Substation CAD Designer – High-Voltage 3D Modeling

Crest Industries; Pineville (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is actively seeking a Substation Designer to produce substation field construction and manufacturing shop drawings using Autodesk Inventor. The designer will interact with structural engineers and project managers to ensure accurate, timely outputs in a collaborative team setting.

The role requires reading layout and detail drawings and technical documents, and the ability to handle a high volume of work with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field from an accredited college or university.
• A suitable combination of education, training, and/or experience in 3D modeling and/or AutoCad software will be considered in lieu of a BS degree.
• Experience using AutoDesk Inventor preferred.
• High voltage CAD drafting and/or steel detailing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Creating and/or checking general arrangement drawings
• Creating and/or checking anchor bolt plans
• Creating and/or checking foundation plans and details
• Creating and/or checking grounding plans and details
• Creating and/or checking lightning coverage (shielding) plans
• Creating and/or checking lighting plans
• Creating and/or checking sag and tension charts/drawings
• Creating and/or checking material lists
• Assembling and/or checking catalog cuts of equipment and/or material for construction reference manuals
• Creating and/or checking tube cutting schedules
• Creating and/or checking bolt counts
• Creating and/or checking structural shop and erection drawings (Ex. steel details, pfb details, etc.).

Skills

Customer Focus

Decision Quality

Business Insight

Drives Results

Collaborates

Communicates Effectively

Courage

Instills Trust

Manages Ambiguity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field

3D modeling/AutoCAD experience

AutoDesk Inventor experience preferred

Tools

AutoCAD

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is actively seeking a Substation Designer to produce substation field construction and manufacturing shop drawings using Autodesk Inventor. The designer will interact with structural engineers and project managers to ensure accurate, timely outputs in a collaborative team setting.

The role requires reading layout and detail drawings and technical documents, and the ability to handle a high volume of work with minimal supervision.