We have an opening for an Electrical Designer for a position in Concord, CA area. This position requires strong technical ability to both perform design tasks, ability to work independently with moderate guidance, and strong communication skills in written, spoken, and personal formats
Our Client provides full multi-disciplined engineering, design, project management, procurement, and construction coordination support services to clients in the US and Canada. For decades, they have successfully provided these services to help their customers engineer the future of energy.
- Execute project design tasks in partnership with Electrical Engineer counterparts
- Coordinate with Electrical Engineer, Design WGL, and project team to develop basic schedules
- Coordinate inter-discipline design directly with counterparts in other disciplines (such as piping and control systems)
- Work within 3D design software where applicable; contribute to and extract information from 3D model
- Perform detailed vendor document reviews and incorporate into project design
- Perform drawing and document research in client databases; coordinate with Document Control at Client and Clients to properly find and checkout drawings
- Lead the development of detailed construction packages in accordance with codes and standards:
- Coordinate final package quality checks and hand-off to project assistants for formal issue
NOTE: as a lead designer, you may not perform all of these duties on a given project, but you are ultimately responsible for the quality and completeness of the package
- Perform quality checks on ones’ own work
- Ensure projects and work processes adhere to Client’s Project Services Quality System (PSQS)
- Perform work with minimal supervision and guidance
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Ability to create, modify and work with 2D drawings in the AutoCAD 2010 (or newer) software
- Design wiring, conduit, and cable tray systems for NEC-hazardous classified areas.
- As-build electrical systems in the field, producing accurate markups of documents and drawings
- Prepare detailed design of projects in compliance with governing codes, regulations, and client standards.
- Provide guidance and mentoring to more junior designer
- Basic working knowledge of 3D Design and software
- Familiar with and able to work within stage-gated project processes and requirements
- Prioritize own work on multiple projects
- Perform effectively in a team environment, both in-person and remotely
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Experience developing construction packages for small to medium projects ($1MM to $30MM TIC)
- Highly detail oriented with a strong, self-driven work ethic
- Able to identify areas of personal technical strengths and weaknesses, ask for help when needed, and quickly learn new responsibilities
- Able to evaluate equipment in the field, including climbing ladders, flights of stairs, etc.
- Able to travel to remote work sites on occasion
- Strong computer skills - Microsoft Applications
- Fluent in English language
- Applicants must be able to obtain a TWIC card. Information available at tsa.gov/twic
PREFERRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Strong 3D Design capability
- Experience in Control Systems Design
- Experience working on-site at an industrial facility in maintenance, reliability, or projects groups
- Ability and desire to mentor designers and engineers
- Application software such as lighting & heat trace design
- Experience with MicroStation
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
- A.S. or higher in engineering or related discipline OR 5+ years working on Oil & Gas, Refining, and/or Petrochemical Plant Projects
- 8+ years of experience in Electrical design on Oil & Gas, Refining, and/or Petrochemical Plant projects
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Able to work in heavy industrial facilities: climb ladders, work off elevated surfaces, and walk over uneven surfaces while wearing required PPE
- Able to sit for long periods of time working at a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at a time