience in power/industrial

Tools

CadWorx

Revit

Solidworks

ReCap

NX

AutoCAD Electrical

Elecdes

AutoCAD Plant 3D

SQL

Navisworks

Job description

AECOM has a Senior Electrical and I&C Designer position to support a multi-disciplinary design team addressing advanced engineering tasks in power generation. The role emphasizes CAD leadership, collaboration with engineers, and delivering electrical & I&C deliverables across feasibility to construction phases.

The candidate will manage CAD tasks, leverage data from laser scans and LiDAR, and participate in travel for meetings as needed. Hybrid work options and multiple US offices are available.