Freelance Senior Designer
Fox Corporation
Substation Physical Designer
Gannett Fleming
full-time
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Location: Arizona, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $65,000 - $80,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Design and execution of high-voltage substations projects through 34.5kV – 500kV range with an emphasis on project safety, cost, quality and reliability
- Generate designs and detailed engineering deliverables working under the supervision of lead engineer
- Detail physical aspects of the engineering design such as general arrangement, elevation, grounding and conduit drawings
- Complete basic engineering calculations related to engineering deliverables
- Follow specific instructions of supervisor or engineers to perform the more complex design assignments
- Use standard CAD tools to create drawings and related deliverables
- Perform detailed calculations to compute and establish manufacturing, construction, and installation standards and specifications
- Inspect completed installations and observe operations, to ensure conformance to design and equipment specifications and compliance with operational and safety standards
- Oversee project production efforts to assure projects are completed satisfactorily, on time and within budget
- Prepare and study technical drawings and specifications of electrical systems, to ensure that installation and operations conform to standards and customer requirements
- Travel to job sites for job assessment and data gathering as needed.
Requirements
- 3+ years of relevant substation or general electrical T&D designing experience
- Expertise in AutoCAD or MicroStation
- Thorough knowledge of NEC, NESC, IEEE, ANSI, and Design Guide for Rural Substations
- Ability to review and coordinate vendor submittals for design parameters
- Knowledge of substation phase spacing and electrical clearance for live conductors, switch components, and bus supports
- Ability to develop and review complete construction documents (layouts, elevations, details, grounding plans, trench and conduit plans, single line diagrams, etc.)
- Ability to create control enclosure layout, cable tray layout and details, conduit drawings
- Knowledge of substation voltages, MV, HV, EHV
- Ability to develop and design substation duct bank
- Ability to interpret engineering calculations and apply same to design requirements
- Ability to apply project schedules to complete tasks in a timely manner and within project budget
- Thorough knowledge of substation structures and equipment including connectors, insulators, switches, and all types of conductors and how they interconnect
- Knowledge in substation construction and/or commissioning techniques and industry standards
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Proficiency to sketch single line diagrams, layouts, general arrangements, conduit plans, trench plans, grounding plans and other design documents with little or no oversight
- Preferred: Experience in the energy industry or a consulting services environment
- Preferred: Skilled in 3D Modeling
