Substation Designer

Crest Industries•Pineville, LA

34d

About The Position

Come join our collaborative and innovative team at DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations! DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations has been an industry leader in the design and supply of high-voltage, open-air substations, and switchyards since 1965. Over a half-century of building meaningful relationships with our customers and vendors boils down to one thing: people. We take pride in our collaborative approach where everything we do is designed to deliver the project the right way, your way. Though we have grown over the years, and now offer new innovations like our Factory-Built Substations, our age-old commitment will never change: to take care of you like family. DIS-TRAN Packaged Substations is currently looking for a Substation Designer to join their team. This Substation Designer will be responsible for creating substation field construction and manufacturing shop drawings utilizing Autodesk Inventor. This Designer may interface with the Company's structural engineers and project managers. This energetic, self-motivated professional demonstrates the ability to read and understand layout and detail drawings and technical documents. The Substation Designer must work well in a team environment yet have the ability to complete a high volume of work with minimal supervision.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in a technical field, such as Engineering, Engineering Technology, Simulation Animation or a related field from an accredited college or University
A suitable combination of education, training, and/or experience in 3D modeling and/or Auto Cad software will be considered in lieu of a BS degree
Experience using AutoDesk Inventor preferred
High voltage CAD drafting and/or steel detailing experience preferred

Responsibilities

Creating and/or checking general arrangement drawings
Creating and/or checking anchor bolt plans
Creating and/or checking foundation plans and details
Creating and/or checking grounding plans and details
Creating and/or checking lightning coverage (shielding) plans
Creating and/or checking lighting plans
Creating and/or checking sag and tension charts/drawings
Creating and/or checking material lists
Assembling and/or checking catalog cuts of equipment and/or material for construction reference manuals
Creating and/or checking tube cutting schedules
Creating and/or checking bolt counts
Creating and/or checking structural shop and erection drawings (Ex. steel details, pfb details, etc.).