Supervising Designer Electrical Engineering

Bechtel Corporation; Ogden (UT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Corporation in Ogden, UT seeks a seasoned Designer Supervisor to lead a team producing NFPA 70 compliant facility designs for Sentinel program facilities. You will oversee AutoCAD, SmartSketch and SmartPlant 3D drawings, manage 3D model coordination, and ensure timely deliverables.

You will mentor designers, coordinate across disciplines and with the client, and drive technical reviews to meet code requirements and project schedules. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Requires AA/AS or Certificate in Engineering/CAD with 10-12 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.
• Must be a United States citizen.
• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a project schedule and ensuring the team’s design deliverables are completed on time.
• Managing a team of up to 10-12 designers to include approving time records, expense reports, performing quarterly reviews
• Perform technical reviews of the design deliverables and ensure customer requirements and code requirements are met.
• Participate in facility model reviews and ensure clashes in the 3D model are coordinated and resolved.
• Providing training/mentoring to less experienced designers.
• Coordinate designs between different engineering disciplines and functions (construction and startup).
• Coordinate model changes with the client when impacting client provided equipment.
• Providing detailed “pre-job” explanations of work to employees including technical requirements, lessons learned, design inputs, and schedule expectations.
• Resolving differences of professional opinion between staff and the client.

Skills

Team leadership

Design reviews

NFPA 70 knowledge

SmartPlant 3D

AutoCAD

Electrical layouts

Communication

Education

AA/AS or CAD certificate

Tools

SmartPlant 3D

SmartSketch

AutoCAD

Job description

Requisition ID: 295460

• Relocation Authorized: National - Family

• Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project

• Work Location: Ogden, UT

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Project Overview:

Bechtel is the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partner on the Northrop Grumman team to deliver the Sentinel Program, which is modernizing the ground-based leg of the U.S. nuclear deterrent triad, including intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems and launch infrastructure. Bechtel’s scope of service in Sentinel’s current Engineering & Manufacturing Development phase focuses on the ground infrastructure component of the program.

A major contractor for the United States and allied governments, Bechtel has handled such efforts as chemical weapons demilitarization projects, missile-defense, infrastructure, base operations, procurement and project management, and restoration and recovery spanning half a century. We use our expertise to help our customers securely and effectively transform mission delivery.

Job Summary:

In this role, you will supervise junior and senior level designers and be responsible for producing NFPA 70 code compliant facility designs for different facilities that are a part of the Sentinel program. You and your team will produce design drawings both in AutoCAD and SmartSketch as well as maintain a clash free 3D model in SmartPlant 3D. These designs will include layout, elevation, detail, and bill of material drawings for systems such as grounding, lighting and receptacles, lightning protection, raceway (conduit and cable tray), cable routing, underground conduit/ductbank, equipment arrangements.

Major Responsibilities:

• Maintaining a project schedule and ensuring the team’s design deliverables are completed on time.

• Managing a team of up to 10-12 designers to include approving time records, expense reports, performing quarterly reviews

• Perform technical reviews of the design deliverables and ensure customer requirements and code requirements are met.

• Participate in facility model reviews and ensure clashes in the 3D model are coordinated with the appropriate engineering disciplines and resolved in a timely manner.

• Providing training/mentoring to less experienced designers.

• Coordinate designs between different engineering disciplines and functions (construction and startup).

• Coordinate model changes with the client when impacting client provided equipment.

• Providing detailed “pre-job” explanations of work to employees including technical requirements, lessons learned, design inputs, and schedule expectations.

• Resolving differences of professional opinion between staff and the client.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires AA/AS or Certificate in Engineering/CAD with 10-12 years of relevant experience or 12-14 years of relevant work experience.

• Must be a United States citizen.

• Must be able to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Previous experience leading a team of designers.

• Must be able to collaborate well with other disciplines.

• Previous experience providing technical reviews of designs and identifying code compliance issues.

• Previous experience on the physical design of industrial and/or nuclear facilities.

• Knowledge & application of NFPA 70 and other applicable codes/standards.

• Hands-on and advanced experience using Smartplant 3D, SmartSketch, and AutoCAD.

• Strong knowledge of electrical raceway and equipment layouts.

• Ability to resolve design issues independently and collaboratively with other engineering disciplines, construction, and the client.

• Ability to cope with conflicting deadlines, frequent interruptions, and multiple tasks.

• Excellent communication skills (both verbal and written).

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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