Designer Lead - Power Innovation

Williams • Tulsa, OK

18h • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Designer Lead, you will guide a team of design personnel to support operations, maintenance, and capital projects of various sizes. Your primary focus will be to mentor and support others while reporting progress to your formal leader, project teams, and other departments as required. A successful candidate will be proficient with current CAD software and have the ability to demonstrate project planning, resource allocation, teamwork and evaluation skills. A Designer Lead / Electrical Designer at Williams starts the day by reviewing project priorities, coordinating with engineers and project teams, and assigning work to design personnel. Throughout the day, they guide and mentor team members, monitor progress, and communicate status updates to stakeholders. The role involves creating and reviewing a wide range of electrical design deliverables, including one-line diagrams, grounding plans, electrical plans, MCC schematics, conduit and cable schedules, and equipment connection drawings for mission-critical data centers. They ensure all drawings meet applicable codes, company standards, and project requirements while supporting projects from concept through construction and as-built completion. A successful day includes balancing technical design work with leadership responsibilities—solving problems, improving work processes, supporting design reviews, and ensuring accurate, high-quality deliverables are issued on time. Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED and Technical School with CADD Certificate or equivalent experience
• a minimum of 10 years of drafting experience with 5 years focused on independent design assignments
• 5 years in roles that required leading multiple project efforts with less experienced designers and drafters in the energy, oil & gas, or utilities industry
• Demonstrates outstanding organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree
• 15 years of drafting experience with 10 years focused on independent design assignments
• 5 years in roles that required leading multiple project efforts with less experienced designers and drafters in the energy, oil & gas, or utilities industry
• PMP Certification

Responsibilities

• Guides a team of design personnel to efficiently meet overall project objectives and reviews the work of others to ensure standards of quality are met
• Recommends work methods, techniques, and procedures and takes part in work scheduling, setting priorities, and completion dates.
• Provides metrics for recurring reports
• Monitors and tracks progress of design projects and communicates status to partners
• Assists Design Leaders, Supervisors, Project Managers and Engineers with scope, schedule and budget definition for new projects requiring design and drafting activities
• Acts as a primary contact between internal and external business partners to establish upfront expectations, assignment criteria, progress reporting, and general communication
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Annual incentive program
• Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
• Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
• A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Robust employee learning and development
• High internal mobility (we promote from within)
• Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
• Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
• Domestic partner benefits
• Educational reimbursement
• Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
• Employee resource groups
• Employee assistance programs
• Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
• Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED