Designer III Physical (Government)

SUMMARY:

Provide substation physical design and technical support to a transmission substation engineering and design team for the purpose of delivering safe, cost-effective, and quality engineering and design services. Provide technical competency and direction on complex engineering and technical problems for the projects, often working with other disciplines for solutions. This role includes both direct billable client work (project work) and project support. The incumbent is expected to lead discipline design work for projects and manage project schedules and budgets. The incumbent will also support proposal development, project cost estimating, and may participate in business development efforts at some level.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under minimum supervision in the area of power delivery and grid analysis, the incumbent will provide:

 Engineering/technical expertise and guidance in the identification, analysis, and resolution of problems.

 Effective planning, organizing, estimating, scheduling, and monitoring of work activities.

 Thorough, timely, and accurate technical correspondence, documentation, calculations, and sketches.

 Continuous improvement of job-related technical and professional knowledge, skills, and performance.

 Effective oral and written communication skills.

 Should be able to understand and create substation physical arrangement drawing packages for construction.

 Support the company's goals and represent the company positively and professionally.

 Interact with customer's internal technical personnel on an as needed basis.

 Support professional relationships with customers.

 Monitor deliverables, schedules, and present solutions to the client.

 Perform other duties as assigned by management.

 

COMPLEXITY OF WORK:

Complex; established procedures not available. Major decision making.

RELATIONSHIP OUTSIDE WORK GROUP:

Influences decisions of moderate nature requiring high degree of tact.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

No direct reports, but mentors and provides leadership to junior designers and drafters

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

REGULAR ATTENDANCE is required.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Required   Either a graduate from a college or university with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology (or equivalent), or 2 to 4 years of experience and Associate Degree in Engineering Technology (or equivalent), or 5 to 10 years equivalent experience with no degree.

Experience

5-7  Year(s) Experience as a Substation Designer with the electrical industry in the field of power delivery.

CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

N/A

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING:

As needed for the job and employee development.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

A. Ability to read and interpret documents such as procedure manuals, operational procedures, etc.

B. Ability to write simple correspondence.

C. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or the business community

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

A. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret spread sheets.

B. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

C. Ability to compute rate, ratios, and percent and to draw and interpret spreadsheets

REASONING ABILITY:

A. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

B. Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Understanding of basic engineering theories and principles.
• Understanding of basic practices of researching design issues, evaluating alternatives, making sound recommendations, and preparing and presenting recommendations.
• Ability to work alone or with limited supervision.
• Ability to deal with a variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.

DESIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Ability to use AutoCAD for creating engineering drawing packages.
• Ability to interpret written specifications and implement them on engineering drawings.
• Thorough understanding of substation design and industry standard design practices.
• Ability to interpret physical design for utility substations – including arrangements, elevations, fence and grading plans, grounding plans and details and equipment support structures.
• Ability to provide cross discipline coordination with other disciplines to create foundation and grading plans.
• Ability to produce complete physical substation drawing packages suitable for use by construction crews to demo/install substation projects.
• Create substation physical design project scopes, estimates, budgets, and schedules for substation projects.
• Oversee the work of junior staff and mentor designers/drafters.
• Accomplish projects in an efficient manner.
• Ability to visit sites, advise on substation physical issues, and modify design to solve issues during construction.
• Experience working in a field or construction environment implementing or verifying engineering drawings.
• Ability to think both creatively and logically to resolve design and development problems.
• Experience in the utility industry.
• General knowledge of NEC and NESC.
• Additional enhancement - ability to design foundations and piers.
• Additional enhancement - ability to design structures and steel supports.

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. How much on the job time is spent in the following physical activities?

• Stand Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Walk Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Sit 2/3 and more (Regularly)
• Talk or Hear 2/3 and more (Regularly)
• Use Hands to Feel, Handle or finger tools or controls 1/3 to 2/3 (Frequently)
• Climb or balance None
• Stoop, Kneel, Crouch or crawl None
• Reach with Hands and Arms None
• Taste or Smell None

1. Does this job require that weight be lifted or force to be exerted? If so, how much and how often?

• Up to 10 Pounds Up to 1/3
• Up to 25 Pounds Up to 1/3
• Up to 50 Pounds None
• Up to 100 Pounds None
• More than 100 Pounds None

1. Does this job have any special vision requirements?

☒Peripheral visions (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Wet, humid conditions (non- weather) None
• Work near moving mechanical parts None
• Work in high, precarious places None
• Fumes or airborne particles None
• Toxic or caustic chemicals None
• Outdoor weather conditions Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Extreme cold (non-weather) Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Extreme Heat (non-weather) Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Risk of electrical shock Up to 1/3 (Occasionally)
• Work with explosives None
• Risk of radiation None
• Vibration None

While performing this job, the noise level in the work environment is:

Moderate Noise (Examples: business office with typewriters, and or computer printer, light traffic)

Pike Engineering is an equal opportunity employer

EOE/Minorities/Females/Vet/Disabled

Pike Engineering is a Non-Union Company