Controls Designer
Hargrove Engineers & Constructors
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Kingsport • North Carolina • Tennessee • United States
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About the role
- Generally responsible for supervision and technical direction over a team of designers when functioning as a lead designer
- Responsibilities will include total delivery of the electrical and instrumentation deliverables and services on time, within performance budget and meeting quality expectations
- Duties may include performing advanced design work serving as a technical specialist for a complex design assignment
- Familiarity with and utilizing department design and drafting standards
- Familiarity with project scope, specifications and design criteria upon assignment to a project task team
- Recognize and communicate scope and design changes promptly
- On-site assistance during startup
- Producing estimate level preliminary designs and material take-offs suitable for the level of the estimate being performed on a project
- Producing detail design calculations and sketches for materials of construction associated with the project
- Checking calculations and deliverables made by others to ensure accuracy, conformance to codes, specifications, design criteria and conformance to good engineering practice
- Assisting the drafting group in resolving routine layout and detailing problems
- Consulting with design leaders from other disciplines to ensure the smooth flow of vital information necessary for the scheduled completion of the project
- Advising the senior engineer concerning design or scope changes, which have been identified
- Assisting other engineers in developing and assembling scopes, drawings and specifications into a “package”
- Reviewing and checking vendor drawings and other discipline drawings for electrical/instrumentation input
- Performing fieldwork necessary to gather field data, check tie-ins and provide construction support
- Provide technical guidance to less experienced drafting and engineering personnel in the department
Requirements
- Associate degree in Engineering Technology or Computer-Aided Drafting is required
- 10 or more years of relevant industrial experience in electrical and instrumentation drafting and design
- Knowledge and application of the current version of the National Electrical Code (NEC)
- Familiarity with specifications and installation details of construction bulk materials and equipment
- Ability to perform lighting level calculations
- Ability to size wire, conduit and overcurrent protection for both lighting and power applications
- Ability to perform voltage drop calculations
- Ability to route conduit and cable tray
- Ability to calculate tray and conduit fill
- Ability to determine motor control center loading
- Ability to create accurate electrical installation documents from the information found on vendor equipment drawings
- Ability to determine load center unit substation loading
- Ability to size control valves using appropriate software
- Ability to develop specifications and data sheets for instrumentation, analyzers, control systems and actuated valves
- Familiarity with standards that apply to instrumentation and controls (ISA)
- Ability to develop equipment specifications for equipment such as motor control centers, variable frequency drivers, induction and synchronous motors, load center unit substations
- Knowledge and understanding of schedule constraints and information requirements for the production of all electrical deliverables
- Ability to develop a construction cost estimate, a detailed engineering schedule and a man-hour budget for a small project or an area for a larger project
- Ability to determine construction material quantities
- Knowledge and application of company engineering design and CAD drafting standards
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Good presentation skills
- Virtual team skills and cross divisional relationships are developed and able to provide interoffice execution support with general supervision
Benefits
- paid holidays
- personal paid time off
- medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- other benefits to eligible Teammates
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
electrical draftinginstrumentation designlighting level calculationsvoltage drop calculationswire sizingconduit routingmotor control center loadingconstruction cost estimationengineering schedule developmentNational Electrical Code (NEC)
Soft Skills
communication skillspresentation skillsteam collaborationtechnical guidanceproblem-solving
Certifications
Associate degree in Engineering TechnologyAssociate degree in Computer-Aided Drafting