Senior P&C Designer

Mesa Associates, Inc; Edwardsville (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mesa Associates, Inc. in Illinois seeks a Protection & Control Designer with 8 years of design-related experience to join our team and prepare and review P&C design packages for substations.

Ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience designing protection & control systems for high/medium/low voltage substations; knowledge of relays, metering, CTs/PTs, power transformers, AC/DC power, and wiring; proficiency with AutoCAD or MicroStation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of protection & control design experience for substations.
• Proficiency with protection relays, metering, CTs/PTs, transformers, AC/DC power.
• Experience creating drawings: one-lines, schematics, wiring diagrams and panel layouts with AutoCAD or MicroStation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design team to complete assignments, with attention to budgets and schedules.
• Self-check all work before submission to ensure minimal errors.
• Develop or check AC/DC schematics, panel layouts, wiring diagrams and BOMs.
• Lead and instruct design team members on a project level.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline departments on projects.
• P&C design for substations from 12kV to 500kV.
• Apply client substation design standards to the work.
• Handle multiple projects concurrently and professionally with clients.

Skills

Team player

Communication

Self-starter

Learning mindset

Collaboration

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Bluebeam

Job description

PDS - 12 / Power Delivery Substation

This position is not eligible for recruiting or sourcing by outside parties.

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Mesa seeks a Protection & Control Designer with 8 years of design related experience that will join our team and prepare and review P&C design packages.

Ideal candidate has at least 8 years of experience designing protection & control systems for high/medium/low voltage substations.

Candidates with instrumentation & process controls experience will also be considered for this position.

Candidates must possess knowledge and skillsets associated with designing systems that utilize protection & control relays, metering, instrument transformers (CTs/PTs), power transformers, AC auxiliary power, as well as DC/Battery controls.

Candidates must possess thorough experience in generating drawings such as One Lines, AC/DC Schematics/Elementaries, Wiring/Connections and Front/Rear View Panel/Eqpt Layouts using AutoCAD and/or Microstation design software packages.

Ideal candidates will possess a learning mindset and be self-starters.

Responsibilities

• Effectively and efficiently collaborates with other design team members to complete work assignments.
• Performs a self-check on all work assignments prior to returning them to the checker and performs assignments with little to no errors and within allotted budgets/schedules.
• Develop and/or assist in the development or check of AC Schematics, DC Schematics, Panel Layouts, Wiring/Connection diagrams, and Bills of Materials.
• Proficient at leading and instructing design team members on a project level.
• Collaborates effectively and efficiently with multi-discipline departments on all projects.
• P&C design for substations ranging from 12kV to 500kV.
• Properly apply client's substation design standards to the work.
• Successfully work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Professionally handle client communications and relationships.

Competencies

• Demonstrates a working knowledge of using design software tools (Bluebeam, AutoCAD, MicroStation, etc.) to create/prepare/modify design drawings.
• Is a team player.
• Proactively manages work assignments.
• Effectively communicates.
• Is well organized and keeps work area clean and free of clutter.
• Has a questioning mindset and attitude.
• Possesses and demonstrates on a regular basis the ability to read, understand and create all protection & control design drawings (Single Line, AC/DC Schematic, Elementary and Connection diagrams, Front & Rear View Layout/Elevation drawings, Bills of Material, etc.).

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