Senior Principal Electrical Wiring Designer

Airswift; Reading (Berks County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift is seeking an Electrical Wiring Designer to support a major O&G client in Reading, PA. You will provide electrical design and drafting services to the EPC and its customers.

The role includes supervising discipline activities, coordinating junior designers, and ensuring client specifications are met. Experience with SPEL/SPI, AutoCAD, MicroStation, and AVEVA E3D is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in electrical design.
• Experience with SPEL, SPI, AutoCAD and MicroStation; AVEVA E3D is a plus.
• Experience with Smart Plant 3D; participate in 3D model reviews.
• Specialization in detailed drawings for lighting; HV/LV single line diagrams; wiring and control schematic diagrams.
• Cable schedules, cable pulling calculations, cable tray sizing calculations, cable selection & sizing calculations.
• Lighting calculations (using AGI32).

Responsibilities

• Provide electrical design and drafting services to the EPC and its customers.
• Direct discipline team supervision by directing project execution activities and preparing discipline deliverables.
• Oversee the design and drafting of HV and LV electrical installations.
• Direct the work of junior designers and coordinate work sharing to meet client specifications.
• Participate in design reviews with clients and advise on technical design and drafting issues.
• Perform point-to-point reviews on complete electrical design packages.
• Travel to job sites for panel audits and raceway routing.
• Quality Assurance – ensure work aligns with QA procedures.

Job description

Airswift is looking for an Electrical Wiring Designer to work for a major O&G client in Reading, PA.

Purpose

You will provide electrical design and drafting services to the EPC and its customers.

Responsibilities

• The ability to provide discipline team supervision by directing project execution activities and preparing discipline specific deliverables for one large or several smaller projects.
• The ability to work within a team environment with a minimum of supervision and to Client, Company and Industry standards.
• Performs moderately to difficult drafting assignments requiring a working knowledge of established drafting techniques, standards, practices and software. Understands and applies company procedures as they pertain to the electrical discipline.
• The proven ability to oversee the preparation of design and detail drawings from sketches, plans or other design / specification data.
• Ability to take on responsibility for the design and drafting of HV and LV electrical installations.
• Direct the work of junior designers and/or coordinate work sharing activities to ensure the drawings are in accordance with the client requirements and relevant project specifications.
• Have the experience to participate in design review with various clients and to advise on technical design and drafting issues and compliance requirements as appropriate.
• Ability to perform point to point reviews on complete electrical design packages.
• Be able to demonstrate a proven track record of completing a given work scope within time and budget constraints.
• Develop layouts, plans, sections, elevations, and details for facilities, equipment, etc. from reference drawings or catalogues and makes routine calculations.
• Performs dimensional and routine calculations required for the preparation of drawings. Records and files electrical discipline documents.
• Ability to travel to job sites to perform panel audits and walkdown raceway routing.
• Quality Assurance – Responsible for working within the provisions and guidelines of the Quality Assurance system relevant to the project, etc.

What You Will Bring

Technical and Industry Experience

• Extensive experience in electrical design.
• Experience with Smartplant Electrical (SPEL) and Smartplant Instrumentation (SPI), AutoCAD and MicroStation design software packages, AVEVA E3D is a plus.
• Experience with the Smart Plant 3D, participate in 3D model reviews.
• Specialization in the following: detailed drawings for lighting; small power and earthing systems; HV/LV single line diagrams; wiring and control schematic diagram; AC/DC distribution panels, process area electrical equipment layouts, substation and switchyard layouts, cable tray, above grade and underground cable layouts, ductbank sizing and layouts, preparation of installation details, grounding plans, lightning layouts.
• Cable schedules, cable pulling calculations, cable tray sizing calculations, cable selection & sizing calculations,
• Lighting calculations (using software AGI32, etc.).

Required

Education – Qualifications, Accreditation, Training

• A Degree 2 or 3 year technical diploma in with discipline specific training.

Preferred

• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in electrical design and drafting.