Substation Physical CADD Designer

Stanley Consultants • Muscatine, IA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices. With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success. Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career! This position primarily functions as a substation physical designer to create equipment plans, elevations, conduit/trench plans, grounding plans, installation details, bill of materials, and conduit schedules drawings on projects. Drawings created by the designer should be substantially complete, requiring limited review and mark-up by the engineer prior to completion. Fully developed and marked-up details would not be provided by the engineer; the designer would be expected to utilize the results of calculations, design criteria, scope of work and specifications in preparing the drawings with the engineer’s verbal overview of what is needed.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years relevant design experience, or able to perform essential duties successfully
• Certificate or Associates degree in CADD, drafting, engineering technology or related field
• Proficiency with AutoCAD and Microstation
• Excellent communication, collaboration and coordination skills with drafting and engineering
• Good understanding of what is required for project set-up and start-up
• A thorough understanding of the physical design package and how changes in each drawing will carry through to other drawings and disciplines.
• RUS design guide – General overall knowledge of voltage levels, ampacity, fault current, typical station layouts, bus arrangements & protection schemes
• Thorough knowledge of bus configuration types and purposes
• Thorough knowledge of common major equipment applications, types, ratings, manufacturers, specifications and installation requirements
• Thorough knowledge of common conductors, hardware, fasteners and assemblies including application, types, ratings, manufacturers, specifications and installation, testing and commissioning requirements
• Good understanding of steel structures and foundations used in substations
• Thorough understanding of construction & maintenance methods, requirements, sequences and limitations
• Highly proficient in the CAD Technician role including QA/QC procedures

Nice To Haves

• Autodesk Inventor and/or Bentley Substation 3D software knowledge is a plus

Responsibilities

• Utilize CAD in 2D or 3D to create drawings
• Gather information from manufacturers and vendors drawings for substation design
• Create general arrangement from one-line diagram
• Create plans and elevations from general arrangement
• Prepare preliminary foundation plan
• Create grounding plan and conduit/trench plan from general arrangement
• Create bill of material and populate plans and elevations with corresponding call-outs
• Create grounding and conduit details and associated bill of material
• Create conduit schedules
• Coordinate the physical design with civil, steel structures and foundations designs
• Complete drawings from conceptual development, design phases, construction, to as-built
• Provide drafting support on other disciplines drawings
• Provide technicians and designers with design sketches for preparation of finished design drawings, and guidance in refining technical requirements
• Assist in the training of other technicians and designers
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned

Benefits

• Flexible work options
• Competitive pay
• Great benefits
• Member-ownership
• Numerous paid holidays
• Generous paid time off (PTO)
• Parental leave
• Professional development leave
• Comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources
• Life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Identity theft protection
• Tuition assistance
• Professional society membership
• Company stock ownership
• Generous 401K match
• Incentive compensation
• Profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree