Senior HV CAD Designer—Substations & PV/BESS

AES Corporation; Arlington (VA); Hybrid; USD 87,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

AES is seeking a dynamic Senior HV CAD Designer to support high voltage substation and transmission design, with 35kV–500kV projects. The role blends drafting expertise with collaboration across HV, PV, and BESS teams in a hybrid, U.S.-based environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of CAD experience, proficiency in AutoCAD and Bluebeam, and a solid understanding of electrical drawings and HV components. Willingness to travel up to 10% and potential growth into leadership are expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years drafting/design experience including high voltage substation and/or transmission CAD design.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Microsoft Office applications, and related drafting tools.
• General knowledge of electrical systems, drawings, diagrams, terminology, and code considerations for high voltage substations.
• Familiarity with HV equipment such as transformers, circuit breakers, relay panels, and related substation components.
• Ability to support PV and BESS land development design tasks, including site plans and drawings.
• Strong communication and organizational skills for multi-stakeholder collaboration.
• Experience creating and maintaining CAD tools, templates, and design standardization resources.

Responsibilities

• Develop up to 30% substation packages in AutoCAD and/or Bluebeam for 35kV–500kV facilities, including schematics and layouts.
• Provide drafting support for transmission line engineering with technical exhibits for RFPs and development documents.
• Support PV and BESS land development design tasks with site plans and construction details.
• Collaborate with HV Project Engineers, Substation Leads, Transmission Leads, and other teams to support integrated renewable projects.
• Integrate survey data, shapefiles, and site constraints into accurate design layouts.
• Develop and maintain CAD standards, templates, tools, blocks, and symbol databases.

Skills

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

HV substation

Project coordination

Communication

Education

CAD/Drafting degree

Tools

AutoCAD

Bluebeam

MS Office

AutoCAD Civil 3D

PLS-CADD

Job description

AES is seeking a dynamic Senior HV CAD Designer to support high voltage substation and transmission design, with 35kV–500kV projects. The role blends drafting expertise with collaboration across HV, PV, and BESS teams in a hybrid, U.S.-based environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of CAD experience, proficiency in AutoCAD and Bluebeam, and a solid understanding of electrical drawings and HV components. Willingness to travel up to 10% and potential growth into leadership are expected.