M&S Engineering

Designer

• Support distribution design/engineering of projects implemented among clients in multiple states
• Produce electric distribution field designs and staking of distribution facilities
• Prepare project estimates and construction prints using electronic design/estimation software
• Meet with property owners, engineering firms, and construction resources while representing M&S and client standards
• Stay current with technologies, work planning, and design methodologies for electric distribution design
• Develop detailed scoping and engineering plans in accordance with client construction standards
• Initiate designs for construction or reconstruction of overhead and underground distribution facilities from 4kV through 35kV
• Ensure quality, accuracy, and timely completion of work products
• Incorporate subject matter expert input from project management, DOC, data maintenance, planning, operations, and transmission
• Resolve technical engineering conflicts affecting cost, schedule, quality, or customer satisfaction
• Mentor and train staff members on design knowledge
• Integrate safety, reliability, operability, constructability, and configuration management practices into final products and processes
• Work outdoors for extended hours, perform staking across varied terrain, and travel including overnight stays
• Apply NESC requirements and electric utility best practices to distribution line design
• Interpret property boundary, topographic, as-built, construction staking, ROW staking, and geospatial data
• Support permit acquisition procedures involving TxDOT, city, county, state, and federal applications
• Use surveying equipment and gather geospatial points when applicable

Major Underground Designer