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Electrical CAD Designer
Artech LLC
Location not stated
1 month ago
$50 / hour
- CAD
- LiDAR
- BESS
- AutoCAD
- Navisworks
- BIM
- NEC
- NFPA
- OSHA
1 month ago
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 Months Contract
Job Description:
The successful candidate will have a strong understanding and experience in electrical design and technology principles. She/he will be expected to work successfully within a team environment and be able to communicate effectively with other project team members and customers. He/she will have a high level of initiative, motivation, and displays drive, energy and enthusiasm for getting things done with excellent attention to detail.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to take general direction, simple sketches from engineers, client and company standards, design criteria to then develop and progress through all stages of design – feasibility through detail design
- Day to day design and preparation of electrical deliverables to achieve efficient facility design considering constructability, safety and cost
- Equipment general arrangements, one lines, schematics, plans (grounding, lighting, cable tray, power, instrument), wiring diagrams, installation details etc.
- Prepare bills of materials and quantity take offs
- Employ a variety of data sources to build project model environment including but not limited to laser scan, vendor files, existing base surfaces from LiDAR, survey points and contours.
- Detailed understanding of coordinate systems and the ability to transform data from one system to another.
- Data management (e.g. vendor data, client data) through the project life cycle.
- Meeting with clients for project kickoff, ongoing design review, and project close out.
- Performs both routine and non-routine, complex design assignments that require judgment in resolving issues or making recommendations.
- Maintain open communication with project team (including remote staff) regarding workload planning, task estimating and budgeting
- Creating, updating, and implementing group specific standards
- Contributes to a complete and integrated set of digital project content which includes but not limited to identification of discipline and vendor interfaces, clashes, etc. by working co-operatively with team members to resolve issues
- Assist with preparation of project specification and contract documents
- Ability to check and verify work prepared by peer/group
- Applies strong knowledge of industry standards, guides, specifications, and procedures specific to working in with US electrical and instrument infrastructure and networks at industrial facilities
- Ensure that the technical and safety standards are maintained in all aspects of design work
- Collaborate effectively with US and international design staff to create quality deliverables
- Participate in site field visits and walk downs
Minimum Requirements:
- BA/BS + 4 years of relevant industrial experience or AA/AS + 6 years of relevant substation experience
- High level design and CAD skills and technical competency in the field of electrical engineering
- Physical design experience on complex multi-disciplinary projects
Preferred Qualifications:
- +10 years of design experience
- Experience in solar PV and/or BESS projects
- 2+ yrs experience as project technical electrical design lead
- Adaptability and fervent curiosity in learning new software and applications
- Experience creating drawings (e.g. power plans, wiring schematics) with limited direction from engineering team
- Experience utilizing and integrating data sets into 3D model (e.g. laser scans, LiDAR, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience in AutoCAD 3D modeling environments (e.g. Plant3D, CadWorx, Revit, ReCap)
- Experience working in collaborative model environments (e.g. Navisworks)
- Experience in the management of Common Data Environments including ProjectWise, BIM 360
- Experience with field walk downs
- Strong experience leveraging laser scan or other data sets to inform design development
- Knowledge of typical stakeholders and be able to anticipate data requests and expectations
- Understanding of vendor documentation and it’s use as a reference for assigned tasks
- Demonstrated experience in participating complex, multi-discipline programs/projects and CAD teams
- Comprehensive knowledge of industry (incl safety) standards (e.g. NEC/NFPA 70, OSHA 1910)
Electrical CAD Designer · Artech LLC