Staff Physical Designer - Substation

SolveNow Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in Fort Worth is seeking a Staff Physical Designer Substation to join their team. This role involves planning, evaluating, and designing various electrical projects with a focus on substation components. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree in drafting technology or a related field, along with proficiency in design software like AutoCAD and MicroStation. This position offers opportunities for collaboration, mentoring, and involvement in QA/QC processes, ensuring the highest quality design deliverables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in drafting technology or related field and seven years related experience.
• Advanced understanding of design software such as AutoCAD, MicroStation, and Excel.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate with project managers, engineers and designers.

Responsibilities

• Perform various electrical project designs including substation plan layouts.
• Train, mentor, and develop less experienced drafting and design staff members.
• Responsible for the physical design QA/QC process.
• Train and mentor junior staff; support subcontracted firms and international affiliates.
• Participate in project meetings and assist in client development efforts.
• QA/QC responsibility for physical design revisions and plot files.

Skills

Design software proficiency

Project collaboration

Analytical problem solving

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in drafting technology

Associate's degree in drafting technology or related field

Tools

AutoCAD

MicroStation

Excel

Job description

About the job Staff Physical Designer - Substation

Description

A Staff Physical Designer Substation will perform various phases of planning, site evaluations, analytical designs, design documents for proposals, specifications, and electrical plans as part of a project team. This project will directly execute complex, early design phases while partnering with diverse firms and international resources on detailed design work.

• Perform various electrical project designs including substation plan layouts, section cuts, physical details, ground grid design, lightning design and other physical substation components. Follow all company, client and project design and drafting standards.
• Perform drawing, planning, development and production work including problem analysis, design layout and calculations on non-routine assignments of substantial variety and complexity.
• Perform a variety of assignments using prescribed methods and standard techniques including drawing sequence and presentation, sizing various system components and refining rough sketches.
• Perform the evaluation of designs or sketches and redlines or mark-ups on ongoing projects for quality assurance.
• Approve design codes and specifications related to design requirements.
• Perform production of design drawings within scope, budget and schedule. Perform project tasks and assignments within budgeted hours and deadlines.
• Compute volume calculations for conduit, lightning, grounding designs under the direction of the engineer.
• Incorporate schedules, budgets and project criteria into electrical design and layouts for project financial goals.
• Responsible for the quality review of all revisions of project drawings, plot files and project-related information in a logical and well-structured manner.
• Train, mentor, and develop less experienced drafting, detailing and design staff members.
• Support the development of subcontracted diverse firms and company's international affiliates.
• Participate in marketing and possible client development meetings.
• Responsible for the physical design QA/QC process.
• Evaluate manufacture prints from vendors to verify they meet design criteria
• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in drafting technology or related field and seven years related experience or associate's degree and eight years related experience or nine years progressive detailing and design experience.
• Advanced understanding of design software such as: AutoCAD, MicroStation, and Excel to develop the design deliverables. Ability to learn and effectively utilize new design software programs.
• Advanced ability to utilize both 2D and 3D applications to prepare engineering drawings.
• Advanced knowledge in design, calculations and design systems.
• Advanced knowledge in the theory and practices of assigned discipline; competent in the fundamental concepts of other disciplines as they relate to the assigned discipline; and capable of operating related discipline design software necessary to execute production tasks.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others including, but not limited to Project Managers, Engineers and Designers in a multi-discipline project team environment to resolve design or drawing issues as appropriate and to accomplish objectives.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, and attention to detail.