Staff Physical Substation Designer - Transmission %26 Distribution (Midwest Region)

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 Burns & McDonnell international affiliates.
• Participate in marketing and possible client development meetings.
• Responsible for the physical design QA/QC process.
• Evaluate manufacturer prints from vendors to verify they meet design criteria
• All other duties as assigned.